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Mike Baker HQ, Human FirstGet a Little Sunshine

A small, kind place to practice being human

Get a little sunshine.

The world does not need more spectators to the noise. It needs ordinary people choosing one real, useful, human thing today, and letting those choices add up.

Choose your way Just need a good thought
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Pick one of five ways.Small, real, doable today.
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Do it in your real life.Off the screen. With actual people.
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Add it to the record.So the small acts stop being isolated.
One person. One choice.
A better world together.
Pick one of five ways to stay human. Do it in real life. Add it to the shared record so the small acts stop being isolated.
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human choices
counted since
September 2026
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in the last
seven days
Counting up from everyone who visits. No account, no email, no ranking. Just proof that small choices add up.

Today

Today's sunshine

A good thought for right now. New one every day.

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The five ways

Pick the one you can actually do today.

These are not rules or rankings. They are five practices for making the internet, and the world past it, a little more human.

Your choice today · I.

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The record

Look what humans did together.

No rankings. No best human. Just the most recent choices, exactly as people wrote them. Add yours and it shows up here. — so far.

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Choose what fits

What could you use today?

If something is heavy

You do not have to carry it alone.

If today is more than a hard day, these are real people, right now, who will answer. This part of the page has nothing to do with counting.

988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline (US)Call or text 98824/7, free, confidential. Chat at 988lifeline.org.
Crisis Text LineText HOME to 741741A trained counselor texts back, any hour.
If you are in immediate dangerCall 911Or your local emergency number outside the US.
Heavy, but not an emergencyText one person“Rough day. Can I call you tonight?” is a complete message. Send it before you talk yourself out of it.

A note from Mike

Hi, I'm Mike Baker.

I built Get a Little Sunshine because the world gives us plenty to worry about, and I wanted one small place that helps people feel a little less alone. I run a community health center by day and write books and songs about staying human the rest of the time.

Meet MikeThanks for being one of us.

A little more for the road

Stay with the feeling a little longer.

Books from the Human First series. Chapter one of each is free on mikebakerhq.com.

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