Transitioning to civilian life
The unit scatters. The bond doesn't have to.
You served alongside people who know you in ways most civilians never will. After separation, the structure that kept you side by side disappears, and everyone spreads out across the country almost overnight.
Simmer gives you a simple daily discipline for staying in touch: reach out to one person, note what's going on with them, follow up when you said you would. It works for keeping your people close and for building your new civilian circle too.
Checking in is a discipline you already have
Accountability to your people isn't new to you. Simmer just gives it a place in civilian life: a daily rhythm, a clear goal, and a picture of who you've checked in on and who's overdue.
Sometimes a regular check-in matters more than either of you lets on. Simmer helps you be the one who reaches out first.
How Simmer helps after separation
How Simmer works
A small daily habit
You set the goal: reach out to one to five people a day. Easy to understand, hard to keep up on your own. Simmer holds you to it, a few minutes at a time.
A gentle nudge
Each morning Simmer nudges you toward the goal you chose: follow through, follow up, or step up.
One person, with context
Open Simmer and it will remind you about someone from your contacts, context to jog your memory, suggested conversation starters, and topics you could reflect on.
Reach out, or skip
Decide to reach out to that person, or swipe to skip them for now and try someone else. It can be enough to just say, "Hi."
Pause and jot it down
After you connect, Simmer helps you remember to pause for a moment and capture notes, and set follow up topics with due dates.
Reach your goal for the day
Keep going, connect or skip forward until you hit your outreach goal for the day.
Everyone stays close
Show up like this, one small touch at a time, and your whole network stays warm.
A gentle nudge
Each morning Simmer nudges you toward the goal you chose: follow through, follow up, or step up.
One person, with context
Open Simmer and it will remind you about someone from your contacts, context to jog your memory, suggested conversation starters, and topics you could reflect on.
Reach out, or skip
Decide to reach out to that person, or swipe to skip them for now and try someone else. It can be enough to just say, "Hi."
Pause and jot it down
After you connect, Simmer helps you remember to pause for a moment and capture notes, and set follow up topics with due dates.
Reach your goal for the day
Keep going, connect or skip forward until you hit your outreach goal for the day.
Everyone stays close
Show up like this, one small touch at a time, and your whole network stays warm.