by Uncustomary | Mar 16, 2019 | How To, Self-Love
When I first quit my 9-5 job and officially transitioned to running Uncustomary full-time, I struggled with what to say when I met new people who asked me what I did for a living. After all, in American (and many other) culture, it’s one of the first questions we ask...
by Uncustomary | Mar 11, 2019 | Lists, Self-Love
Landline Telephone Day was just the other day, and it reminded me of how differently we used to associate and use the phone! We definitely had to be more patient, we had to share with multiple people, we didn’t have it at our sides all the time, and it wasn’t a...
by Uncustomary | Mar 7, 2019 | Celebration
Happy International Women’s Day! March is Women’s History Month, and March 8th is International Women’s Day, so we get an extra oomph as an unusual holiday! I’m not someone who thinks “the future is female”, because I think the...
by Uncustomary | Feb 24, 2019 | Lists, Self-Love
It’s really easy to be a Yes Babe. And I don’t mean in the potentially fun way Jim Carrey did it in that movie, where you’re saying yes to new opportunities outside your comfort zone. I’m talking about the people-pleasing way. The one where your yes feels obligatory,...
by Uncustomary | Feb 13, 2019 | Lists, Self-Love
If you’ve heard this from me or somewhere else before, I apologize, but I always like to clarify the difference between self-love jargon because they tend to be used so interchangeably, yet have very different meanings! We’re always talking about how we feel about...