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Your Life Story In Six Words Or Less

by Uncustomary | May 16, 2012 | Uncategorized | 0 comments

My awesome friend, Janice’s first summer school assignment is to write her life story in six words or less. It’s obviously pretty hard to do, but it’s interesting what you can come up with.

I’ve decided mine would be: “It’s all about dazzle, so far“

What would yours be??


Excel adult high school online

merrimentmaker

WE USED TO LOVE SELF-HELP. 🥰 NOW WE’RE JUST TIRED. WE USED TO LOVE SELF-HELP. 🥰 NOW WE’RE JUST TIRED. 😩

Fifteen years ago, self-help felt revolutionary. ✊
Now it feels like homework. ❌

We’ve journaled, meditated, visualized, and optimized our morning routines...
We’ve cold-plunged, gratitude-listed, and “let it go.”
And somehow… we still feel off. 🫠

That’s not because you’re lazy, ungrateful, or broken.

It’s because traditional self-help was built for focus and discipline - not for overstimulated brains in a burnout world.
It’s time for a refresh. 🔀
A softer, sillier, more human kind of growth.

❣️❣️ Let’s try something different. Let’s try weird. ❣️❣️

Join me for a live, funny, and science-backed session where we’ll: ⤵️

✨ Spoof the self-help hustle (“Step 1: Manifest yourself out of despair!”)
🧠 Talk about why insight doesn’t equal change (and what actually does)
🌈 Redefine success as micro-acts of aliveness
🎭 Explore why absurdity, humor, and play are powerful tools for real healing

❣️❣️ Ready to cancel self-help and start feeling alive again?

Join me on Nov. 19th at 7 PM ET. 📆

Reserve your spot for free. 🆓🎟️ 🔗 in bio

#SelfHelp #FreeEvent #Seminar #SelfHelpEvent #FreeEvents #OnlineEvents #PersonalDevelopment
Happy Pickle Day! 🥒 ESPECIALLY to my Pickle LOVIN Happy Pickle Day! 🥒

ESPECIALLY to my Pickle LOVING friend, Desmond. @picturesofusdotnet His pure, non-ironic, affinity for pickle pleasure is a joy to watch. 🤣

I left this in his yard last year. 🪧

brine your brain in delight, my friends. 🫙

#PickleDay #Pickles #NationalPickleDay
Hi Baltimore-ish neighbors! 📍 I have availability Hi Baltimore-ish neighbors! 📍 I have availability this Saturday & Sunday for anyone who needs last-minute help. I can assist with:

🧹  decluttering/organizing
🧽  light cleaning or home refresh
🐾  pet sitting/dog walking
🍽  errands + grocery runs
🎄  taking down/setting up holiday decorations
📦  small tasks/odd jobs
🧵  creative projects or custom decorations 

If you’re overwhelmed and need an extra pair of hands, I’d love to help.
Send me a message with what you need and I’ll give a quick quote! 

🐾 Pet Sitting / Dog Walking / Drop-In Visits
Starting at $15

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🎄 Holiday Decoration Take-Down or Set Up
Starting at $40

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🧵 Creative Services 
Starting at $10

- Party Decorations
- Gift Wrapping
- “Whimsy drops” (secret notes or decorations for people’s porches) 

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🧽 1 Hour “Speed Clean” If You’re Overwhelmed
Starting at $35

- Kitchen/Bathroom Refresh / Vacuum / Laundry Folding

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📦 Help Moving Small Items / Loading Your Car
Starting at $20

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🧹  Decluttering & “Help Me Get My Life Together” Session
Starting at $50

- I’ll help you sort, toss, and reset your space this weekend (closet, kitchen, basement, whatever you need)

—
🍽  Groceries/Errands
Starting at $20

- Grocery shopping and drop-off
- Errand runs 
- Dog food pickup, returns, pharmacy runs 

—
🖼  Photography Mini-Sessions
Starting at $20

- 15-minute “porch portraits”
- Pet minis
- “New year new profile pic” shoots 
- 10 edited phone photos

You can email me at mary@uncustomary.org or DM me here!
💖 I HAVE A PERFECT ACT OF KINDNESS FOR YOU TO DO T 💖 I HAVE A PERFECT ACT OF KINDNESS FOR YOU TO DO TODAY ON 🌎 WORLD KINDNESS DAY! 

Help 1,000 people keep access to their community!

The Positive Pulse is a FANTASTIC space full of resources for:

🧠 mental health
🌞 building happiness habits
🦕 helping you feel good in ALERNATIVE ways with 🪀 ACTUAL ACTIVITIES
💟 PLUS getting support and advice and having a SAFE space to go!

It’s built for:

🦄 weirdos
🫂 caregivers
🥸 neurodivergents
🫠 wonderfully worn out!

Plus MORE coming!

🤖 Merriment AI
🗨️ community forums for caregivers + archetypes and 📍 geographical location!

Before my ⏰ time of 🗣️ helping people, 📝 creating resources, 👩‍💻 managing or even 🪧 promoting it to let people know that this IS a 🌻 safe and accessible space, it costs over 💸 $600 a month for me to run. 🫢

Which is why I’m asking for support of 89 cents 🪙 a month to keep this community going!​​​​​​​

If you can help us keep this going, 🆘 and give a thousand people continued access to this community, we ALL are deeply grateful. 🫶

You get all the benefits of the resources 🏫 and community, but you can also JUST support us with 89 cents if the act of kindness is more your jam!

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Happy Kindness Day! 😆 What a perfect way to remin Happy Kindness Day! 😆

What a perfect way to remind you 🪧 that I’m doing 11 THOUSAND acts of merriment and kindness in ⏳ less than a year!

Between my acts AND your submissions, we have ALREADY logged 🗳️ 9,400 acts!! 🙀

😮 Can you believe it?!

Keep it going. ⏭️

📰🌈 Be the good news you wish to see.

It starts with you. 🫵

#11KActs #KindnessDay #WorldKindnessDay #ActsOfKindness #MerrimentMaking #UncustomaryStreetArt #UncustomaryInTheWild #KindnessMatters
I don’t believe in pencils. 🚫✏️ I have 1️⃣ one wo I don’t believe in pencils. 🚫✏️

I have 1️⃣ one working pencil at my house for visitors.

And 2 nostalgic ones from my childhood. Both novelty. One Cat Woman and one Little Mermaid. 🐈‍⬛🧜‍♀️

Why? 🤷‍♀️

Because I believe in being confident. 💫

I don’t pencil you in. 🖊️ I pen you in.

I want to do what I say. 📅

And if I DO make a mistake, I think it’s okay to ⤵️

A) start over 🆕
B) scribble it out and leave the evidence ❌🧼

#NoPencils #PensOnly #Integrity #Confidence #HotTake
Next Absurdian 🐣 drops tomorrow! 📧 Uncustomary.or Next Absurdian 🐣 drops tomorrow!

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When I was in Girl Scouts, 📛 we had to pay dues. When I was in Girl Scouts, 📛 we had to pay dues.

As a kid, I didn’t really get why. 🙋 Now I do. (due 😉)

Even when something feels easy or is free to attend, 🆓 it’s 🚫 NOT free to put on or create.

There’s a LOT of energy 💥 into anything you participate going on 👀 behind the scenes.

When I started Positive Pulse only 6 months ago, I was just hoping to have a place for a few free resources 🏫 and people to come feel better + get support.

But it kept growing 📈 and so did my energy towards it. 😮‍💨

We have 1,000 people creating the heartbeat 💓 of this lovely community, but I’m the only one sustaining the behind the scenes aspect. 🙋‍♀️

Before my ⏰ time of 🗣️ helping people, 📝 creating resources, 👩‍💻 managing, etc. or even 🪧 promoting it to let people know that this IS a 🌻 safe and accessible space for feeling good and mental health, it costs over 💸 600 a month for me to run. 🫢

Which is why I’m asking for support of 89 cents 🪙 a month to keep this community going!

If you can help us keep this going, 🆘 and give a thousand people continued access to this community, we ALL are deeply grateful. 🫶

This can be an 11K act you do! 🤗 This can be a kindness mission. This can be a way you KNOW you’re CREATING the good news you wish to see. 🌞

Good news needs funding and support, too. 📰

Thank you so much!! 🥰

#MerrimentMaking #PositivePulse #Fundraising #KindnessMissions #Support #MentalHealthSupport #BeTheChange #Investment #Investors
Hi, I’m Mary England, 👋 your Merriment Maker 🌈 Gr Hi, I’m Mary England, 👋 your Merriment Maker 🌈

Growing up, joy often felt out of reach for me. But through my challenges (mental illness, neglect, addiction) I always believed in finding the good. 

Fast forward two psychology degrees 🎓 and over a decade of experience later, and my mission is clear: help YOU reconnect with joy, play, and your wonderfully weird self, no matter what life has thrown your way.

💖 I run the Positive Pulse - a community of Merriment Makers where adults heal through fun, creativity, and connection. We live in a world full of stress, but together, we can make joy our antidote.

I’m also doing 📰 11 thousand acts of kindness, merriment, and good news in less than a year with the #11KActs project!

Whether it’s through laughter, colorful events, 🫧or rediscovering the playful parts of you, I’m here to remind you that joy isn’t something we grow out of, it’s something we grow into.

Join me in making joy a priority. Let’s create the good news we want to see in our lives. 

👉 Follow me & check out The Positive Pulse for just 89 cents. Let’s reconnect to the joy that’s always been within you. 

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