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Let’s hear it for this week’s Community Featur Let’s hear it for this week’s Community Feature: D from Kansas!

Her friend, an incredible woman in her 60s, recently retired from her job as a breastfeeding coach and deeply involved in local social justice organizing, had just had knee surgery. Despite being well cared for, her friend was struggling with receiving support and feeling guilty for stepping back from leadership roles.

So D followed a quiet little (Merriment Making) nudge.

During a Saturday meetup with her women’s group, Coffee Love, she felt the spontaneous urge to send a “just because” gift. No occasion, no expectations, just love! She picked out a few small but meaningful items (peep the adorable pins 💕), wrote a note, and sent it off anonymously… or tried to. 😂 Her friend figured it out pretty quickly thanks to a not-so-secret return address and D’s adorable lack of a poker face (SAME, BABE!)

🎈It was small. It was silly. It was secret(ish).

And it absolutely counted. 💌

📮 Every random act like this adds to the 11,111 Acts of Merriment we’re tracking. You don’t have to go viral to make someone feel seen. (Although I think ALL of our acts are viral-worthy!! You just have to say yes to the impulse.

🫧 Want to be featured too? Submit your story at uncustomary.org/11K

#11KActs #CommunityJoy #KindnessMatters #YourStoryMatters #GratitudeCrew #SnailmailLove #PostalLove #SendMoreMail #WomenSupportingWomen #ContagiousKindness #InspirePositivity #PenpalCommunity #JoyAmbassador
Ever noticed how sometimes the most expensive thin Ever noticed how sometimes the most expensive thing… is ignoring what makes you feel good? 💸

When you invest in your happiness… AKA yourSELF, you don’t just feel better, you actually save MONEY in the long run. Think fewer sick days, less “numbing” spending, stronger connections, and smarter choices.

This post breaks down exactly how joy and self-investment = financial savings.

When life sucks, it’s easy to overspend trying to cope. I get it. My go tos have been online shopping + buying things/substances that numb me out, and being so out of it that I forget to pay bills so I end up with late fees.

What about you? Imagine redirecting that energy into building joy that lasts. That’s what Everything Sucks, Now What? is for. Starting October 5th.

#EverydayOptimism #TipsForWellbeing #InvestInJoy #JoyEconomy #SmarterSelfCare #WealthAndWellbeing #InspiringVoices #PracticalOptimism #JoyPaysOff #SelfCareEconomics #LifeInvestment #ResilientLiving #InspireDaily
What if all you need is just a peppercorn of pleas What if all you need is just a peppercorn of pleasure?

This week’s podcast episode is a quick-hit tasting menu of 33 tiny delights! Strange, sweet, + ridiculous moments that made me smile for no reason at all.

Think:

🎉 Bald heads in party hats
🐻 Bears admiring the view
👖 The cozy click of leggings adjusted just right

Not exactly grand gestures of happiness, just baby proofs that happiness hides in the tiniest corners of our days.

Listen in, laugh with me, and maybe notice your own peppercorns of pleasure along the way. (It’s only 5 minutes!)

🎧 Tag a friend who needs this episode! Save to your playlist!

#PodcastCommunity #PodcastsToListenTo #SelfHelpPodcast #GrowthMindset #AuthenticLiving #SoulfulConversations #WeirdJoy #SillyAndSacred #AbsurdDelight #TinyPleasures #WholesomeWeird #JoyfulScroll #LaughterIsMedicine
“I think that happiness is something like a ther “I think that happiness is something like a thermostat, not an original concept.” - Dana Carvey ☂️🌈

Everyone is born with a general biological predisposition for happiness, and then your environment shapes it even more. But I don’t think that thermostat is stuck. 🌡️

We actually have so much more influence over our happiness than we realize. Not everything, but a LOT. Enough to make life feel different. And definitely more than we give credit to.

📚 I’ve read stacks of business and success books, and my theory is that all those principles work for happiness, too. 💸 Not just for making money, but for having fun, being weird, reconnecting with who we want to be, loving ourselves more, and feeling alive.

That’s exactly what I’m teaching inside my new program, Everything Sucks, Now What?

Join me: uncustomary.org/everythingsucks

#QuoteOfTheDay #InspirationDaily #WordsToLiveBy #PositivityQuotes #SelfCareQuotes #InnerStrength #AffirmationOfTheDay #MoodBooster #HappinessClub #MindsetQuotes #MentalWellbeing #CommunitySupport #SpreadGoodness
🧶 Meet the Kindness Knots! I picked up a bunch 🧶 Meet the Kindness Knots!

I picked up a bunch of crocheted balls at the @bmorefabricswap and decided to turn them into tiny joy missions. I made colorful tags with messages like:

💕 “A knot-so-subtle reminder you’re doing a great job.”
💕 “Remember the world is tied together with love.”
💕 “Keep it close when the world feels knotted.”

On the back I put tickers for the 11K Acts of Merriment project 🎁 (let me know if you found one!)

41 Kindness Knots were scattered around 📍 Mount Vernon (St. Paul + Charles w/ cross streets Read, Chase). 

It was fun finding places to put them! 👀 I tucked into broken bricks, bus benches, windshields, and ornate fences. I even handed some directly to kids and strangers 💛

👉 Have you ever done something similar? Comment below!

👉 Want to help us reach 11,000 acts? Submit yours: uncustomary.org/11K

PS: Would you want me to announce these in advance for a little Joy Drop scavenger hunt?

#11KActs #KindnessChallenge #MakeKindnessLoud #JoyfulDisruption #DelightIsRadical #PayItForward #GoodNewsMovement #GuerrillaJoy #ArtAbandonment #UrbanKindness #MischiefWithPurpose #JoyAmbassador #BaltimoreStreetArt
We can’t reach 11,111 acts without you, and you’ve PROBABLY already done something that counts in the past month! Like… Lii=

💛 Gave a compliment
💛 Made your family member feel good
💛 Spread joy in your own way

Acts of merriment don’t have to look “traditional.” They can look like YOU. That’s the whole point!

❣️ PLEASE submit your acts at Uncustomary.org/11KSubmission so we can feature you on Thursdays. Your acts helps us show the world that good news is happening, contribute to a global movement, and hit SO many goals together (when you feel good, you DO good!)

Need ideas? Check out the Weekly Mission every Sunday! But really: anything counts. Happiness is yours to define!

💾 Save this to remind yourself to participate this week.
🔄 Repost this graphic when you’ve joined the movement!

#11KActs #ActsOfMerriment #JoyMovement #KindnessInAction #EverydayKindness #CommunityChallenge #JoyTogether #MakeKindnessNormal #GlobalGoodness #ContagiousJoy #RippleEffect #HappinessInAction #SpreadSomeHappy
Imagine if this was the news: 🐶 “Puppy’s fi Imagine if this was the news: 🐶 “Puppy’s first day home goes very well.”

That’s the kind of headline I want more of. Another world is possible, one where joy and kindness are the updates we wake up to. 🌈

That’s why I created Good News Texts: tiny bursts of delight you can get right to your phone for just $8/month. 🔗 uncustomary.org/texts 

#merrimentmemes #SerotoninMeme #WholesomeMemes #PositivityMemes #JoyfulScroll #LaughterIsMedicine #DelightIsRadical #UpliftYourFeed #GoodVibesCommunity #JoyfulCollective #HappinessBoost #LightheartedFun #SpreadSomeHappy
🚨 “Without my experience, I’d just be an ac 🚨 “Without my experience, I’d just be an academic.”

That’s what Logan Doughty said after surviving homelessness and creating a women’s self-defense program. His tools worked because they weren’t designed in a calm dojo; they were built in panic, in crisis, under real pressure.

That hit me.

Because it’s the same with me.

I didn’t build my happiness habit practices and coping tools from a sunny retreat. I built them during clinical depression, panic spirals, dissociation, and the kind of bone-tired days where brushing my teeth felt Olympic.

That’s why my new program, Everything Sucks, Now What?, isn’t about perfect conditions. It’s about what actually works when life is messy:

⚒️ Tools that meet you in exhaustion, not just inspiration
🤏 Tiny actions that count (even two minutes matters)
🔁 Practices designed to hold you through recurrence
🕹️ No sunshine required, no gold stars needed

Because life doesn’t wait for ideal conditions. And neither should your healing.

Uncustomary.org/PP

#EverythingSucksNowWhat #MaximalistFashion #StreetArtVibes #BoldStyle #MuralsDaily #ResilienceTools #HealingJourney #ProgressNotPerfection #SmallStepsBigImpact #MentalHealthMatters #WellbeingJourney #AltJoy #PracticalOptimism
This week’s 11K Acts mission: Rebel With Delight This week’s 11K Acts mission: Rebel With Delight.🌈

Flip a tiny rule on purpose. Not reckless — ridiculous. Do something that feels a little “wrong”… and suspiciously joyful.

Food flips, outfit flips, public play, home hacks — the carousel is packed with ideas. Try one, or declare a Tiny Rebellion Day and go all in.

💝 Bookmark this week’s mission!

🙌 Are you joining? Comment YES 👇

#11KActs #WeeklyMission #DoMoreGood #CommunityChallenge #JoyTogether #GroupEnergy #SundayReset #RebelWithDelight #PlayfulLife #JoyMovement #ContagiousKindness #GetInvolved
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