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From Static Reels to Living Screens: How Slot Gaming Design Is Evolving

From Static Reels to Living Screens: How Slot Gaming Design Is Evolving

by Uncustomary | Sep 10, 2026 | How To

Slot gaming has changed far beyond the simple spinning-reel format that once defined the experience.  Modern games are increasingly designed like interactive digital spaces, where movement, sound, animation, and responsive features work together to keep the screen...
The Power of Saying No: How Boundaries Protect Your Peace

The Power of Saying No: How Boundaries Protect Your Peace

by Uncustomary | Sep 10, 2026 | How To

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How Family and Friends Can Respect Recovery House Boundaries

How Family and Friends Can Respect Recovery House Boundaries

by Uncustomary | Sep 10, 2026 | How To

Many people who enter sober houses want to maintain contact with their family and loved ones, so that they can receive maximum support during their stay. However, not all of these people know that in such facilities, the residents’ personal boundaries are respected,...
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by Uncustomary | Sep 10, 2026 | How To

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Finding Joy in Responsibility: A Guide to Empowered Action

by Uncustomary | Sep 8, 2026 | How To

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LED Strip Lights for Commercial, Architectural, and Decorative Applications

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by Uncustomary | Sep 8, 2026 | How To

Modern lighting projects often require more flexibility than conventional fixtures can provide. LED strips can be adapted to architectural details, displays, furniture, signage, pathways, and decorative features, making product selection an important part of project...
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Monday reminder that there are some fabulous, whol Monday reminder that there are some fabulous, wholesome humans out there. 💁🌏🦸‍♀️ Hands up for the Merriment Makers. 🙌

#MerrimentMemes #WholesomeHumans #WholesomeMemes #KindnessIsFree #RestoringFaithInHumanity
I'm going to share a little trick with you I use i I'm going to share a little trick with you I use in coaching... 🤐

When you become aware of one of those silly, stupid, nutso thoughts your brain has (and is being VERY convincing about, so you start to believe), I want you to roleplay as an attorney. 👩‍⚖️ 

So maybe your brain is tricking you into believing 🤔 "you always fail", "there's never any point in trying", or "you're so ugly"...

Try to argue against the thought as if you're cross examining it. ⤵️

💯 "Oh REALLY? Well, would you say that's objectively true 100% of the time?"
📐 "Could you make the argument that this isn't grounded in something measurable?"
👥 "You're telling the jury that you have NEVER heard the opposite?"
📁 "I submit to you, Exhibit A: where the defendant actually did accomplish her goal."
🔮 "You aren't a mind reader, correct? So you are asking this court to accept your guess as a matter of fact?""
👩‍⚖️"YOUR HONOR, HERESAY!"
👭 "If a friend came to you with this exact same situation, you wouldn't use this harsh tone with them, would you? So why is your testimony so heavily biased?"
🎭 "So your entire argument rests purely on an emotional feeling, rather than documented fact?"
⚖️ "Objection. Speculation! Move to strike!"

Try it out. I've seen wonders with cognitive reframing. If you want help, apply for my mentorship to work with me one on one. 📎👩‍💻website 

#PlayfulPsychology #CognitiveReframing #SelfTalk #LimitingBeliefs #SelfSabotage
Happy Birthday to my favorite person of all time, Happy Birthday to my favorite person of all time, Nick! 🎉

I'm so glad I met you and came back to you.

You're loyal, witty, silly, generous, strong, and so, so pretty.
- 🎰 gamify your goals - 🧮 try to beat your highes - 🎰 gamify your goals 
- 🧮 try to beat your highest score
- 🪎 rack up points for completing tasks
- 🪙 trade in points for rewards
- ⏳ track your time spent on an app like habitica 
- 🌳 use a reward sticker chart (forest app trees grow)
- 🕹️ act like your life is a video game
- ⏱️ set time limits
- 🎲 wheel or dice for tasks
- 🎯 set challenges
- 🤼‍♀️ compete against someone else
- ⚖️ batch something fun with something less fun
- 📲 play Pokémon go if you’re trying to get exercise or get out of the house
- 🧽 channel Pippi Longstocking when you’re doing chores 

#merrimentmaking
My wanting and my choosing are both tied into: ex My wanting and my choosing are both tied into:

expression, creativity, communication, ideas, play, words, messages + being heard.

It's not just what turns me on. Well, it is. But it's mostly what makes me feel ALIVE? Magnetically, acutely alive.

The answer, in part is: say it. name it. write it. communicate it.
After a statistically improbable amount of evidenc After a statistically improbable amount of evidence that being alive can be absolutely brutal... 🥴

🙏  I still want to see what happens next.

That's what I mean by strange hope. 🦆

🌻 First essay drops tomorrow!!
✍️ For a year, I'm writing an essay a week! I bel ✍️ For a year, I'm writing an essay a week!

I believe the best art is detailed and honest. And that's what I can promise you this will be. 😅

🧮 The truly statistical improbable thing is that after an improbable amount of evidence that life can be absolutely fucking brutal... I still have hope. 🙏

If you're someone who also feels like their life has been a polycrisis, you're not alone. 😵‍💫

I want you to know that no matter what your life has been like, it doesn't have to end you. ☔

First essay drops on 📅 Thursday.
When I was writing my first book (over ten years a When I was writing my first book (over ten years ago!) 🖊️ I didn't think I had lived enough to write a full-on memoir.

Now, I feel differently. 😅

❣️ New essay drops every Thursday!
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