by Uncustomary | Feb 11, 2016 | Goals
I pulled up to my house the same time the FedEx truck did. He paused and I yelled, “812?!” excitedly over the loud motor. He nodded and handed me the package I knew had to be the advanced copy of my book. I turned on Periscope and started recording. In the...
by Uncustomary | Feb 9, 2016 | Street Art, Activism
After I included a “craftivsm” hashtag on an Instagram photo, Betsy contacted me. She had this idea for a guerrilla art style craftivism event where we would make and collect positive affirmations from all over the world to spread around a city. We created...
by Uncustomary | Feb 5, 2016 | Self-Love
What Is Mindfulness? Mindfulness was originally instilled in Buddhism practices, and in the late 70’s, Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn founded Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, bringing the concepts to the western world. He has been instrumental in bringing mindfulness...
by Uncustomary | Jan 31, 2016 | Self-Love
Self love is vastly important for any person in any walk of life. If you want to develop as a person, you have to start with self love first. Self love is the foundation for everything beautiful in life, including meaningful (and healthy) relationships, having a...
by Uncustomary | Jan 28, 2016 | Self-Love
[trigger warning: mental illness, self harm, suicide, eating disorder] When I was fifteen I wasn’t happy. I had finally found a close-knit group of friends I loved very much, but I was also immensely unhappy and full of self loathing. My mom had given me some of her...