Prototyping a pop up card for the next Dare to Hope Mailclub ♥️ More on the theme etc soon 😊 but I wanted to show you all the pretty tree ♥️

I dare you to hope. ♥️

check out The Dare to Hope Mail club ♥️ I send fiercely hopeful letters to people all over the world every month, and sign ups for November are open now via my profile 😊 you can get £1 off your first month with code DOYOUDARE. May you find joy without the ick. And as always...

They make it a game. If it's a game...some feral little part of your brain wants to play, and you feel cool as fuck when you manage to win. If you like the idea of hope being a dare,

Notice how often they happen. Be on the lookout for joy. Even the tiny things. Especially those. A good cup of tea. A pretty sky. A hug. It all counts. -Make it a dare. Dare yourself to find hope and joy. Dares acknowledge the thing is hard, but not impossible.

♥️ I know it's *far* easier said than done and it's a matter of baby steps over a long time. I've been there. But you can't hate yourself into being happy. -Try to find the nuggets of genuine good stuff, even on the shitty days. Actually make yourself notice them.

-Stop being horrible to yourself. If you had someone following you around all day telling you you were an asshole, you'd probably struggle to enjoy your life. If that person is you, it's even worse, because you can't get away from them.

Let yourself feel it all and try not to judge any of it. You'll be surprised at how much joy creeps in alongside it all when you make more space. -Enjoy absurdity. Being a weird little gremlin and laughing at dumb shit will improve your life immensely.

and give yourself credit when you manage it. -Let yourself have shitty days and feel what you need to feel in full. Grumble. Cry. Rage. Don't plaster over the bad with pretend sugary good feelings. Don't smile if you don't want to.

Want to be hopeful and enjoy life, but most 'positivity content' makes you want to come out in hives? Same. A few tips for staying positive/hopeful without feeling gross: -Acknowledge how fucking hard it is to find joy while the world is on fire,

The less cool reasons behind all the hopeful letters... Want a human artist to dare you to hope every month, for less than the price of a fancy coffee? Want hopeful content that won't make you feel icky? Sign up via my profile for November mail ♥️

and know I get to send fiercely hopeful artwork and writing all over the world ♥️ Want your own monthly letter that dares you to hope, despite it all?

October's Dare to Hope letters were sent out today! They're going all over the UK, to several places in the US, and I'm sending the first envelope out to Canada as well ♥️ It's exciting to see the pile of letters get bigger every month,

4 months of stickers 😊 there's something about watching my notebook fill up with these as I design my mail club every month. It makes my brain happy. ❤️ Tell me your favourite one in the comments? Also, got a cutting machine, so more exciting stickers shapes are on the way!

Last chance to get a golden envelope full of hope from me in October! If your hope is a fire, let me send you a little fuel as we head into the colder months ♥️ the theme this time is 'change', like the seasons ♥️ sign up via my profile. And as always, I dare you to hope ♥️

♥️ Send a letter to friend soon, be it one you ask me to send, or one you make yourself ♥️ Help me send more post by sharing this, or check out my mail club yourself via my profile 😊 there's only one day left to sign up for October's hopeful post!

You scroll past a million things a day that you never see again, right? Things that *stay* are important. Running the Dare to Hope mail club for the past 3 months has got me thinking about post. I send envelopes full of hope all over the world. And they *stay*. And that's good.

Two days left to get this month's hopeful mail! The theme is 'Change' and hope enduring through it ♥️ Sign up via my profile, and please press a few buttons to help me send more hopeful envelopes all over the world!