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NORMS DROPPED

Norms shape how we live, connect, and belong.

Some norms are

harmless.

Other norms are

harmful.

Some norms are

inherited.

Other norms are

invented.

Some norms are

louD and obvious.

Other norms are

quiet and hidden.

All are things that we do, accept, or

All are things that we do,

accept, or

All are things that

we do, accept,

or

Sometimes without quite knowing why.

NormDrop is a space to

NAME

those norms.

NormDrop is a space to

NAME

those norms.

A participatory creative project to surface the norms that we live by.

365 days. 365 norms.

From some of those who've taken part so far...

"Wow. I feel heard."

"This is such a refreshing idea to provide space for discovering our wonderful norms and offering psychological safety to do so."

"Wasn’t sure what to expect but that was such an engaging valuable and fun experience celebrating me :)"

"Such beautiful and carefully crafted initiative. The experience was smooth, caring and delightful…"

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All you need is 5 minutes and a pen and paper.
We'll guide you through it.
You choose what details to share.

A few of the norms so far

NO.
014
Keeping the peace is more important than having my needs met.
Sometimes there are difficulties with other people. They have their needs. I have my needs. If is kind people, or just sensible people, it's always easy to strick some kind of compromise. But time and again there's zero willingness to move. So they get their needs met while I don't get mine met. In situations like this keeping the peace is stupid. Still, I do it. Maybe an internalized norm?
Ulrich
45-54
White / of European descent
Male
Austria
NO.
013
I overthink everything. I can't even communicate my Norm.
Simple really, I over think, I get overwhelmed and then get frustrated that others don't think, see or understand the world like I do.
Matt
55-64
United Kingdom
NO.
007
Finding fixed point as hard, plans, professions, people - I see them as moving - to make it up as I go - people see that as undefined and if internalised that I need to have a plan or explanation for everything before starting.
It wraps up intuition - it’s where I am best - but it also comes from sleepwalking and having issues arrive - mental health and off the path career - I blamed myself for not asking morning of my interests and knowing myself - until later in life - sleep waking and asking others to make decisions - but actually it’s time to rely and trust that intuition git wing it more as I do know myself and plan in my own realtime way.
Peter
35-44
White / of European descent
Male
United Kingdom
AuDHD, Dyslexia, OCD
NO.
005
When everybody is hugging goodbye I’m usually backing off waving.
Ben
35-44
White / of European descent
Male
United Kingdom
NO.
002
I've conditioned myself to be as low maintenance as possible because that's what society deems attractive.
In friendships, relationships and in work settings being 'chilled out and relaxed' is must easier for others to handle. Trained myself to hide my neurosis' to the extent I don't know what they are any more.
45-54
Female
United Kingdom
NO.
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NO.
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All you need is 5 minutes and a pen and paper.
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You choose what details to share.

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Normdrop is made by...

SOPHIE

"I have carried the weight of being, or at least feeling different for most of my life. Creating Normdrop with Ben has been a much needed daily reminder that ‘difference’ is not mine alone. It exists between us, it belongs to all of us and that makes the weight feel a whole lot lighter”

SOPHIE

"I was curious whether there was a way to talk about difference that includes everyone. Where we consider difference not as something other people have, but as something we all carry. NORMdrop is an exploration into that."

BEN

"I was curious whether there was a way to talk about difference that includes everyone. Where we consider difference not as something other people have, but as something we all carry. NORMdrop is a gentle exploration into that."

BEN

NORMdrop is one of our first creative projects together.
More to come soon.
If it's made you curious about NORM – we'd love to hear from you.

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NORM has been a while in the making. We're settling in – there's much more on the way.

1:1 coaching slots will be opening next. If you'd like to know when they do, please get in touch.

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