Proof that I’m braveWent to the party where I only knew the host.
hanko affirmations · iPhone and iPad
A proof folder for who you already are.
Each night Hanko asks one small question, and you write one line about something you did. Then, on a morning you doubt yourself, your own words come back.
Saying it rarely helps. Remembering when you were brave does.
You’ve probably tried “I am brave” in a mirror, or on a sticky note by the kettle. If it felt like nothing, you’re in good company. Here’s how people put it.
“They can feel like a rejection of reality.”
“The self doesn’t want praise. The self wants evidence.”
“how much evidence you need before you’ll believe yourself”
“the ones nobody else noticed”
“when you look back… then it becomes obvious”
So people started keeping proof.
A folder of screenshots. Kind texts, saved. A note in the drawer that says you did it anyway. On Pinterest they call it a proof folder.
proof
A folder on the phone
you handled that so well todayreally?really. screenshot this
Kind texts, saved
you did it anyway
A note in the drawer
Proofmy first notebook
Hanko is that folder, as a notebook you’ll want to open.
A few words you’ll hear in Hanko
- a proof folder
- Where the evidence of who you are lives.
- a page of proof
- One line about something you did. A sentence is enough.
- it comes back
- Days later, a page is handed back to you, often on the morning you need it.
- show another
- One more page, if one isn’t enough.
- the shelf
- What a few months of proof look like.
What it’s like
Picture a few months with it.
10:41 pm
One small question, at night.
You write one line, and you’re done for the night.
BraveKind
CalmWhat did you do today that felt a little scary?
A sentence is enough.Save
Proof that I’m braveSent the message I’d been rewriting for a week.
A Thursday morning, three weeks later
It comes back.
It’s a page you wrote about something you really did, which is harder to argue with than a slogan. Turn the corner, or press Show another.
Wherever you sit down at the end of the day.
Calm
Sure of it
Still here
Brave things
Stickers, tape, and a cover that’s yours.
Tap a sticker to put it on the page, drag it where you like, or drag it off to peel it away. Up to four on a page. They never sit on your words.
The cover
Things I handled18 pages
Proof that I’m capablePut up the shelf myself. It’s a little crooked. It’s staying.
Something new arrives with each season.
A small parcel: a cover, a band, a few stickers and a tape. It’s out for the season, and whatever you use stays yours.
Autumn
Autumna new notebook
Six ways to hold a notebook.
Riso collage is where everyone starts. Or dress it like a classic.
Brave
Pocket memo
Calm
A few months from now
Then, one day, there’s a shelf.
Nothing counts the nights you skipped. It only counts what you kept.
When this notebook began, “I am brave” didn’t feel true yet. When it was full, it felt a little true.
Pasted inside the back cover, when a notebook fills.
On iPad, write it in your own hand.
With Apple Pencil, on iPad or an unfolded iPhone, your notebook opens to two pages side by side.
Affirmations built on evidence.
- 1A question at night.
- 2A page of proof.
- 3It comes back.
In Psycho-Cybernetics, Maxwell Maltz wrote that the way you see yourself changes through experience, not through being told. Hanko keeps the experience, so you can read it again.
A few things Hanko won’t do
Count the days you missed. There are no streaks.- Read what you write. It stays on your device and in your own iCloud.
- Lock your notebooks. They’re always yours to read.
The proof is already there.
Start keeping it tonight. A sentence is enough.
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