This time around we’re chatting with Sam Reece, author of Shitty Craft Club: A Guide To Gluing Beads To Trash, Talking About Our Feelings, And Making Silly Things.

Hi, Sam! If you could recommend one good thing everyone can do to benefit their mental health, what would it be?

This might come as a complete surprise since I wrote a book called Shitty Craft Club, but my one good thing everyone can do to improve their mental health is… shitty crafts. I know, I know! A shocking twist. The runner-up was: get a cat.

Both excellent suggestions. So why shitty crafts?

For me, shitty crafts are a silly, low-stakes way to be creative and give my brain a much-needed break from my full-time job of overthinking every moment of my life. Shitty crafts help me work through my big three: anxiety, burnout and perfectionism.

One Good Thing: how doing rubbish crafts could help you tackle perfectionism and boost your mental health