i spent christmas alone while my family got together and fought, and honestly i feel so good about this
i bought myself presents, cooked a big meal, drank wine and watched Home Alone 3 w/ my dog. I don’t feel sorry for myself at all.
meanwhile my sister threatened to disown my dad so he threatened to disown her, while my mom enabled and my other sister downed a bottle of wine to deal.
on the other side of the country, i was busy discovering, to my delight, that the that the 3rd installment of the Home Alone franchise not only stood up to the test of time, but contains some of the best oneliners and comedic timing I have ever seen.
honestly, keep toxic people out of your life. family isn’t everything, and bad family is often worse than no family. don’t be afraid to put in some distance, especially during high stress times like the holidays. you don’t actually owe them anything.
being alone for the holidays is so much better than being with people who make you unhappy.
Sometimes it can be hard to really feel connected to the actual magickal side of being a witch. Personally I’m involved with my deities or other spiritual/personal things 110% of the time but I don’t always feel connected to my actual witchcraft. So here are a few small magickal challenges I thought up to help anyone in a similar situation.
✨ – Set aside a time once a week to burn a candle. Make it a color that connects to whatever aspect of your life you would like insight or growth in and spend 10 minutes watching the flame and opening yourself to whatever it is you’re seeking.
✨ – If you have any books with pre written simple spells in them (most intro to witchcraft books have a section) flip through it and find a spell that calls to you and do it! As written, just to practice getting out of your head and going through the motions of spell work.
✨ – Send out blessings. To your crush. A new friend. Your best friend. Your mom. Whoever.
✨ – Call up your energy into your palms and then place them on your own heart to send yourself love and healing and to connect yourself to your energy.
✨ – Spend some time picturing the kind of witch you wish you were, your ideal witchsona if you will. Then tell yourself that’s exactly who you already are. Keep reminding yourself whenever you feel disconnected from your craft that you are already an unbelievable witch.
✨ – Go back through your old book of shadows/grimoire and reflect on what’s worked for you in the past.
✨ – Wake up and tell yourself first thing “I am a witch. I am magick. My life is full of magick. I see and feel all the magick around me. I am a witch.”
✨ – Pick out outfits or accessories that make you feel witchy. (Bonus points for intentionally planning a super witchy outfit on the full moon)
✨ – Do a spell for anything that’s coming up in your life that you want to work out a certain way, no matter how trivial it seems. Test this week? Do a spell. About to start a work out routine? Do a spell. First date? Spell. Gotta stay on budget grocery shopping? Spell. Your worth it, it’s good practice, and if it all ends up working even better!
✨ – Write down spell ideas as they come to you. Save them as notes in your phone and then come back and flesh them out in your BOS later.
✨ – Come up with your own challenges! If you’d like to share, tag me on your post or send them to me, I’d love to hear your ideas!
Icy waffle stack ❄️
as an inspo for tomorrow‘s #pancakesunday 🥞 are you team waffles or team pancakes? 😊
Making vegan waffles is easy. 😃 I never follow a certain recipe but always mix ingredients intuitively:
100g flour (I like buckwheat or oat)
100g plant milk
1 Tbs apple cider vinegar
1 tsp baking soda
1 Tbs coconut sugar
1 tsp chia flour (or 1 Tbs chia seeds)
>>> Mix all ingredients and let the batter sit for at least 5 minutes. Add more plant milk if the batter is too sticky. Add more flour if it’s too liquid. Waffle batter should be really thick but pourable. 😋 Prepare in a waffle iron. Serve immediately with some blue soy yogurt (yogurt + blue spirulina + vanilla drops).
/🇩🇪/ Heute habe ich den Tag in Köln bei @joyful.flow verbracht. Wir waren viel draußen unterwegs und hatten inspirierende Gespräche. Beide von uns haben große Visionen, die wir bereits 2019 Schritt für Schritt verwirklichen möchten. Es ist essentiell, sich mit Menschen zu umgeben, die ebenfalls fasziniert vom Leben sind! Mindset ist ansteckend. Motivation verdoppelt sich, wenn man sie mit jemandem teilt. Ich glaube fest an meine Visionen und auch an die von Joy. An sich selbst zu glauben ist das Fundament, aber Bestärkung von außen schenkt einem zusätzliche Kraft und Selbstvertrauen. Für Silvester haben wir uns vorgenommen, gemeinsam unsere Visionen aufzuschreiben, das Jahr zu reflektieren und neue Ziele zu setzen. Und danach gehts feiern. 😃 Habt ihr schon Pläne für diesen besonderen Tag? 🎆 (at Cologne, Germany) https://www.instagram.com/p/BrIke65AVDn/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=7wa4kgpdc6dk
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