"I need to get my shit together"
Stay still. Hold space for seasons in between. Hold space for seasons of burnout. It's okay to be idle. There's no deadline to getting your shit together, you shouldn't pressure yourself. Because pressuring yourself into getting it together is counterintuitive. You are human, you can only do so much.
(post inspired by Brie and Marissa, from the With Love, Always Podcast ♡)
PODCAST EP NUGGETS:
1. you're not any less loved when you're not showing up at your full capacity.
2. you're still human at the end of the day, you can only do so much.
3. allow your "best of the day" be the best of the day. don't compare yourself to yourself during a burnout season. if this is your full capacity right now, let it be what it is.
>>>> if you love yourself enough that you don't compare yourself to other people, you should also love yourself enough to let seasons be seasons. you don't have to compare yourself to other versions of yourself. they weren't going through what you're going through right now. they weren't feeling how you're feeling. let july be july, and august be august. ♡
Do it like blair (affirmations)
♥︎ i always get what i want no matter what
♥︎ there is no such thing as a ‘no’ in my reality
♥︎ i don’t stop until i get what i want
♥︎ anything they can do, i can do better
♥︎ i have the most iconic fashion taste
♥︎ i set all the fashion trends
♥︎ everyone’s tryna dress like me
♥︎ i am royalty and always treated by such by every person i meet
♥︎ i am a magnet for all the luxurious things my heart desires
♥︎ i am the queen at persisting in my desires
♥︎ no 3D is going to tell me what i can or cannot have, if i want something i get it. End of story.
♥︎ all the boys seem to have a soft spot for me.
♥︎ i am the one and only queen bee
♥︎ everyone kisses the ground i walk on
♥︎ i have the beauty and the brains
♥︎ no one can ever outsmart me
♥︎ i always get straight a’s no matter what
♥︎ i get nothing but 100% on all my tests an exams
♥︎ i am always the best dressed in every room I walk into
♥︎i am a literal fashion icon
♥︎ i am an extroverted queen
♥︎ i can’t help but radiate luxurious, wealthy, and girlboss vibes
♥︎ everything i do and say is so iconic
♥︎ everyone wishes they could be me but not everyone can be
♥︎ my aura is saturated with confidence, i literally don’t know what an insecurity is.
I don’t think LOA blogs talk about manifesting this easily, but I’ll break it down for the overthinkers.
that’s it. creation’s finished. the 4D is the real reality. the 3D is only a reflection. you say you have it in the 4d? Boom, it appears in the 3d instantly.
Knowing this, you live in the end. Living in the end JUST MEANS YOU UNDERSTAND YOUR DESIRES ARE A FACT. That’s it. Done. LOA in a single post.
Time doesn’t FUCKING exist. Hell the bitch isn’t even linear. Don’t even think of it. It’s DONE. Live in the present. Live WITH your desire, not WITHOUT it.
Apollo, god who rules education; please aid me with concentration and success with my studies
Athena, goddess of wisdom; please aid me the ability to think critically and form connections between information
Coeus, the inquisitive titan; please inspire curiosity and intrigue with my studies
Hermes, the cunning god; please aid me in honing my intelligence
the kitty is so cute pls (੭*ˊᵕˋ)੭
"Shielding" is an energy work technique that puts a protective sphere of energy around you. This technique is basic at its core, but can be continually evolved and upgraded to become very advanced and powerful indeed.
Most all shields are spherical or egg-shaped.
Shields are often sized to be an outstretched arm's length away from your body, plus a foot (30cm) or so extra all around. You can make them any size you like. Because they are made of energy, the bigger they are, the more energy they take.
Shields fade away. Depending on how stable they are when you make them, they may fade within hours or days.
Shields can and will affect your mood and how people perceive you.
It is a good idea to practice dismantling/undoing shields as often as you practice creating them.
While the most basic shield is a bubble of white light, they can be endlessly modified.
You can have more than one shield at once. They can be stacked concentrically. Think about which shields you want to be closer to you and which you want on the outside next to others.
One of the most useful ways to modify a shield is to specifically choose what kinds of energies you want to bet let in, and what kinds you want to keep out.
The basic technique used for energy shielding can also be used for other techniques such as glamours, energy cleansing, object charging, and some forms self-care. Because of this, shielding is a good place to start practicing practical energy work.
Shielding is a cousin of aura-imprinting. The technique I am talking about here puts a bubble of energy on the outside of your aura. Aura-imprinting/strengthening techniques refer to changing your aura itself.
There are as many methods to accomplish shielding as there are people. Here are a couple:
1. Make one hand into a fist and place it over your heart. Place your other palm on top of it. Gently push down on your chest to create pressure - not so much that it hurts. Imagine, feel, believe, or know that within your chest is a wellspring of energy. This energy pools around your fist as you create pressure there. When you are ready, move your fist away from your body (experiment with both fast and slow motions). Imagine, feel, believe, or know that an energy sphere grows from that place in your chest and expands until it surrounds you. It stops expanding about a foot away from your outstretched arms.
2. Breathe in. As you breathe in, consider that you are pulling pure energy out of the air and into your body. Hold your breath for a beat and decide that when you exhale, that pure energy is going to start forming a sphere around your body. As you exhale, imagine, feel, believe, intend, or know that this energy flows around you to start forming an energy shell. Continue breathing in and out with intent until you can easily imagine, feel, or believe that the shell has become solid and complete.
3. Consider a pop-culture method that a character uses to shield themselves. Steven Universe can do that rose quartz thing, for example. Or, imagine Captain Picard of Star Trek saying, "shields up!" and the Enterprise being surrounded by powerful protective energy. Copying a pop-culture technique can be extremely effective for shielding. Put your intent towards causing real power to flow, and let culture be your guide.
4. Consider that your body is permanently connected to your environment and there is always free energy exchange passing between you and the world around you. This process is automatic, but like your breath, you have the ability to take control of this process if you so choose. Feel the parts of you making contact with the world below (your feet, or bottoms of your legs if you are sitting). Decide, intend, choose, or will that the energy passing into your body at those points will instead rise up and surround you in a shield. You may need to actively stay with this process and continually will it to occur; with practice you may need to only check in every now and then.
1. Consider that you have placed energy around yourself which exists there whether or not you can feel it. Decide, intend, choose, or will that this energy breaks up and dissolves. You get to choose what to do with the energy. Options include:
Drawing it back into yourself
Pushing it down into the earth
Releasing it into the air around you
Would you like to do a fun experiment? Release the energy into the air around you in a closed room with no open doors or windows :)
Consider drawing energy back into yourself until you feel your storage containers are full, then pushing the rest of it downwards and into the earth.
For practice in raising and putting down energy, the form or shape your shield takes doesn't really matter. If you need to know what form it will take in order to complete the exercise, the most basic shield is considered to be a smooth bubble of white light; you can choose to practice with any form you like.
Programming a shield basically means to choose its effects. Common effects include limiting emotional intake from others, and blocking out environmental energy.
Form should follow function. If you want an energy shield to totally completely block out 100 of environmental energies, its form may take an opaque, solid black orb. If you want the shield to limit some energies but not others, it may take the form of a chain-link fence, be semi-opaque, or be like vines with gaps-inbetween them.
Experimenting with what forms work best for you is worthwhile. You do not necessarily need to choose a specific form: simply putting willpower behind your intent will also suffice.
I recommend trying the first technique for initially creating the shield, and the second technique for making adjustments once it exists.
1. Choose the intent of your shield before you even begin making it. As you begin gathering power, hold your intent in the forefront of your mind. Understand, believe, or know that the shield will not be created in general, but that it will be created within the specifications of your intent, like pancake batter poured into a cookie cutter mold. Hold your intent at the forefront of your mind while energy is gathered and released into the shield. (This is what you're doing automatically if you choose a pop culture technique with specific shield purpose and form)
2. Create a general/basic shield in any way you prefer. Observe, believe, feel, understand, or know that this basic shield is under your control and will respond to your intent. Select an intent. Pour your intent into the existing shield. This may be done through the vehicle of the breath, hand symbols, eye gazes, chanting, or any desired method. Observe, believe, feel, understand, or know that the shield responds to your will like a pond rippling when a rock is thrown in. Maintain your focus until you sense the work is complete, or until you're tired or bored.
It’s neither here, nor there, which is to say, it’s Wednesday.
Don’t let your fictional world be like Wednesday. Here are some prompts to help you think about what is and isn’t here (or there, as the case may be).
Worldbuilding Prompts:
1. In your story, what is the single most important natural resource? How is it obtained? What is it used for? How prominent is it in your narrative?
2. Is there magic? Where does it come from, and what are its range and costs? What impacts does it have on your story and characters?
3. How does your world differ physically from Earth? What is its shape, mass, chemical constitution? What is the calendrical cycle like? What about the seasons? Which of these aspects are important to your story?
4. What is the sociopolitical configuration and forces that are most important for your narrative? Which ones does your story center, and what does it leave in the background?
5. Are there non-human sentient beings? If so, what are their biologies and physical appearances? What makes them distinct? Do these distinctions matter socially?
6. Languages! Is your world monolingual or multilingual? Is there a lingua franca, and if so, whose is it? Is there language loss? How does language (and communication more broadly) come to play into your story?
7. What are the most important cultural customs your story deals with? Where do these customs come from, and have they changed their meaning over time?
8. What do people eat? What does it tell us about your world? Are there food restrictions or foods that, while edible, are not eaten for symbolic reasons? How does food factor into your narrative?
9. Love and marriage: is it a thing? What are romantic relations like across the board (if there are any)? What are family units like? How are children raised?
10. Religion & Divinity. What religious beliefs and practices exist in your story? What are their tenets? What role do their play in the narrative?
I made this tarot cheat sheet after being inspired on tiktok <3 I hope this can help anyone who needs it!
I. I am protected by the universe
II. I am allowed to live happily
III. I live in an abundance of energy
IV. I receive love every minute of life
V. My emotions are heard and appreciated
VI. I follow the guidance of the universe
VII. The universe fills me with love and wisdom