Making Willow Baskets With Jackie Sweet

I lost it at “2 bread”

Difficult Damsels by Nikita Gill

Getting Spiritually Unstuck

I think this is something that a lot of people go through. Sometimes it is like hitting a brick wall, and sometimes it is waking up realizing you’ve actually been stuck for days. The latter is how I realized I was stuck. Life got busy and I hadn’t even noticed what happened until I felt emptier than usual. Then the light bulb went off.

They way I see it, once you realize that you are stuck, you can do one of two things:

A. You can continue doing what you are doing. or B. You can do something different.

Here are some of the things I plan to do:

Meditation- I plan to meditate in general and specifically on envisioning what being spiritual looks like for me.

Reading- Sometimes books just spark something within. I plan to revisit some of these books and maybe check out some new ones.

Spend some time decompressing- This will look different for everyone. For me this could range from taking a long shower to playing video games.

Change your environment- For me, this means rearranging things or going out in nature. Sometimes this can mean taking a vacation or trying a new shop in town.

Get insight and clarity- I plan to use some of my decks to help me to gain insight and clarity as to why I am stuck and what I can do.

Do your spiritual or religious practices anyway- For me this is going to be about finding a set of practices that I can stick with.

Some other things may include:

Interacting with spiritual or religious individuals- Sometimes they can be a source of inspiration or motivation.

Praying or speaking to the spirits or deities in your life.

Eat healthier.

Exercise.

Seek guidance.

Seek inspiration.

And many others!

I may make individual posts to go into each of these- what I do and how I find that it helps me.

August? You mean autumn eve

I want to do this at the new year and see what I can take people up on.

• ask your friends to teach you something new •

if you follow me, you may know that have been making a real effort to actively engage in my own existence - to recognize and do away with the things in my life that do not matter, to work harder, to have higher standards when it comes to the company I keep and what sort of treatment I am going to put up with (see my post Notes to Self). it has been a battle against myself, social media, and my unwillingness to face the feelings that the internet distracts me from, but one I ultimately believe I will win.

I’ve decided that instead of leaving social media completely, I’m going to use it to further my connection with people and hope that it catches on (we’ll see). I asked my facebook friends “what is a skill that you can teach me?” expecting a few jokes and maybe one real reply.

all these people came out of the woodwork; folks I met once or twice and friends I’ve known for years, excitedly offering to teach me skills I did not know they had because I never thought to ask. mending, scrapbooking, dance, CPR, organization techniques, canning, wedding planning, dyeing and spinning wool.

ask your friends what they can teach you.

if, like me, you yearn for connection beyond just shopping trips and movie nights and going out for drinks, just ask. you get to learn (which is knowing), your friend gets to teach (which is sharing), and a real conversation is so valuable.

a friend and I met at her house for a meal and a mending lesson a few weeks ago. we ate together and caught up on lost time while she showed me how to repair the torn sweater I brought from home. there was so much peace - sitting on the living room floor with her and laughing at my crooked stitches. I’ve since mended a pair of my husband’s pants, patched a hole in my dad’s jacket, and gave my dress some stronger buttons.

a crooked stitch still strengthens the cloth. I am that much closer to needing less.

what could you teach me?

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got that autumn feeling.