Getting creative

From my post before last, I got the idea to do a bullet journal, but for my witch stuff. I got my book two Saturdays ago and what I’ve done, I’m pretty excited about. I figured I would share it with you. If you follow my facebook page, you’ve seen some of these pictures before, but that’s okay.

Originally, I was thinking about doing a magic scrapbook or smashbook, but at the moment I don’t have a functioning printer so it would be really inconvenient and have to be pre-planned. I felt like that took away from the essence of what I wanted to do. I have a handful of pinterest boards that have information of chakras, crystals, mythology, etc and I wanted to essentially take what I’ve added from there and transfer it into a physical copy. Personally, I try to stay away from technology when I am doing magical stuff, which is when I’d need to look up my pinterest board or whatever.

So here’s what I’ve got so far:

It’s not perfect, but who cares? It’s mine and I’m really excited with the way it looks. I probably would’ve had more pages done, but I’ve been working a lot. On top of that, we had new unexpected addition to our family. We wound up taking home a new kitten on Memorial Day, so my time has been involved in swooning over my new baby. My other two cats have embraced him into the household so it’s been fun. Don’t worry, I’m not going to spam my page with cat pictures, but I can’t resist sharing one.

I have a feeling he is going to be a magical familiar. His name is Belfry, because he looks like a bat.

I will be sure to add another post soon. Litha is coming up here in two weeks exactly and I will be writing and performing ritual for it. My plan is to share a bit on it, once I get it all together in my mind. On top of that, after Litha, the days will be getting shorter, connecting me closer to Hades and the Underworld. I’ve felt a distance since Ostara, but that makes sense with Persephone leaving the Underworld. He has been creeping into the back of my mind again and it’s exciting to say the least. I have missed it.

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Blessed be

Preparing

Perhaps it’s the Virgo Moon in me that’s becoming more dominant in my personality or just the fact that I’m spiritually transitioning into adulthood, but organization has became a strong desire over the last year. If you enjoy Pinterest like me, you’ve probably stumbled upon the Bullet Journal (or bujo for short). If you haven’t, it’s simply a DIY planner that you can make with a grid or plain journal. It can be minimalistic or you can do like most people and add pictures, doodles, quotes, decorations, etc.  I really liked the idea of it when I was starting school last fall and I gave it a shot. It worked for me to a certain degree, but I didn’t use it to its fullest potential. I think because of the internal turmoil I was going through, I just didn’t give this last school year or the journal much effort.

However, since my last blog, I’ve been thinking more on my life purpose and what I want. I’ve mentioned in my last couple of entries that I didn’t know what I wanted in life, more specifically when it comes to career. But since my last post, I’ve thought about the satisfaction I had in doing those tarot readings for my friends last weekend. With that, I’ve concluded that I am supposed to focus on my spirituality. I believe that my spiritual journey IS my life purpose. When I get to the point that I’m practiced and knowledgeable, I want to give to the others. Travel to people’s homes and provide spiritual services for them. I believe it to be my life’s work. My hopes are when my boyfriend gets a job offer after his internship, we will be closer to a place where I have access to a reiki teacher so I can learn to be a reiki practitioner.

Since school ended, it has been my goal to get a daily routine going for me so I can focus on studying metaphysical subjects and just be an overall productive person. Presently, my goal has been to study tarot. I didn’t want to give up the bullet journal just because school is over, but I don’t really have many mundane responsibilities. I’m child free and I work part time, so I have a pretty clear schedule for the most part. As far as I’m concerned, now that I do know what I want with my life, my spiritual studies are my part time job. Over the week, I’ve been setting up my journal again and have been researching how other people use it.  It occurred to me today that instead of this just being a chore/routine organizer this could be a spiritually oriented bullet journal.

The picture I decided to post for this blog is a personal picture of all of the notebooks I use to write in for my various spiritual things. That’s FIVE notebooks. The one on top towards the left is Llewellyn’s Witches’ Datebook 2017. I love all of the daily information it has, but it doesn’t really have enough space for me to write in. The little black book under it is my tarot book. I write cheats in it, such as different spreads and little tid bit information for readings. It was really useful in my reading for my friends last week, because it allowed them to look at the different spreads and think about their question.

The fairy journal on the right is my spiritual diary. I write about dreams and interactions I have with Hades and other spirits. It is more significant to me, so I only write about specific things in it. It’s my “what I know” book. Under it is a composition notebook is my work book that I log all of my tarot readings in to. On top of that, it’s my idea book. I write my different ideas for rituals, different personal revelations. It’s my “theory” book and things I actively work on. The two books on the left are Llewellyn’s Sabbats 2017 and Witches’ Companion 2017. I like to read those for inspiration and get new ideas, the sabbats is particularly helpful for when I am writing rituals. Then behind all of that, is my beta-bujo. I decided to go ahead and order a dot grid notebook to be my official bujo, because I just didn’t like the graph paper notebook. I’ll use my beta book for creating templates and whatever else I need.

I think having a spiritual bullet journal that gets me organized will really help me in the long run. With us moving in the not-so-distant future, I’m going to be a solitary witch again and I really want to be active in witchcraft. I want to participate and write for sabbats, even if they are solitary. I also really want to be conscious of the moon and do moon work every month, full and new. I also want to be conscious of the stuff going on astrologically. Every three days the moon moves to a different sign in the astrological wheel. Along with the cycles of the astrological wheel. I really want to be spiritual attuned to the cycles of the world and I think that my idea for a spiritual bullet journal is exactly what I need. If this is my life’s work, then I should treat it as such and organize around it, like one would with a work schedule.

I’m really excited about this idea. Once my book comes in, I will gladly share with you what I’ve got. I hope that it helps you guys out with your craft too! Also, just something to keep in mind. It’s never too late to get organized. Don’t hesitate to create your own calendar, just because it’s May and not January. You can’t put your life on hold, because it’s not at a conventional time. Be present in your own life. You can do it. I know this, because I’ve done it. 🙂