If you're anything like me, what you're in the mood for can get very specific, so I've categorized them by the qualities I find most pertinent when deciding what kind of vibe I feel like watching. Check out the Key below.
🧙♀️ | witchy |
🎞 | 90's nostalgia |
🎓 | Academia |
🗽 | NYC vibes |
🍂 | New England vibes |
❤️ | Romance |
1. Describe the sights, sounds, and scents around you. How does the sunlight enhance your sensory experience?
2. Reflect on the impact of nature on your emotions. How does the sunshine affect your mood?
3. Write about a memorable summer moment from your past. Does being outside now invoke similar feelings?
4. Appreciate the different shades of green in the landscape. How does nature's color palette make you feel?
5. Collect fallen leaves and make sketches or impressions of them in your journal.
6. Write a one-page poem inspired by joy and inspiration under the warm rays of the sun.
7. Examine the growth and change around you through plants and trees. How can you apply these thoughts to your own life?
8. What activities or hobbies do you enjoy the most during sunny days? Describe what you enjoy about them and how you can bring them into colder seasons.
9. Use a page of your journal to sketch the scene you see in front of you.
10.Reflect on an area of your life that could use more clarity, and describe how you might shine a light on it.
11. How does the weather influence your creative process? Describe any connections you notice between sunny days and your artistic inspiration.
12. Make yourself the main character, and today's sunny adventure is a pivotal scene. Write about what happens and how it impacts your character's development.
13. Write a letter to your future self, describing the energy of this day. Include any aspirations or goals you have for the coming months.
14. Explore the symbolism of the sun in various cultures and religions. How does its significance resonate with you personally?
15. Think about your body or feet on the earth in this moment and recognize the importance of it. How does it feel to be writing outside as opposed to indoors.
]]>Warning: This book will change your life. This is not a book you read through in a few days and get some take aways. This is dedicated, deep, personal work to find the creative person you've always wanted to be. You could absolutely read the Artist's way on on your own, but many poeple (myself included), find it incredibly rewarding to do with a group of people to help with accountabiliy. So maybe try to find or create a group that will move through the Artist's way together. You'll leave changed for the better with a newfound love for writing and creating.
Chocoblock full of ways to use your journal as a tool in self discovery and self reflection. Pick this one up, and be prepared to dog-ear your favouite methods to come back to when the time is right.
Written as a guide for turning your journals into a published memoir, this book is incredibly interesting - even if you are looking to keep your journals more pirvate. It is full of excerpts from lifetime journalers and authors and includes lots of tools and tips for how to become a better, more consistent journaler.
The memoir of singer-songwriter Patti Smith. I loved the stream of consciousness stlye of her writing and found beauty in her dynamic, every moving life that stayed steadfast in routines and rituals. While she struggled to write about "nothing", witnessing her routines in writing is fascinating.
If you're not familiar with Emily Carr, she's one of Canada's most treasured writers and artists. Klee Wyck was her first published book - her illustrated diary while she visited and lived with Indigenous communities in remote corners of British Columbia in the 1910's. Her writing is a beautiful and personal look into these communities' lives during this time.
Last Updated 12/18/2022
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Listen to the playlist through its Spotify code, in each monthly newsletter, or on the homebound tarot blog post✨ If you missed it check out last weeks playlist, The High Priestess🔮
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Listen to the playlist through its Spotify code, in each monthly newsletter, or on the homebound tarot blog post✨ If you missed it check out last weeks playlist, The High Priestess🔮
]]>Moving freely between the conscious and unconscious - these songs are dreamy, protective and intuitive. A little masculine, a little feminine; flowing, floating and knowing the answers deep down.
]]>The magician holds it all. Everything they need to manifest their intentions is in front of them. Full of creativity; they are inventive. Caring for themselves, and others is innate.
]]>These songs tell stories of youthful naivety. Embarking on adventures without a plan, of dancing on the edge.
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Somewhere before then, I was given a homework assignment from my counselor.
“What does your anxiety look like? I want you to create your anxiety in art.”
That exercise started everything, though I didn't know it at the time. And over the next couple years, the shadowy blob character penciled into a lined notebook turned into the flowing, emotional figure in homebound. That one prompt pushed me to explore the meanings of my personal anxiety through tarot in the most in-depth ways, and gave this deck the grounding force that resonates with all of us.
Right from the beginning, the intention was to design a deck that reflected my struggle with anxiety, while still being open enough to be used as a tool to help others cope with theirs. I knew my experiences were not entirely unique so imagery that had a story with me would resonate with others.
When I started reading tarot, and even now, I find there to be a lot of fear, gatekeeping, and misinformation surrounding the cards. So when designing Homebound, my goal was to strip those barriers down. The Guidebook is an equal part in this aspect. It's written as a tool in deciphering the cards from a position of intuition, and self-reflection rather than the traditional predictive, symbolized approaches that remove us from the equation of our future.
Because the deck would be holding space for emotions, the name was beyond important. I spent months running through word combinations and filled pages with names. Once I landed on Homebound it was a done deal.
How about tarot readings? Is reading tarot for yourself something that freaks you out a little bit? Because tarot and journaling together create this incredible two-birds-one-stone situation. Where the tarot cards give you a reason to write and the journaling creates a self-guided teaching of the cards!
If tarot still makes you a little nervous, just remember: Anyone can use tarot cards with any level of knowledge. I’ve always loved the analogy that the cards are a mirror; they reflect back at you what you cannot see unaided. Adding journaling into your readings will only make these reflections more clear and more solid. Through journaling, you will be able to capture these reflections, magnify them and work through them.
So let's get into the actual how-to's of this whole thing! There are two ways to approach this. I'll start with the simplest first...
Start by settling into a comfortable space with everything you need: notebook, card, coffee, maybe some music. Get comfy, and begin shuffling your tarot cards. Shuffle and think about what it is you're planning on writing about. Whether that be a question, a thought, a day. Everything is fair game. Now pull just one card. Sit with it, examine it. What are the immediate thoughts that come to you?
Now start writing. Turn to your journal and free-write. Use the card to prompt you. It will kick-start your thoughts. Allow it to encourage you to see new perspectives. Write anything and everything that comes to your mind. Try not to pause. It’s not necessary to stop and consider whether your thoughts are worth writing down. It’s all worth writing down. Your intuition is in the immediacy.
Start by settling into that comfortable space with everything you need: notebook, card, coffee, maybe some music. Begin your entry with the date, your question, and indicate the spread you will be using with a quick card diagram.
Shuffle, pull, and lay out your cards. Reflect and absorb the cards in front
of you. Sit with the cards as long as you need to.
Turn to your journal and free-write about each card individually.
The cards are prompts, kick-starting your thoughts on your reading. Allow them to encourage you to see new perspectives. Write anything and everything that comes to your mind. Again, Try not to pause. It’s not necessary. Everything is worth writing down.
Now, write about how the cards could form a bigger picture as a group. Do you see a story unfolding through them, or similarities between the cards?
If you want to take your readings even deeper I encourage you to try journaling alongside your tarot readings. It's a fantastic way to grow your tarot and self-care practice.
I created a journaling with tarot workbook that includes my methods for stream-of-conciousness journaling, shorthand writing tips, 20 questions to consult the tarot that prompt deeper journal sessions, as well as a page layout designed specifically for tarot journaling.
]]>What it essentially gets down to though is we spend soooo much time during the week on our phone, it's an extension of ourselves at this point. It controls nearly all our communication, how we view the news, how we wind down but also how we organize ourselves, how we schedule ourselves. Our phones wake us up in the morning for goodness sake. No wonder we have such a love/hate relationship with these things. Something that is such an integral part of ourselves, whether we like it or not, needs to be taken care of.
During the worst stages of anxiety in my life, my phone has been a major trigger. Irrational fears of receiving angry emails while organizing events, anxiety over receiving texts and being made to converse when I didn't want to, wasting hours away on social media before I even realized what I'd been doing. I'm sure these are all situations you can relate to. Let's just say, taking advantage of airplane mode when you haven't even left the house is a very real thing. But how does it get to this point?
Today I want to talk about ways our phone can help us to quiet our minds. So much of the advice out there is all about limiting our time on our phones. And let's be totally honest for a minute here. We KNOW we should be spending less time on our phones. I don't need a blog post to tell me that. At least for me, and let me know if you're the same, trying to remove my phone from my life is not just impractical at this point it's impossible. So I'm getting with the times and providing some tips and tricks to make the time spent on your phone quieter, a bit more intentional, and a bit kinder to your mind.
Co-Star: |
hyper-personalized astrology tracking. It's based on your exact birth minute and gives you daily horoscopes that are absolutely fascinating. And the interface is beautiful to look at
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Fabulous: |
a habit tracking and goal setting app that can help you develop better habits, and break negative ones. It's calm, motivating, and geared towards the anxious mind. And they have a plan in place for every habit you could imagine!
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cloudLibrary: | or whichever app your local library uses. It gives you access to thousands of audiobooks for free! I listen to an audiobook for about 20 minutes even night before I fall asleep and it has been 100% the cure for my insomnia and anxious nightly thoughts. |
I hope there were a few tips in here you found helpful, If you have any phone secrets of your own share them in a comment below!
Take care,
Arielle
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Let's dive a little deeper into why the eight of cups is being used in this spread specifically. The 8 of cups is a card about cutting ties and walking away from what is no longer working for you. There is also a message there that leaving behind something means heading towards something new. That being said, a different card could be substituted if you had an inclination for it ✨
In the Homebound tarot Guidebook the 8 of cups card description reads:
]]>“If you’ve done all you can and you’re still not happy, it’s time to walk away from this situation. That’s okay. The best is yet to come, and it cannot find you if you remain here.
The way forward will be difficult for a while, even unclear. The more you consider the wider your options will become. Just remember, there’s something better past the upcoming climb.”
Is it positive? Maybe motivation-based, anticipation-based, celebratory. Or is it negative? Like fear-based or stressed.
Recognize the energy, and evaluate if the card is showing you where you’re currently at or how you can refuel.
Maybe ask for patience or help in this area as you work through it this week.
It’s important however to actually spend some time working in this space. Self-realization is only the first step in self-improvement.
Perhaps it’s a problem you thought you solved or had written off. A project you’re nearly finished. It could be a relationship, commitment or investment. Maybe it's a physical location you should spend some extra time in this week.
If you want to take your readings even deeper I encourage you to try journaling alongside your tarot readings. It's a fantastic way to grow your tarot and self-care practice.
I created a journaling with tarot workbook that includes my methods for stream-of-conciousness journaling, shorthand writing tips, 20 questions to consult the tarot that prompt deeper journal sessions, as well as a page layout designed specifically for tarot journaling.
]]>This is a dance-in-the-kitchen-in-your-underwear-while-you-make-eggs kind of playlist. It's a perfect weekend morning starter - full of tunes that wake you up, and have you swaying with your coffee all around the apartment cause you just don't wanna sit down.
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As the evenings get darker and chillier, it always seems like staying cozy and taking care are that much more important. Next to lighting (always warm, always with candles), music is such a great go-to way to quickly set the tone for your evening. It helps transition from the hectic day to a slower, more conscious night of winding down and taking care. This is the playlist I put on most nights to get into that comfy space.
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