♡ Bedroom Witch ♡ •aesthetic and spells•

If you

Check what you sent over and over to make sure you didn’t say a slur instead of “hello how are you”

Fear that someone will find you thinking not-leftist-enough thoughts and will call you out and ruin you

Feel you have to make your intentions clear and over-explain your actions

Find yourself consistently resisting the urge to engage in reassurance-seeking WRT being a good enough ally to marginalized people

Stay up late endlessly debating political ethics in your head

Have a set of actions that you take after discovering you made a morally wrong decision so that you can atone, which you rely on for reassurance that you are not a bad person

Would rather not make a decision at all than make a decision that is the lesser of two evils, but is not morally pure

Because if you constantly are told that you need to be 150% clear, you must think perfect thoughts, or that inaction is better than imperfect-but-better action, you are surrounded by people who care more about performing moral purity than actually Being Good People and making a positive impact in the world.

Minimal Witchcraft

When You Have Zero Energy

Witchcraft doesn’t always have to involve elaborate rituals or tools. Minimal and low-energy witchcraft can be just as fulfilling, focusing on intent and the simple, meaningful actions that resonate with you. On days when energy is low, embrace simplicity. A whispered affirmation or a moment of connection with nature can be a complete ritual.

Light a single candle.

Prepare a cup of tea. Stir clockwise for drawing positive energy and counterclockwise to release negativity.

Hold or keep a favorite stone or crystal in your pocket.

Whisper a blessing or a banishment.

Focus on your breathing. Inhale with intention and exhale any negativity or worry.

Draw or trace a simple sigil.

Sit or lie down where you can see the moon.

Take a cleansing shower. Let the water wash away any negative energy.

Touch a plant. Let it ground you.

i mentioned this in my post yesterday but i am neurodivergent, and i tend to take things pretty literally without realizing it. seeing so many people say they talk to their gods, they hear them, they are able to speak to them and get a response...i was baffled, because i had never had an experience like that!

i converted to paganism when i was 15, and only started working with deities when i was 19. i thought i was doing something completely wrong up until (relatively) recently, and i'm 22 now. i thought i wasn't tapped in at all, that i would never be able to communicate with my deities, that i wasn't meant to work with them because i couldn't hear like other devotees.

and then i was informed that that wasn't the case! and my communication with loki and freyja is very clear and developed, i just wasn't looking for the right signs because i was expecting to be able to actually...hear them talk to me.

so if you're unsure about your ability to communicate with your deities, take the lesson from me and know that you might just be reading too into it or not looking for the right signs! and in my case it never hurts to double check through tarot or pendulum.

So earlier I mentioned that the Law of Assumption and its community cultivates a competitive mindset, which can be harmful to one's mental health. I figured I'd do a little list of non-competitive affirmations, for anybody who's into that kind of thing and looking for an alternative.

My present circumstances are not forever.

I can change and grow.

I am capable.

I am allowed to express my needs.

I am allowed to set and enforce boundaries.

I am allowed to say "no."

It's okay if I can't do it all right now.

If it hurts me, I can leave it and find something else.

If it doesn't work out for me, I can try something else.

I deserve respect and compassion.

I am allowed to ask for help.

There is more for me out there than I know.

I search for things that bring me joy and help me grow.

If I search, I will find.

I can try, try, and try again.

If I don't know, I can ask.

My looks do not define my worth.

My ability does not define my worth.

My income does not define my worth.

I am not responsible for those who hurt me.

I am not responsible for other people's projections.

I look for beauty and wonder everywhere I go.

I spent the afternoon putting baby clothes on my cat who didn’t seem to care

Yes, even if you're neurodivergent. I don't have ADHD, but it is allegedly a thing with ADHD as well. And I am autistic, and after a bunch of nerve damage (severe enough that I was basically housebound for 6 months), I had to completely rebuild my ability to get my brain to Do Things from what felt like nearly scratch.

This is specifically from ADDitude magazine, so written specifically for ADHD (and while focused in large part on kids, also definitely includes adults and adult activities):

Here's a link on this for autism (though as an editor wow did that title need an editor lol):

Resources on this aren't great because they're mainly aimed at neurotypical therapists or parents of neurdivergent children. There's worksheets you can do that help a lot too or thought work you can do to sort of build the neuro-infrastructure for tasks.

But a lot of the stuff is just like. fun. Pulling from both the first article and my own experience:

Play games or video games where you have to make a lot of decisions. Literally go make a ton of picrews or do online dress-up dolls if you like. It helped me.

Art, especially forms of art that require patience, planning ahead, or in contrast improvisation

Listening to longform storytelling without visuals, e.g. just listening regularly to audiobooks or narrative podcasts, etc.

Meditation

Martial arts

Sports in general

Board games like chess or Catan (I actually found a big list of what board games are good for building what executive functioning skills here)

Woodworking

Cooking

If you're bad at time management play games or video games with a bunch of timers