#going analog

She tells him the first year of sobriety is the hardest.

She tells him she's 9 years sober.

He's gobsmacked. Langdon didn't know McKay was an addict.

She tells him, "if you need anything, call me."

It's decided: this summer I'll be spending less times around screens. Here's a few ideas to make your witchcraft practice more analog if you, like me, are feeling concerned about your screen time...

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🌿 Start (or keep up with) a physical grimoire - social media is a great resource to find spells and anything magic-related. However, reblogging won't give you the knowledge you deserve. Start collecting all of this information in one notebook dedicated to your practice.

🌿 Buy some books about witchcraft - most of my magical knowledge has been acquired with books. There are so many out there, so spend some time in your local library and find books related to your type of witchcraft.

🌿 Consume less, practice more - early on in my practice, I felt the need to learn as much as possible before attempting anything. If that feels like you, step outside and start with a simple spell. The rest will come soon enough.

🌿 Consider investing in tools to replace your need for a phone - if you use it to wake you up in the morning, consider buying an alarm clock. If you love taking pictures, why not trying to learn photography with a proper camera? If you need it for reading, even investing on a e-reader will be better for your eyes, etc. etc.

🌿 Practice offline divination - pull tarot cards without looking up the meaning online. Sit with your intuition. You don't need a guidebook to tell you everything.

Two days ago I deleted my Instagram account! To my mutuals who followed me, no I did not block you, I just deleted my account all together. I chose in the beginning of this year to delete all social media platforms from my phone so I could only access it through a browser on my desktop (Then a month into that I decided to keep my bedroom screen free. No scrolling or swiping before bed, only a physical book.)

I did that for about two months and then I realized that most of my very very close friends stayed in contact with me through normal chatting apps like whatsapp or telegram.

Group chats were nice and we see each other every week either for DnD or for online gaming together. So I didnt experience FOMO when it came to friendship.

And one of my closest friends even went so far to send me memes and funny videos on our chat instead of Instagram.

Don't get me wrong they still sent me stuff on IG knowing I would eventually see them when I did decide to check on desktop. It wasn't a lot but enough for me to keep my account.

Then I realized how many "influencers" I was following and how little I actually saw of my actual friends. My friends, the whole season I got my account in 2016 in the first place!

Now it was all influencers telling you what to do, what not to do, how to live. News about war, weird politicians or brainrot and a funny meme in between to keep me watching. To keep me hooked.

Or old classmates who used to bully me now showing off their seemingly perfect life's.

It was this and a pressure to keep following people I used to know because I didn't want to hurt their feelings if I decided to unfollow them.

I bought a whole bunch of sudoku and word search books (at Dollar Tree), a super cheap watch (8 dollars on amazon), I'm actually using my notebooks and reading my books. I was so bored yesterday, and I realized for the first how slow time was moving. I'm usually so stressed because time goes by so fast, and I have such little time to myself. I was sitting at my desk just staring blankly bored to all hell but weirdly content????

I also checked out a book and a cd at the library. Listening to music on my cheap cd player sounds so much crisper? Knowing I have to return the book soon makes me so much more motivated to actually read it. I've been going through my favorite artists' profiles on spotify and listening to all their songs instead of just listening to the same one song I like over and over again.

I'm not buying random shit from tiktoks every day. I'm not spending my whole day scrolling on my phone. I nanny for my little sister and nephew, and I'm actually spending time with them rather than letting them play on their own. I feel weirdly regulated? I used to binge eat when I was bored, but now I sit calmly without itching to chew something. I slept 8 hours (I still woke up feeling like shit lol) instead of 4.