At some point during the past three years I stopped defining myself by my pleasure, my passion, my stories, and started defining myself by my duties. It's a cruel way to live -- at least the way I've been doing it ( Read more... )

I hate snow. And I'm disappointed that I'm missing a long-anticipated dinner with rocket_jockey because I'm too worried about getting home afterward to drive north to his place.

On the positive side, this was the first specific feedback I had from my new boss today:

I talked with my former admin yesterday. We're good friends. She asked me what my new admin ( Read more... )

Yesterday during my spiritual direction session with Tom, I shared my frustration with my lack of quiet/alone/spiritual/creative time. It's something that's been on my mind for quite a while now, but it was only during my session that I acknowledged just how crucial it is -- not just for 'my spiritual life' but for me being me. I determined that I ( Read more... )

Monday during lunch I finally started reading Evolutionary Witchcraft by T Thorn Coyle (aka yezida), someone I learned about from queenofhalves. It's been a very long time since I've identified as a witch, but queenofhalves's accounts of the focus on personal growth and development, and her own experiences with it, have impressed me. And, frankly, I've been looking for a spark to ( Read more... )

My dirty little secret is that I do not have a consistent, formal spiritual practice ( Read more... )

My alarm was set for 5am, but I woke up around 4:10am and could not get back to sleep ( Read more... )

I spent a few hours on Sunday going through a large plastic tub which I'd been using as a catch-all for various odds and ends of paper that hadn't been properly filed: everything from old pay stubs to scribbled story notes to seminary papers and etc ( Read more... )

This is an entry I might usually filter due to spiritual content, but I'm going to go ahead and leave it open because I'm tired of having so few posts of substance lately. If spirituality, or alternative spirituality, isn't your bag, feel free to skip what's below ( Read more... )