The Devotional Calendar, or draft one of it anyway

[chironcentaur]

In between my sleeping like shit and running around to get various errands done, I did manage, with some suggestions from Hermes and help from Renee, to get a first draft festival calendar down for the upcoming lunar month. Yes, I do want to try operating on the lunar schedule, because i do see a certain amount of power in doing so and because, I

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[erl_queen]

This looks like a really good setup for you - not too few, not too many days. I like scheduling in your "lazy days" like that, making them deliberate. Sort of like how I gave myself a "summer vacation" this year because I knew I'd probably not get anything done anyway, and this way I can try to just relax rather than stressing.

I'm glad to see someone else using the lunar calendar. It means a lot to me on a gut level, but very few others seem to resonate with that. My suggestion is that you either make your own little calendar with all these dates on it (as I do), or write in the dates on a regular calendar, and keep that somewhere you will see every day, to help remind you.

I need not focus entirely on semi formal mini rituals, that perhaps trying instead to come up with meaningful activities on certain days might be a lot less overwhelming for me and easier to maintainYes! I certainly don't do even semi-formal ritual on every single monthly holy day (maybe I will someday, but it's a process). Sure, on some of those days I do

[chironcentaur]

Thanks, it is good to know the set up looks as good to others as it does to me. I'm semi hopeful about this one. :-)

The Lazy Days seemed very obviously important after it was pointed out to me. If I'm having a problem with shit like that for a great number of different reasons, it would probably be better to allow myself to have the time, rather than let myself take it anyway, way too often, then feel like crap about it. Plus, like Siggy said, can't be all work and no play all the time, cranky Gavin isn't fun for anyone. :-P

I'm glad to see someone else using the lunar calendar. It means a lot to me on a gut level, but very few others seem to resonate with thatThere has been a part of me that wanted to use it for some time, because the arguments people like you have made do resonate with me. I didn't because of my hard time keeping track of time, it would just be one more thing to add on to the plate and if I can't remember the basics why complicate things further? Recently (perhaps with a little Help) I've just had to admit I'm

[chironcentaur]

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Will do. :-)

And I thought you wrote about kittens and rainbows... chainsaw-wielding kittens and devouring rainbows that swallow people up and puke them out in Hell. ;)

LOL!!!! Yes .... something like that. ;-)

But anyway, thanks for the review. Good to know the set up looks as good to others as it does to me.

[gallows_queen]

This looks good. I agree that you should mark these days on a wall calendar for yourself, to have a visible reminder (I do this too). Scheduling Me-time is very important, and will allow you to actually enjoy your relaxation periods without berating yourself over them (hopefully). Also, I think a Private Relationship with Hermes day would be a very good thing. ;)

My own observances (which I don't think I've shared anywhere; need to fix that, possibly with a post to my public blog) are arranged around the moon phases.