Tag: self care

Fill Your Cup Friday

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I thought it might be kind of cool to start a trend of what I’m doing in preparation for the weekend to help ‘fill my cup’. By this, I mean giving myself energy, replenishing my will to live, and just generally making myself feel more human. The old saying ‘you can’t pour from an empty cup’ makes a hell of a lot of sense to me, but learning ways to fill my cup has not come so easily.

I struggle with depression and anxiety (doesn’t everyone though?), and I find when I’m really, really down, it’s hard to pull myself back up to normal. It’s a bit like I’m drowning, and I need some kind of life jacket or something just to get to baseline- to break the surface of the water. I’m not talking about flying through the sky in happiness here- that’s expecting way too much at those kinds of moments. I’m just talking about feeling like I can brush my teeth, feed myself, go to work. Usual things.

So, in an attempt to help myself learn more about what makes me feel happy and fulfilled and what ‘fills my cup’, I want to do something once a week to feel like I’m more myself. I’m going to post it on Fridays because it has good alliteration, and I’m a sucker for good alliteration.

SO. Today? I lay in bed for about an hour with a silly game on my phone and my dog. I drifted in and out of sleep, and I just enjoyed the cosiness of it. The sun way streaming in through the window and I felt like I was a little lizard on a rock. It was good.

How do you fill your cup?

Happy cup-filling

-Madame Starbeam

Monthly Challenge: Lionharts’ WanderLust: Day 7 and 8

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I did absolutely nothing all day yesterday and it was magical, although now it means a day of catch-up! So I present to you, the prompts from the last two days :).

Day 7: How can I use nature to cultivate a deeper sense of inner peace?

Cards drawn: 6 of Pentacles Rx, and Page of Swords Rx.

Surrounding myself with nature will help to replenish my empty tanks, and give myself the opportunity to be a bit ‘selfish’ and focus on self-care (6 of Pentacles Rx). In doing this, I can help to silence the constant uncertain questions that bounce around in my head, wondering if I’m making the right choices, or if I’m headed down the wrong path (Page of Swords Rx).

You know it’s a bit strange but we do seem to think of self-care as selfishness when we first get into it. Why should I be spending on myself, focusing only on myself when I should be giving to and thinking of others- and while a healthy sense of altruism is a good thing to have, you cannot give to others if you have nothing within you to give. The old saying ‘you can’t pour from an empty cup’ is true when it comes to taking care of yourself. There’s nothing wrong with making sure you’re meeting your own needs first.

Day 8: What inner strength can I draw on to empower myself?

Card pulled: 7 of Swords

I can use my ability to strategize to my advantage- or maybe I can steal a bunch of stuff? hahaha 🙂

The deck I’ve used here is one of my favourites, and I’m so happy I bought it- It’s called This Might Hurt and it’s one of the decks I personally have connected really well with. It seems really easy for me to read, most of the time, and I really like the way the creator has designed and linked the ideas through her own lens. It’s queer inspired and you’ll see a lot of female kings, and mix gender pages. There’s also representation for all sizes, shapes, skin tones and of different disabilities. I really like this deck, and if the indie printing price tag is too high for you or it’s not available where you are right now, you’re in luck! It’s been picked up for mass production and should be available this summer on amazon or other witchy metaphysical shops near you at a much lower sticker price.

So, what do you like to do for self-care? What cards did you pull? What do you think of my interpretation? Tell me in the comments!!

Happy Readings 💛💛

-Madame Starbeam