Give Yourself a Break

This is a public service announcement for the witches who (tell me they) feel bad because they “didn’t do anything witchy for the last Full Moon” or aren’t continuously casting spells or performing elaborate rituals each time a sabbat, or a particular moon phase, rolls around.

IT’S OK.

There are no set rules to how you must follow the path of Witchcraft. Life is a lot of things. It is also paying the bills, looking after children, making time for family and friends, and it is occasionally crashing on the sofa ~ exhausted ~ because by the time something special comes around your energy has been used for other things. Sometimes it is missing important dates, or not observing them exactly how you’d like to, because there are more pressing issues.

IT’S OK.

It doesn’t make me any less of a witch when it happens, it doesn’t make you any less of a witch, either. There will be countless other times, there will be countless other opportunities. Witchcraft is not just big showy rituals on specific dates, it’s all the little acts of magick you carry out from day to day, too. 

REMEMBER…

The witch lives you see on Instagram are not a true representation of every second of every day. Even the witchiest of people have mundane stuff to deal with.

GIVE YOURSELF PERMISSION…

Do only what you are able, even if sometimes that is nothing but a glancing nod to your path. Remind yourself that life happens. Give yourself permission to worship, practise and study in the way you want to, and when you can. Give yourself permission to follow the path of Witchcraft in your own way, following the ebb and flow of your life.

Does this post resonate with you? Do you ever feel guilty or not “witchy enough” when life gets in the way? What do you do to counteract this feeling?

I’m going to share some ideas for magickal activities that always make me feel better when I’m unwell, low in energy, or time poor.

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