March Intentions Bring Peace and New Life

Following Moths into Light

Beginning of a new month, which means it's time for our next intention card!

This month's card is the Three of Feathers, upright. This card is represented by Moth, and her message is rather poignant after recent events. The main themes for this month are "release" and "recovery".

Moth tells us to be strong in navigating the dark. You must hold faith in yourself when navigating rough patches, to understand deeply that everything will be ok. She shows you that it is ok to let your feelings of heartache and despair flow through you. Holding on to them only causes you more pain and makes it harder to move on. Letting them go helps lift the sadness and usher in new light.

I drew these cards in January, right around the first of the year. I don't check my list all that often, really just at the first of the month so that I can reflect back on what happened and maybe see what I need to focus on in the coming weeks. This one is a bit of a sucker punch.

We knew, when we moved my grandfather in with my parents, that he wouldn't be around much longer. There was no way to tell how much; at the time we expected him to be around many more years. But over the last year and a half we really watched his health decline.

I had a long time to grieve him; I made sure Aurora understood that he would be leaving us "soon", too, and to cherish the time she still had with him. Seeing the message of this card tells me it's ok, that we will work through this dark time. To keep my eyes on the light ahead and everything will work out.

Embracing your darkest feelings can be empowering. By looking them in the eye, naming them, and letting them flow through you, you can gain control over how they make you feel. It makes it easier to let them go. It's hard, but well worth it if you can ride the wave. And remember: there can be no darkness without light; there will always be light at the end of the tunnel.

Peace on the Bayou

Spring Cleaning my Purpose

Six months. It's a pretty short amount of time, all things told. Six months is how long I've been learning about and practicing writing.

I've learned a lot. From paid courses, a marketing mentorship with Ilise Benun (seriously, her SMP course is good and she's so sweet and encouraging), and following and interacting with all my new connections here on LinkedIn; there are a ton of ways to get information.

It has been overwhelming at times. Dunno whether it was the ADHD kicking in (have to learn all the things now!) or my anxiety and general disquiet with my life's status quo, but my patience has been thin at times. And those are the times I knew I needed to take a deep breath and work on something different. Something that would help me reach a new internal benchmark of "moving forward".

This weekend is another one of those steps. I'm heading to our local Home & Boat Show, armed with fancy new business cards.

I'm very proud of them. Designed them myself in Canva, added a custom QR code that links to a special landing page on my website (which I also built myself!), and now I'm going to be schmoozing up some local businesses to see if any would be interested in working with me for some projects. I'm both excited and terrified.

I hate talking to strangers without a good script. I'll probably spend a good portion of tomorrow working out how and what I want to say, only to forget it as I try and talk to people. I'm also hoping I don't actually chicken out and either not go or not hand out the damn cards - either is likely. I'm roping the family in on this, though, to help keep me accountable.

But with that, I have some plans to work on shifting up the topics of my posts and my posting habits a bit. Odd Bits will remain the same; I love having this as a bit of a dumping ground for several topics I want to talk a little more in depth on beyond my regular posts.

But I'm also ready for a change. I'm not in acute burnout anymore. I can feel some of those feelings hovering; it will take longer for my to climb back up completely. The next logical step I see is to start putting my learning to practice, my own way.

I've worked on myself all these months, developing habits, and relearning who I am as a person. I look forward to seeing who I am as a writer, of copy, content, and beyond.

Poll Time! Would you be interested in...

Something in February's SMP Office Hours call really caught me - micro newsletters.

Ilise has one, short and sweet, that she sends out occasionally. I kind of liked the idea. So, would you, my friends and followers, be interested in a monthly short video newsletter? The topic for this one would be vulnerability - how to be vulnerable, weird, and/or original in your posts and content without feeling scared or overwhelmed.

This is a topic I've seen come up frequently recently and one that I've been giving a lot of thought to. The videos would be between 2-5 minutes, probably scripted just a little but mostly impromptu.

Drop a line in the comments if this sounds like something you'd like to see, or if there are specific topics you'd like to discuss. I have ideas but would love to hear your thoughts!

*(Also major credit to Alex Shahlaei-Beeching???? for his wonderful impromptu videos. I love how engaging they are; you are an inspiration in impromptu and fun, sir!!)

And done!

Congratulations, you made it through another week of ramblings.

I finally got my new rune set in and I'm itching to play with them. They were from a Kickstarter and are beautiful, purple resin with silver inlay. I plan to include a rune reading with next month's intention; I feel like runes give a different insight than the cards do, often more thought provoking and closer to home.

Here's hoping I get some interest at the Home show this weekend. I have no idea what I'm doing, I'm just planning to try and talk to some people to gauge interest. I will probably vapor lock if I actually get anyone interested and will definitely make a hysterical post if it happens ??

Have a happy weekend. I hope you get some pretty spring weather where you are!

K. Mace

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