Why the long silence

 Hello everyone, 

Firstly happy Mabon (Autumn Equinox)! Hope you all have a fantabulous day.

It's been a very long time since I've updated on here- and I know I'm not the most regular person when it comes to blogging. I'm really sorry. I could list a number of reasons to you as to why I haven't written everything but to put it quite simple. I'm not doing so great in terms of my health, the old mental health and anxiety department and I've been dealing with quite a heavy workload whilst studying my apprenticeship at my local county council. SOooo this means I've have had very little time and energy to post anything.  There's a lot of pressure on me financially at the moment as I'm trying to save for a house, whilst paying rent, various loan repayments ... and it's just a bit stressful. I'm also playing the role of confidant and stress reliever to my friends as they are all going through something important so my time has just been filled with taking care of them. 

I've found that this all can sometimes be a bit too much for me mentally though, so I've been studying up a little on self care over the last few months; and am trying to ensure that I don't take on other's problems as if they are my own. As an empath this is very difficult to do as I'm pretty much a sponge absorbing any energy around me. However I have recently been releasing this energy and reclaiming my own. I've found just saying allowed " I release all energy that is not my own, especially that which is negative . And I reclaim what has been taken from me without my permission"  I've found that saying this allowed has just given me a bit of a breather- though I'm not sure if this is because it could be considered an incantation, because it's fueled with intention... or if it's simply because it's allowing me to release a deep breath as I say it.

So... on to something a bit more positive what have I been up to that's witchy.

Well I've been making Mabon/Samhain decorations. I've painted a ceramic pumpkin for Mabon and have nearly finished a skeleton themed bit of art for Samhain, I've also created a couple of new candle holders, created herb mixes for my witchy friend, completes a couple of spells to bring good luck and health... and as always have spent wayyy to much money on crystals. I quite easily am in the mid 200's for crystals now... oops.

Things I have done that's not so witchy?

I've started going to the gym 2-3 times a week after work, granted I've had to put it on pause due to some awful blister from my work shoes ( my pinky toes were the size of massive grapes-ewwww) 

I've , with the help of my dad, repaired , stained and reupholstered some free chairs we found in a skip.  All about the whole re-use and revamp nowadays and i can't let good things go to waste. 

What about you all, what are you up to?