Journaling - Day 3

This is Day 3 of our 30 days of journaling. Each day we pull an oracle card and use it as a guide for our journaling time together. I love journaling and try to do it every day! Writing about what I'm feeling is my own "therapy" and has gotten me through the toughest times. It's also a wonderful way to look back and see how far I've come! Join me in this 30-day challenge to journal every day! Make it as long or as brief as you want and don't worry if you must skip a day. Sometimes life gets in the way but commit to doing it as often as possible with me!

Today's Inspiration: The Answer is Simple by Sonia Choquette. Card#50 -Decorate!

Thank you for all the feedback and positive comments. As a new teacher, I'm continually learning and improving and appreciate the patience and support as I learn to create tracks. This was a longtime dream of mine, and I am so grateful for the encouragement!

Background music: "Super Senses" -- courtesy of fellow Insight Timer Teacher, Tom Evans.

Transcript

Hello and welcome beautiful Insight Timer community.

We are on day three of our 30-day journaling challenge and as usual I have picked an Oracle card to read and guide us.

This one is from The Answer is Simple by Sonia Choquette.

I fell in love with this particular deck about three years ago during another Insight Timer Live where an Insight Timer teacher used this particular deck.

So of course I had to search for it and I believe it was probably out of print for a while because it was hard to find.

But I finally found it and I love it.

And the card I pulled for us today is number 50,

Decorate.

The spirit is a sensitive light body and is influenced by the environment it finds itself in.

Dreary,

Dark,

Messy,

Cluttered,

Unclean surroundings send the spirit out the door and invite the goblins and trolls of negativity to move in and camp out in the corners.

It's time to set this right.

Open the blinds,

Clear the decks,

Paint the walls,

Change the light bulbs and decorate the atmosphere where you live.

Make your environment a proper home for your spirit.

Your spirit must dwell in a cheerful and festive place filled with color,

Live plants,

Fresh flowers,

Clean windows and bright light.

Your spirit is a holy guest in your body and must be treated as royalty.

You wouldn't disrespect visitors with an unwelcoming environment or expect them to dwell in your mess and you shouldn't disrespect your spirit by giving it less than the tranquil setting it deserves either.

Take the time to create a festive and bright atmosphere for your spirit.

Be happy to welcome it home.

Give it the proper surroundings and put out the best you have to receive it.

I love that card and it just makes me think about how many times I've looked around and thought I need to declutter or I need to clean and when I actually do it I feel so much better and in fact I'm looking around now thinking it's time to do that again.

So that's our prompt for today.

What can you do to clear your space around you?

I'm gonna set five minutes on the clock.

I'm gonna journal along with you so let's get to it.

Okay my friends,

The five minutes are up.

Feel free to continue journaling afterwards or leave it where it is and let me know how this is working out for you.

Let me know if you're making progress,

If you have ideas for decluttering.

I certainly have a few and I jotted them all down and I hope you find a way to decorate the space around you even if you haven't decluttered as I have not completely.

I'm surrounded by beautiful things.

Although I confess most of mine are crystals because I love crystals and I love that they fill the room with good energy and even more than that I love when people visit and tell me they feel good vibes around me.

So find a way to put great vibes around you whether it be with crystals or plants or flowers or pictures.

Do something good for yourself today.

Until next time friends,

Buh-bye.

Reviews

Thank you this helped me think about things decluttering helps me feel less overwhelmed and create space for more positive things. Space for my yoga mat reminding me of my happy place.my plants reminding me of nature. A clean environment for my cat makes it a happy safe space. And my crystals remind me hope creation and renewed positive energy ☺️🙏✨❤️💖💜🫶

Wow! This was a beautiful card. So fitting. Clearing out the cobwebs and things from all the corners... The music was great, so ethereal and a little bit trippy. I actually did not reflect on what I need to tidy as I had been doing some emotional tidying yesterday and this morning so this was a perfect respite. Thank you Violet 🥹🥰🙏🫶

Violet, decluttering had me thinking about mental clutter. I was able to write about getting rid of old, outdated ideas and bad habits. Thank you 😊

Thank you so much for these journaling meditations. I was struggling to start journaling again and I look forward to it now. I have just finished day 3. I love the idea or using the cards as inspiration. Thank you😍

Needed to hear this today. Making a plan! Thank you.

I’m off to buy some fresh flowers and have a declutterring plan- of sorts 😂. I’m loving this challenge ✨🙏🏽

I ended up writing about being a parentified child with adult responsibilities way too young. The heavy financial burden and stress I carried by 9 years old is reflected in my physical environment. Anyway, I’m glad to be here on this journey with you and all the parts of my spiritual being revealing themselves through these cards. Much love to you Violet.