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Moon Sign warnings

Aries Moon: control your jealousy and your possessiveness and you will have it all, but to control it first accept that there is this side to you, you can be the most loving person in the world but if you try to control your friends and lovers because of this love, it will only hurt everyone involved 

 Taurus Moon: consistency and tradition is nice, but changing things aren’t always going to hurt you, maybe you should try that new coffee shop your friends have been telling you to go to, your favorite old cafe will always be there, there’s nothing wrong with being careful but being too careful could stop you from becoming your best self 

 Gemini Moon: people may think you are just a meme who has no emotions at all, but you know that’s not all there is to you, you theorize your emotions and that’s completely fine, but talk to people, open up to others about how you are honestly feeling, even if you think they might not understand, because you may feel detached but those emotions are there and they can keep building up until you explode 

Cancer Moon: you are so smart but please get off your bed for once, leave your house, and talk to people, you don’t get to quietly observe everything, never making the first move to talk to others and then say you’re lonely and no one likes you, because you’re the one not giving people the chance to know you 

Leo Moon: you are special and you deserve everything, but accept that not everything is about you, work on being self-aware and how you come off to others because you must accept that you can be selfish, and in order to get the love you deserve, you have to be willing to return that love and attention 

Virgo Moon: you are so loving, but god stop being so nitpicky, yes you don’t want anything less than perfection but not everyone thinks the way you do and you need to accept that you can’t expect your loved ones to change for you, and you can’t always expect yourself to change either so stop being so damn hard on yourself, look at the situations you are in rationally and adopt a positive mindset, that may sound crazy but it will help so much 

Libra Moon: you are the sweetest thing in the world and you have amazing focus, but learn to be independent, learn to do things, to go places, to just enjoy life alone and it will take you so far, wanting to be around people is completely acceptable but by being able to regulate your need to be around people, by developing less emphasis on partnerships, you will grow so much

 Scorpio Moon: you are insane and you know this, but that doesn’t mean you have to accept it, when your emotions drive you wild please turn to someone, talk to someone you trust and love, even if it seems like they can’t do anything for you a part of you appreciates having the company so stop self-sabotaging, but also figure out the roots to these feelings and accept that they’re there and really work on them, your emotions are intense but intense doesn’t have to be bad 

Sagittarius Moon: you are so worldly but you know you play favorites, and it’s completely understandable but be careful not to hurt others when you prioritize people, and you are so honest and it’s not for everyone, don’t inhibit yourself but remember some people are emotional and you can definitely be friends with emotional people, but you have to make the conscious effort to understand them 

Capricorn Moon: you are so mature, but you are also so immature and you need to understand that not everyone is against you, people aren’t always consciously deciding to misunderstand you or hurt you in any way, so try to see where your loved ones are coming from as well, be empathetic and understanding of others and you’ll go so far but first, stop thinking only of yourself 

Aquarius Moon: you are one of kind but you are so stubborn and in the long run, it’s not going to fly, because you are human and sometimes you are wrong, if you continue to think that you are always right, you won’t grow from your mistakes and you will not be your best self 

Pisces Moon: you are beautiful inside and out, but you need to learn to control your emotions and that while you are very kind, you aren’t always the victim, stop thinking that people are doing you wrong because that’s not always the case and you can lose so much because of this

🌿💐BIG WITCHY GUIDE ON HERBS AND FLOWERS💐🌿

Acacia: Protection, Psychic Powers, Money and Love Spells Adam & Eve Roots : Love, Happiness Adders Tongue : Healing African Violet : Spirituality, Protection Agaric : Fertility Agrimony : Protection, Sleep Ague Root : Protection Alfalfa : Prosperity, Anti-Hunger, Money Alkanet : Purification, Prosperity Allspice : Money, Luck, Healing Almond : Money, Prosperity, Wisdom Aloe : Protection, Luck Aloes, Wood : Love, Spirituality Althea : Protection, Psychic Powers Alyssum : Protection, Moderating Anger Amaranth : Healing Heartbreak, Protection, Invisibility, Anemone : Health, Protection, Healing Angelica : Exorcism, Protection, Healing, Visions Anise : Protection, Purification, Youth Apple : Love, Healing, Garden Magic, Immortality Apricot : Love Arabic Gum : Spirituality, Purify Negativity and Evil Arbutus : Exorcism, Protection Asafoetida : Exorcism, Purification, Protection Ash : Protection, Prosperity, Sea Rituals, Health Aspen : Eloquence, Anti-Theft Aster : Love Avens : Exorcism, Purification, Love Avocado : Love, Lust, Beauty Bachelor’s Buttons : Love Balm, Lemon : Love, Success, Healing Balm of Gilead : Love, Manifestations, Protection, Healing Bamboo : Protection, Luck, Hex-Breaking, Wishes Banana : Fertility, Potency, Prosperity Banyan : Luck. Happiness Barley : Love, Healing, Protection Basil : Love, Exorcism, Wealth, Flying, Protection Bay : Protection, Psychic Powers, Healing, Purification, Strength Bean : Protection, Exorcism, Wart Charming, Reconciliation, Potency, Love Bedstraw, Fragrant : Love Beech : Wishes Beet : love Belladonna : Astral Projection, Visions **TOXIC** Benzoin : Purification, Prosperity Bergamot, Orange : Money, Success Be-Still : Luck Betony, Wood : Protection, Purification, Love Birch : Protection, Exorcism, Purification and Cleansing Bistort : Psychic Powers, Fertility Bittersweet : Protection, Healing Blackberry : Healing, Money, Protection Bladderwrack : Protection, Sea Spells, Wind Spells, Money, Psychic Powers Bleeding Heart : Love Bloodroot : Love, Protection, Purification Bluebell : Luck, Truth Blueberry : Protection Blue Flag : Money Bodhi : Fertility, Protection, Wisdom, Meditation Boneset : Protection, Exorcism Borage : Courage, Psychic Powers BrackenBrazil NutBriony : Image Magic, Money, Protection Bromeliad : Protection, Money Broom : Purification, Protection, Wind Spells, Divination Buchu : Psychic Powers, Prophetic Dreams Buckthorn : Protection, Exorcism, Wishes, Legal Matters Cabbage : Luck Cactus : Protection, Chastity Calamus : Luck, Healing, Money, Protection Camellia -Riches Camphor : Chastity, Health, Divination Caper : Potency, Lust, Luck Carawy : Protection, Lust, Health, Anti-Theft, Mental Powers Cardamon : Lust, Love Carnation : Protection, Strength, Healing Carob : Protection, Health Carrot : Fertility, Lust Cascara Sagrada : Legal Matters, Money, Protection, Cashew : Money Castor : Protection Catnip : Cat Magic, Love, Beauty, Happiness Cat Tail : Lust Cedar : Healing, Purification, Money, Protection Celandine : Protection, Escape, Happiness, Legal Matters Celery : Mental Powers, Lust, Psychic Powers Centaury : Snake Removing Chamomile : Money, Sleep, Love, Purification Cherry : Love, Divination Chestnut : Love Chickweed : Fertility, Love Chicory : Removing Obstacles, Invisibility, favors, Frigidity Chili pepper : Fidelity, Hex Breaking, Love China Berry : Luck, Change Chrysanthemum : Protection Cinchona : Luck, Protection Cinnamon : Spirituality, Success, Healing, Power, Psychic Powers, Lust, Protection, Love Cinquefoil : Money, Protection, Prophetic Dreams, Sleep Cloth of Gold : Understand Animal Languages Clove : Protection, Exorcism, Love, Money Daffodil : Love, Fertility, Luck Daisy : Lust, Luck Damiana : Lust, Love, Visions Dandelion : Divination, Wishes, Calling Spirits Datura : Hex Breaking, Sleep, Protection Deerstongue : Lust, Psychic Powers Devils Bit : Exorcism, Love, Protection, Lust Devils Shoestring : Protection, Gambling, Luck, Power, Employment Dill : Protection, Money, Lust, Luck Dittany of Crete : Manifestations, Astral Projection Dock : Healing, Fertility, Money Dodder : Love, Divination, Knot Magic Dogbane : Love Dogwood : Wishes, Protection Dragons Blood : Love, Protection, Exorcism, Potency Dulse : Lust, Harmony Dutchmans Breeches : Love Ebony : Protection, Power Echinacea : Strengthening Spells Edelweiss : Invisibility, Bullet-Proofing Elder : Exorcism, Protection, Healing, Prosperity, Sleep Elecampane : Love, Protection, Psychic Powers Elm : Love Endive : Lust, Love Eryngo : Travelers Luck, Peace, Lust, Love Eucalyptus : Healing, Protection Euphorbia : Purification, Protection Eyebright : Mental Powers, Psychic Power Fennel : Protection, Healing, Purification Fenugreek : Money Fern : Rain Making, Protection, Luck, Riches, Eternal Youth, Health, Exorcism Feverfew : Protection Fig : Divination, Fertility, Love Figwort : Health, Protection Flax : Money, Protection, Beauty, Psychic Powers, Healing Fleabane : Exorcism, Protection, Chastity Foxglove : Protection Frankincense : Protection, Exorcism, Spirituality Fumitory : Money, Exorcism Fuzzy Weed : Love, Hunting Galangal : Protection, Lust, Health, Money, Psychic Powers, Hex-Breaking Gardenia : Love, Peace, Healing, Spirituality Garlic : Protection, Healing, Exorcism, Lust, Anti-Theft Gentian : Love, Power Geranium : Fertility, Health, Love, Protection Ginger : Love, Money, Success, Power Ginseng : Love, Wishes, Healing, Beauty, Protection, Lust Goats Rue : Healing, Health Goldenrod : Money, Divination Golden Seal : Healing, Money Gorse : Protection, Money Gotu Kola : Meditation Gourd : Protection Grain : Protection Grains of Paradise : Lust, Luck, Love, Money, Wishes Grape : Fertility, Garden Magic, Mental Powers, Money Grass : Psychic Powers, Protection Ground Ivy : Divination Groundsel : Health, Healing Hawthorn : Fertility, Chastity, Fishing Magic, Happiness Hazel : Luck, Fertility, Anti-Lightning, Protection, Wishes Heather : Protection, Rain Making, Luck Heliotrope : Exorcism, Prophetic Dreams, Healing, Wealth, Invisibility Hellebore, Black : Protection ****TOXIC*** Hemlock : Destroy Sexual Drive ***TOXIC*** Hemp : Healing, Love, Vision, Meditation Henbane : Love Attraction ***TOXIC*** Henna : Healing Hibiscus : Lust, Love, Divination Hickory : Legal Matters High John the Conqueror : Money, Love, Success, Happiness Holly : Protection, Anti-Lightning, Luck, Dream Magic, Balance Honesty : Money, Repelling Monsters Honeysuckle : Money, Psychic Powers, Protection Hops : Healing, Sleep Horehound : Protection, Mental Powers, Exorcism, Horse Chestnut : Money, Healing Horseradish : Purification, Exorcism Horsetail : Snake Charming, Fertility Houndstongue : Tying Dog’s Tongues Houseleek : Luck, Protection, Love Huckleberry : Luck, Protection, Dream Magic, Hex Breaking Hyacinth : Love, Protection, Happiness Hydrangea : Hex Breaking Hyssop : Purification, Protection Indian Paint Brush : Love Iris : Purification, Wisdom Irish Moss : Money, Luck, Protection Ivy : Protection, Healing Jasmine : Love, Money, Prophetic Dreams Jobs Tears : Healing, Wishes, Luck Joe-Pye Weed : Love, Respect Juniper : Protection, Anti-Theft, Love, Exorcism, Health Kava-Kave : Visions, Protection, Luck Knotweed : Binding, Health Lady’s mantle : Love Lady’s slipper : Protection Larch : Protection, Anti-Theft Larkspur : Health, Protection Lavender : Love, Protection, Sleep, Chastity, Longevity, Purification, Happiness, Peace Leek : Love, Protection, Exorcism Lemon : Longevity, Purification, Love, Friendship Lemongrass : Repel snakes, Lust, Psychic Powers Lemon Verbena : Purification, Love Lettuce : Chastity, Protection, Love, Divination, Sleep Licorice : Love, Lust, Fidelity Life Everlasting : Longevity, Health, Healing Lilac : Exorcism, Protection, Beauty Lily : Protection, Breaking Love spells Lily of the Valley : Mental Powers, Happiness Lime : Healing, Love, Protection Linden : Protection, Immortality, Luck, Love, Sleep Liquidamber : Protection Liverwort : Protection Liverwort : Love Looestrife : Peace, Protection Lotus : Protection, Lock-Opening Lovage : Love Love Seed : Love, Friendship Lucky Hand : Employment, Luck, Protection, Money, Travel Mace : Psychic Powers, Mental Powers Maguey : Lust Magnolia : Fidelity Mahogany, Mountain : Anti-Lightning Maidenhair : Beauty, Love Male Fern : Luck, Love Mallow : Love, Protection, Exorcism Mandrake : Protection, Love, Money, Fertility, Health Maple : Love, Longevity, Money Marigold : Protection, Prophetic Dreams, Business and Legal Matters, Psychic Powers Marjoram : Protection, Love, Happiness, Health, Money, Healing Master Wort : Strength, Courage, Protection Mastic : Psychic Powers, Manifestations, Lust May Apple : Money Meadow Rue : Divination Meadowsweet : Love, Divination, Peace, Happiness Mesquite : Healing Mimosa : Protection, Love, Prophetic Dreams, Purification Mint : Money, Love, Luck, Healing, Exorcism, Travel, Protection Mistletoe : Protection, Love, Hunting, Fertility, Health, Exorcism Molukka : Protection Moonwort : Money, Love Moss : Luck, Money Mugwort : Strength, Psychic Powers, Protection, Prophetic Dreams, Healing, Astral Projection Mulberry : Protection, Strength Mullein : Courage, Protection, Health, Love, Divination, Exorcism Mustard : Fertility, Protection, Mental Powers Myrrh : Protection, Exorcism, Healing, Spirituality Myrtle : Love, Fertility, Youth, Peace, Money Nettle : Exorcism, Protection, Healing, Lust Norfolk Island Pine : Protection, anti hunger Nuts : Fertility, Prosperity, Love, Luck Oak : Protection, Health, Money, Healing, Potency, Fertility, Luck Oats : Money Olive : Healing, Peace, Fertility, Potency, Protection, Lust Onion : Protection, Exorcism, Healing, Money, Prophetic Dreams, Lust Orange : Love, Divination, Luck, Money Orchid : Love Oregon Grape : Money, Prosperity Orris Root : Love, Protection, Divination Palm, Date : Fertility, Potency Pansy : Love, Rain Magic, Love, Divination Papaya : Love, Protection Papyrus : Protection Parosela : Hunting Parsley : Love, Protection, Purification Passion Flower : Peace, Sleep, Friendship Patchouly : Money, Fertility, Lust Pea : Money, Love Peach : Love, Exorcism, Longevity, Fertility, Wishes Pear : Lust, Love Pecan : Money, Employment Pennyroyal : Strength, Protection, Peace Peony : Protection, Exorcism Pepper : Protection, Exorcism Peppermint : Purification, Sleep, Love, Healing, Psychic Powers Pepper Tree : Purification, Healing, Protection Periwinkle : Love, Lust, Mental Powers, Money, Protection Persimmon : Changing Sex, Healing, Luck Plot Weed : Protection Pimento : Love Pimpernel : Protection, Health Pine : Healing, Fertility, Protection, Exorcism, Money Pineapple : Luck, Money, Chastity Pipsissewa : Money, Spirit Calling Quassia : Love Quince : Protection, Love, Happiness Radish : Protection, Lust Ragweed : Courage Ragwort : Protection Raspberry : Protection, Love Rattlesnake Root : Protection, Money Rhubarb : Protection, Fidelity Rice : Protection, Rain, Fertility, Money Roots : Protection, Power, Divination Rose : Love, Psychic Powers, Healing, Love, Divination, Luck, Protection Rosemary : Protection, Love, Lust, Mental Powers, Exorcism, Purification, Healing, Sleep, Youth Rowan : Psychic Powers, Healing, Protection, Power, Success Rue : Healing, Health, Mental Powers, Exorcism, Love Rye : Love, Fidelity Saffron : Love, Healing, Happiness, Wind Raising, Lust, Strength, Psychic Powers. Sage : Immortality, Longevity, Wisdom, Protection, Wishes Sagebrush : Purification, Exorcism St.Johns Wort : Health, Power, Protection, Strength, Love, Divination, Happiness Sandalwood : Protection, Healing, Exorcism, Spirituality Sarsaparilla : Love, Money Sassafras : Health, Money Savory, Summer : Mental Powers Scullcap : Love, Fidelity, Peace Senna : Love Sesame : Money. Lust Shallot : Purification Skunk Cabbage : Legal Matters Slippery Elm : Halts Gossip Sloe : Exorcism, Protection Snakeroot : Luck Money Snakeroot/black : Love, Lust, Money Snapdragon : Protection Solomons Seal : Protection, Exorcism Sorrel Wood : Healing, Health Southern Wood : Love, Lust, Protection Spanish Moss : Protection Spearmint : Healing, Love, Mental Powers SpiderWort : Love Spikenard : Love Squill : Money, Protection, Hex Breaking Star, Anise : Psychic Powers, Luck Stillengia : Psychic Powers Straw : Luck, Image Magic Strawberry : Love, Luck Sugar Cane : Love, Lust Sumbul : Love, Luck, Health, Psychic Powers Sunflower : Fertility, Wishes, Health, Wisdom Sweetgrass : Calling Spirits Tamarind : Love Tamarisk : Exorcism, Protection Tansy : Health, Longevity Tea : Riches, Courage, Strength Thistle : Strength, Protection, Hex Breaking, Healing Thistle, Holy : Purification, Hex Breaking Thistle, Milk : Snake Enraging Thyme : Health, Healing, Sleep, Psychic Powers, Love, Purification, Courage Toadflax : Protection, Hex Breaking Toadstool : Rain Making Tobacco : Healing, Purification Turmeric : Purification Turnip : Protection, Ending Relationships Urva Ursa : Psychic Workings Valerian : Love, Sleep, Purification, Protection Vanilla : Love, Lust, Mental Powers Venus Flytrap : Protection, Love Vervain : Love, Protection, Purification, Peace, Money, Youth, Chastity, Sleep, Healing Vetch, Giant : Fidelity Vetivert : Love, Hex Breaking, Luck, Money, Anti-Theft Violet : Protection, Luck, Love, Lust, Wishes, Peace, Healing Wahoo : Hex-breaking, Courage, Success Walnut : Health, Mental Powers, Infertility, Wishes Wax Plant : Protection Wheat : Fertility, Money Willow : Love, Divination, Protection, Healing Wintergreen : Protection, Healing, Hex Breaking Winters Bark : Success Witch Grass : Happiness, Lust, love, Exorcism Witch Hazel : Protection, Chastity Wolfs Bane : Protection, Invisibility Wood Rose : Luck Woodruff : Victory, Protection, Money Wormwood : Psychic Powers, Protection, Love, Calling Spirits Yarrow : Courage, Love, Psychic Powers, Exorcism Yellow Evening Primrose : Hunting Yerba Mate : Fidelity, Love, Lust Yerba Santa : Beauty, Healing, Psychic Powers, Protection Yew : Raising the Dead Yohimbe : Love, Lust Yucca : Transmutation, Protection, Purification

🩸 Period Self-care for Witches 🩸

Periods can be unbearable, so here are a few witch tips to help people who menstruate… 

🍵 Drink tea with lemon, ginger and honey to soothe cramps and relieve pain.

🕯️ Light a red candle, stare at the flame and meditate about your body’s strength and power.

🚪 Protect your house from unwanted energies or spirits, by burying a few drops of menstrual blood close to your front door. 

💦 Apply warm water to alleviate your pain, using a warm bath or a hot water bottle. 

📔 Keep a diary of your cycle to take note of how you feel, the current moon cycle, and the dreams you have at night. 

🖌️ Explore sigil magic using your menstrual blood to increase power and intention. 

🛏️ Rest your body and soul. Having your period can be emotionally and physically draining, so take it easy. 

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Peaceful moments ☕️💭

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Write your Witchcraft

The thing is, we change. We are not the same person we were five years ago. Hel, a lot of us are not even the same people we were last week. We change, and our beliefs, favourites, thoughts and the way we see ourselves changes with it. 

The same is true for our witchraft, religion and spiritual beliefs. This is why I have a list of question that I like to answer for myself every couple of years. I first started this when I came across a list of questions by Juniper from Walking the Hedge (site no longer in use) in 2008, yes, over ten years ago. Every few years I filled in the questions and looked back at the answers I gave before. Some never changed, some changed quite a lot. 

When our coven started a new lesson plan, I gave out the list of questions as well. We sealed our answers in envelopes and plan to fill them in again, once we finish our lessons. Then open the envelopes and look at the answers side by side. To see how we have changed. 

I looked at the list last week and found it actually lacking a bit. The questions were very deity- and spiritual based, so I was missing some more questions about my personality and witchcraft. So I decided to make my own list of questions! 

Since I wanted to make this more a weekly journaling/grimoire prompt for myself I put together 52 questions. These can be answered weekly (maybe every year) or you can work through the list in one go and repeat that every few years or so. 

Some notes on the wording: I consider myself both a witch and a pagan, but to keep it easier to read I only used wording like “witch” and “witchcraft”, they can however be substituted for “pagan”, “paganism” or even “my path”, should that fit you better. When I talk about “sacred space” this can both mean a ritual space like a temple or casting of a circle, but also just your home or outdoors witchy environment.

I’d love it if you would tag anything you feel comfortable with posting online with the tag #writeyourwitchcraft!

What draws me to witchcraft?

How do I see the divine?

What in witchcraft makes me happy?

Do I want to follow a path that has to do with a little nature, or a lot of nature?

What areas of witchcraft would I like to learn more about?

Where do my witchy talents lie?

What kind of deities, if any, do I want to honor?

How do I believe magic works?

Simple or elaborate spells/rituals? Why?

What are my views on cursing/hexing?

Do I want to practice something similar to my ancestors?

What are the basic morals and ethics I feel I should live by?

What in nature am I drawn to; the ocean, animals, the trees, etc?

Which (witchy) holidays, if any, would I like to celebrate and how?

How do I believe divination works?

Would I like to work with a group some of the time, all of the time or not at all?

Which aspects of witchcraft appeal to me most, which the least?

What do I believe happens to us when we die?

How do I see mythological creatures?

When do I feel most magical?

How much is witchcraft woven into my daily life; is this too much, too little or just enough?

What kind of witch do I feel I am?

Which texts/quotes best describe my current path?

Do I like research and gathering info, or do I like things handed to me?

Which things about witchcraft worry or scare me?

What is my favourite element?

How do I see gender (roles) in witchcraft?

Am I interested more in magic, or spirituality?

Do I like to be told how to do things, or would I rather figure it out on my own?

What rules, if any, do I live by when it comes to witchcraft and magic?

What do I gain from witchcraft and magic?

Formal or informal rituals/spells? Why?

What subject do I love to study?

What is my favourite type of magic; candle, sympathetic, sigils, etc?

What would my perfect witchy day be like?

Would I want to be dedicated/initiated?

Who do I honor (ex: deities, ancestors, myself, etc), and how do I, or would I like to, honor them?

How do I create a sacred/witchy space?

What do I believe is needed for a succesful spell/ritual?

Which cultures do I draw from in my witchcraft?

What is my learning style; books, websites, videos, more hands-on?

What, if anything, in my mundane life influences my witchcraft?

What are my hobbys, how do I (or can I) incorporate them in my witchcraft?

Where do my non-witchy talents lie, how do I (or can I) incorporate them in my witchcraft?

What would my dream witchy life look like? What steps can I take to work towards it?

What would my dream sacred space/witchy home look like? What steps can I take to work towards it?

What symbols correspond with me; runes, animals, flowers, gemstones, etc?

Am I an open and proud witch, or do I (need to) hide my craft?

What are my favourite witchy items/tools; divination tool, ritual tool, décor, clothing, etc?

What is holding me back in my craft?

What is my pre-spell/ritual routine?

What are my ultimate witchy goals and how can I work towards them?

Water moon culture?

Water moon culture is

Feeling overwhelmed because you soak up your surroundings like a sponge

Being perceptive as hell

Getting “vibes” from people and not knowing how to explain why you don’t like a certain person/thing

Being good at uncovering the truth and catching any lie 

Emotional rollercoasters for daaaays

24/7 daydreaming 

Being told you’re too “sensitive” because you feel things so deeply. It can be both a curse and a blessing.   

Forgiving people too easily, or letting people walk all over them. 

Knowing everyones secrets but (mostly) no one knows theirs 

The friend everyone goes to when they need to be comforted

Deep af talks

Feeling other peoples’ emotions. It can be fun, but it can also be emotionally exhausting.

Needing to be alone with your thoughts 

Using books/tv shows/art/music/poetry etc to escape reality.  

Perfect Bread:

I absolutely love this recipe! The bread is soft, and is perfect for sandwiches, French toast, and pretty much everything you can think of. I don’t want to buy bread from the store ever again!

6 Cups all-purpose flour

2 ½ Cups very warm water

2 Tbsp. Active dry yeast

2 Tbsp. Sugar

1 tsp. Salt

1 Tbsp. Butter

Combine warm water, yeast, and sugar and let sit until the surface is foamy (If it’s doesn’t foam, the yeast doesn’t work).

When yeast is activated, add 3 cups of the flour, the salt, and the butter. Mix until thoroughly combined, about 2 minutes.

Once mixture is smooth, add the remaining 3 cups of flour. I recommend folding the flour in until fairly combined before kneading.

Once combined, knead dough for 6-8 minutes in a stand mixer, or 8-10 minutes by hand.

Form dough into a ball, cover with plastic wrap or a cloth, and let rise for 45 minutes.

Cut dough into 2-3 equal pieces and place into a buttered bread pan, and brush melted butter (or olive oil). Allow to rise in the loaf pans for an additional 10-15 minutes. (🍞 Tip: Use a small knife to make a slit longways across the bread to prevent splitting along the side of the bread.)

Bake bread in a 375°F oven for 30 minutes uncovered, and and additional 10 minutes covered in foil to prevent excess browning.

Makes 2-3 loaves of bread.