REST

there is no test
the race is
in my head

This worry wart could have been a blister

• a nap
• soc writing (stream of consciousness)
• jumping jacks
• a hot chocolate
• a doodle

What would be out of character?

I want to make a map out of this

• Fight + Flight
• Rejection
• Limits
• Boundaries
• Seriousness
• Softness in place of acting tough
• Matching energy
• Calling out behaviors that feel hurtful
• Taking needed breaks

What would be in my ex-character?

Shake things up by being silly

• Freeze + Fawn
• Bottling it up
• Ignoring my boundaries
• Slug manipulation
• Pleasing my parents (trying to, anyway)
• Fake tuff guy act
• Compensating for their lack of energy
• Letting bad behaviors be (bad as in they feel painful to witness or receive)
• Not taking breaks (ignoring signs of fatigue or exhaustion)

Silly things to do instead key

because I’m a smart cookie & a dumb bitch so I might forget

Curiosity is a SLEDGEHAMMER 🔨

I am allowed to communicate with myself

I am safely hoarding irreplaceable wealth

What is mine will always find a way into my mind

Care for my body

• 🍳Nourish the microhomies: cook & consume nourishment
• 🛁Bathe in the blood of your enemies: have a hedonistic soak
• 🫧Blow soap bubbles
• 💫Do a little spin
• 💅Worship Aphrodite: how could I feel hotter?
• 🕺Do a little dance
• 🌕Play with the moon: practice Tai Chi
• 🍂Lay on a meadow: Lay on the floor
• 🍽️Pay homage to the guillotine innovators: french dinnertime

Care for my mind

• ✍️Crystallize your tears: write
• 🏫Listen to the wisdom of the fae: go through your collections
• ✨Dance with the stars: dance like nobody’s watching
• 🪻Fondle the flowers: touch the knitted flowers
• 🪝Engage with the weave: hook
• 📚Consult the ancient scrolls: read through your journals
• 🎼Appreciate your sweat: tally the victories
• 🐉Care for your dragon: trauma exercises
• 🎷Employ the bards: listen to music and pay attention

Care for my soul

• 🪴Water the garden: what needs could you fulfill for yourself?
• 🌼Plant weeds: what things are you resisting bc of shame? Incorporate them anyway
• 📕Chart your territory: journal
• 🎤Alchemize your blood: sing
• 🎨Impress the child that never was: hang out with little you
• 🫖Organize a tea party: invite your toys
• 🐼Cuddle an effigy: squeeze a stuffy
• 🎮Travel to another world: gaming time
• 🧘‍♀️Practice being a pond: mindfulness and meditation
• 🌥️Practice for success: daydream and adjust accordingly

Care for future me

• 🤨Disappoint your parents: do exactly what you want right now
• 👒Plot your escape: logistical grind
• 😺Pretend to be a cat: groom yourself as needed
• 🐶Pretend to be a dog: take yourself for a walk
• 🐴Pretend to be a horse: lip warming exercises
• 🌀Engage with entropy: do something random with a chaotic outcome
• 👘Respect the tailors: care for your clothes
• 💿Expand the web: hoard and process data

Care for my friends

• 🙀Brush the snow leopard: help Dandy shed
• 📖Peruse the spilled ink of a stranger: read a book
• 🪽Commune with the angels: go through the vault of friendly glimmers
• 🖥️Convene with the council: hang out with homies online
• 🔥Light the bonfire: organize a hang in the flesh
• 🎹Pay the piper a visit: hippie sunday or rehearsal
• 🌹Further the gay agenda: romance

Care for my space

• 🧽Make an offering to Hecate: how could the house be tidier?
• 🧼Cleanse the nutritional tools: do your dishes
• 🫙Organize alchemical supplies: tidy the pantry
• 🧹De-dust the squeaky floorboards: sweep the floor
• 🛁Cleanse the ritual chamber: clean the downstairs bathroom
• 🛏️Annihilate the bed bugs: clean your bedroom
• 🚽Cleanse the forbidden chamber: clean the bathroom
• 🪶Banish yesterdays skin cells: dusting and pasando un trapito

Care for my world

• 🪓Take an axe to a door: figure out what’s barring you and splinter it
• 📜Weaponize your thoughts: express yourself
• 🖼️Remember who you are: admire your art
• 🗞️Witness the tears of the innocents: catch up on the news
• 🤟Learn the language of hands: Practice LSA/ASL