Shadow Work and getting back to Basics .✦ ݁˖

Lately, I've been feeling like to move on I need to look deeper inside myself for answers.

I've never known much about shadow work, but the idea of learning more about myself sounds kind of therapeutic in a way. I guess that's the point. 

But regardless I've been thinking about the darker parts of the subconscious in a few different ways, along with getting the moon card one too many times. 

I think it's important to know who you really are. 

What do you like? 

Why?

Why do you feel this way when this happens?

How to change that? 

These slightly uncomfortable questions get some really cathartic answers in my journal at least.

I've been meaning to learn more about other ways to do some introspection too, so I've started journaling more as well. And although I'm not really one to use "manifestation" techniques, I've decided to put that aside to make my own affirmations and manifesting journal. 

Even if it doesn't work it's "magic" I think  it's nice knowing what I want, and what I should be believing in myself. 

I have this section in my journal called "In my desired life.." and I write a whole page of things I'd love to have in a perfect world, my desired "reality" if you will.

It's nice, freeing in a way. And yes I shouldn't romanticize every little thing about something that's not even happened yet, or even may ever happen, but I think there are times where it's okay to romanticize things. 

It adds hope to getting where you want to one day, making writing it down or thinking about it all the time will do some of it's own kind of magic.