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Tarot of the Day: The World (XXI)

It is time to turn your back upon the past. Its lessons have been learned, and a cycle has been completed. The next cycle starts now, but only if you accept the chance to start anew. Release what is finished.

Key concepts: Completion, wholeness, seeing the pattern of life, connection to the world.

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Dear Allison & the Onyx Savant,

Good morning, my lovelies! It is Election Day here in the States. I will assume you have both either done or plan to do your due diligence so that we don’t end up on the same train headed south. I would also like to say that winding up on different trains is also not in my Top 5 ways to spend an evening.I am going today. I thought Mr. H and I would go together on Election Day itself, but he went on the way into work. Regardless, I will cast my very strong opinion today unless my knocking on wood after this jinxing of my existence isn’t as lucky as I’d hoped. I can literally hear the announcements from the high school that acts as my polling place from my backyard. If I am at my mailbox, I can see it. No automotive vehicles necessary. No vehicles necessary of any kind. (Yes, I’m rambling.)

How are your nerves, dearies? Allison, I assume yours are made of steel, and O.S.’s are in shambles. Or is it the other way around? I can never tell…hmm. Regardless, I believe many across the world today are on tenterhooks and/or eating their hair. Onyx Savant, do you remember when I mentioned that we have no common talking points anymore? Well, I was wrong. And quite quickly. Lol. We have some, but not as many. This is one we all have, I think, regardless of whom our choice is. I saw some real hare-brained takes in r/AskTrumpSupporters yesterday. More than usual. Well, maybe not more, but a lot of copium was being smoked. Maybe I’m 2016-ing, but I think most reasonable-ish and reasonable-adjacent folks are tired of the nonsense.

My tarot card for today gives me some hope on this score as well. I think I have had this one only once before since having this deck and doing my readings on a regular basis. It is truly gorgeous, and the epitome of art nouveau, imho. The fine detail in the artwork is a striking example of the high-quality work that was pouring forth from illustrators before photography became so ubiquitous. The nude female form uplifted in a svelte, marble column with wings and feathers and branches everywhere is a nod to the neoclassical that imbued art nouveau. Or am I crazy? Winged Mercury and all that? Allison, I am not crazy! >:-< It became more pronounced when art nouveau evolved into art deco. I don’t want to have to bring up Goebbels. But I will. I was watching The Man in the High Castle last night and am fully prepared with exemplars. Right here in this briefcase. 😛

“The World (XXI)” from the Rackham Tarot deck, Illus. By Arthur Rackham, © 2019 Copyright Lo Scarabeo, Torino, Italy.

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Goals for Samhain 2024-Samhain 2025

1. Phyllis would love to published her ‘zine this year.
2. Phyllis would love to do more gardening this year.
3. Phyllis would love to be involved in a spiritual community this year.

Notes and Docs

Goal Exploration

1. Align your goals with your dreams. Dream big!
2. Think about your death. What do you want to have achieved when you die?
3. Get quiet. Mindful individuals are better are at goal-setting. Getting quiet allows you to hear your own voice.
   1. Self-concordant or “want-to” goals
4. Use the third-person perspective. E.g.,”Phyllis has a goal to garden more this year.” Say it out loud.

Make the goals personal and you will be unstoppable.

5 Mistakes People Make When Setting Goals

1. They are too focused on the “how” that they forget about the “why.”
   1. Peer pressure/self-pressure
   2. FOMO
   3. Mr. Ick
2. They set too many goals. STOP doing that.
   1. Means you get nothing done.
   2. Set 1-3 goals.
3. When they define the goal, they miss the “sweet spot.” They set goals that are too easy or too difficult.
   1. Many people make their goals too big.
   2. Dreams should be big. Goals should be tiny and achievable.
   3. There needs to be some resistance and ambition.
   4. If one sets a goal too high and fails, it can hurt one’s self-esteem.
   5. E.g., “Phyllis will garden for one day,” is too small, while “Phyllis will garden every single day for an entire year,” is too big. “Phyllis will spend 30 minutes gardening 4 days every week until March” is better.
   6. They make their goals too general.
      1. When will you know you have succeeded?
      2. E.g., “Phyllis will publish her ‘zine” is not specific enough.
      3. I will know I have succeeded when I have held the hard copies in my hands and passed them out.
      4. It is easier to lose 2 lbs than 3 lbs.
      5. New goal after consideration: Phyllis will take a course, read books or articles, and/or peruse multimedia content on essay and journal writing, particularly in the Twain, Franklin, and Swift styles. Phyllis will choose a topic (”Greta Thunberg and the ROI from Protesting and Activism”, por ejemplo) and write a “feature-length” essay on said topic. 1.

Perfectionism can get in your way of setting goals.

• Give up before you start
• Analysis paralysis
• Avoid situations in which you think you might fail

Two Components of a Goal That Must Be Present:

1. The will: the motivational and emotional aspects of the behaviour change; the “why”
   1. Why is the behaviour change important to you?
   2. Why do you want to change?
   3. Why now?
2. The way: the cognitive and informational aspects of the behaviour change; the “how”
   1. How is this behaviour change going to unfold?
   2. What skills and capacities does the behaviour change require?
   3. What is the specific plan for executing the behaviour change?

Okay, youse guys, it is 1130 and shit is getting real. Mr. B is stuck in La Oficina until Ms. B sees fit to grace the world with her presence. She could sleep all day today, considering the soporific rain coming down outside. I heard something just now, but I think it’s just Mr. B. I imagine he is over it. Aren’t we all?

I was tidying a bit, and maybe—not quite—, being a little aimless in my efforts, as one does. Anywho, I put on the Mel Robbins pod above because I like how she clearly says and lays out things. She’s a “mom.” The good kind. You know. Who actually gives you directions and encouragement and sympathy. I like some of her mannerisms and things. She’s cute. She has a handsome family. It’s not like I think she’s brilliant or what-have-you or am blind to her efforts to make money. Go, her, anyway. What’s wrong with having a nice spot in Boston or Vermont? Besides the terrible winters? If that’s your jam, go for it. I don’t get the sense she’s being underhanded except every once in a while when she gets teary-eyed, I wonder. Lol. But I still like her style, so. If I could fake tears without feeling like an idiot—whoo, boy. Heh heh. Jk.

Anyway, she’s talking about goal setting, which I need to get better at from beginning to end, so I’m taking pointers. Cup is empty. In the good way. For a learning environment. Not a worldview. I just didn’t want anyone to be confused about what’s happening here. I never can tell what other people are understanding. Hey, you in the back with the pink ferret, nod your head if you can hear me. Thank you, kind sir.

My main tasks today are to go vote and do laundry. I think the Universe and Mr. H will something-cide me if I don’t. I naturally am terrified of both now. Sigh.

I am going to vote at about 1300 or 1330. School gets out at 1430, I believe, and it becomes a madhouse for about an hour. Yes, I could have gone this morning, but I was doing other things, and I don’t like going places in the mornings, and, no, I don’t exactly know why except we didn’t usually go places until our chores were done, which mine never are, but still. (How do you like my mad, run-on-sentence game?)

I do need to get the machines going. Let me pull my laundry list from yesterday or Friday or whenever it was….Lord have mercy to my Jesus…

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Textile Tech

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