{"id":741,"date":"2015-03-24T10:04:35","date_gmt":"2015-03-24T17:04:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abysmalwitch.wordpress.com\/?p=741"},"modified":"2015-03-24T10:04:35","modified_gmt":"2015-03-24T17:04:35","slug":"learning-to-play-cards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abysmalwitch.com\/index.php\/2015\/03\/24\/learning-to-play-cards\/","title":{"rendered":"Learning to Play: Cards"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve been very focused lately on what I “should” be doing, what “needs” to be done. \u00a0To accomplish this, to do what’s appropriate with that. \u00a0Not just with work things, but in my play as well.<\/p>\n

In fact, I realized tonight that I haven’t been playing. \u00a0I’ve been approaching all of my ‘fun’ things with a work ‘must get done’ attitude.<\/p>\n

It’s not hard to see where this came from. \u00a0During my two years of major transitions, I kept to my hobbies, my crafts, by determination and will alone it seemed somedays. \u00a0I was exhausted through much of those days and I would have these litanies in my head such as “okay, you can rest, but right after you get that mead racked”. \u00a0Taking care of my mead became another list on my list of things. \u00a0It needed to or it would have stopped. \u00a0And I was NOT going to be stopped from continuing to do something I love.<\/p>\n

o,O<\/p>\n

And let’s face another reality while I’m at it. \u00a0I’m inherently lazy. \u00a0I don’t want to do the things. \u00a0I want to lie on my couch with a book in my hands, tea to my side, cat on my legs and while away my afternoons. \u00a0Rain or shine doesn’t matter, they are both conducive to a lazy afternoon reading. \u00a0Doing anything beyond that requires a certain level of determination from me. \u00a0I feel like every hobby I pick up comes with the weight of fear and depression and childish whining of ‘it’s too hard’. \u00a0I don’t know when these things crept onto and started to leech at my joys, but it has happened. \u00a0Badly.<\/p>\n

In a nutshell? \u00a0I’ve forgotten how to play.<\/p>\n

So I’m going to try something new. \u00a0I hope. \u00a0I’m going to try and find the play in my interests. \u00a0Grins\u00a0in my hobbies. \u00a0Laughter in my crafts.<\/p>\n

Tonight I played with my three favourite card decks. \u00a0Joie de Vivre, Thoth and the Celtic Book of the Dead cards. \u00a0Check out the spreads, my friend!:<\/p>\n

\"RIMG1551\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Each one with a tale. \u00a0Each one whispering of things to learn and to discover. \u00a0Life has changed. \u00a0My emotions will run strong and there will be storms and high seas. \u00a0And therein too lies the joy and the fun. \u00a0Living is going to feel good! \u00a0Or, well intense. \u00a0Intensity can be its own good sometimes. \u00a0Any way, though, I hope to embrace and live and try to find the fun and the bounce. \u00a0To do what I love because of love.<\/p>\n

What is fed, grows.<\/p>\n

Saturn,
\nthe Abysmal Witch<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’ve been very focused lately on what I “should” be doing, what “needs” to be done. \u00a0To accomplish this, to do what’s appropriate with that. \u00a0Not just with work things, but in my play as well. In fact, I realized tonight that I haven’t been playing. \u00a0I’ve been approaching all of my ‘fun’ things with … Continue reading Learning to Play: Cards<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2,5],"tags":[46,81,203,300],"class_list":["post-741","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-abysmal-musings","category-magical-practices","tag-cards","tag-divination","tag-play","tag-work"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abysmalwitch.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/741","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abysmalwitch.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abysmalwitch.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abysmalwitch.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abysmalwitch.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=741"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/abysmalwitch.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/741\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abysmalwitch.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=741"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abysmalwitch.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=741"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abysmalwitch.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=741"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}