Healing February

Happy Spring Equinox everybody! Today is Imbloc, or the Spring Equinox, a day exactly between the winter and summer solstices, or the exact halfway point between the year!

Today is a day of cleansing and new beginnings!

So I figured, why not make my theme for February a theme about healing?

Healing comes in many shapes and forms. It can be spiritual healing, or emotional healing, or professional and physical healing. Et cetera.

I've focused on spiritual healing for these spreads, because my overarching theme for this year is Spirituality.

I will be adding to this post as I continue to create more spreads throughout the month, so if you're interested, check back later to see what I've done!

Cover Page

My cover page is an image of a hand cradling a drop off energy, with an image of a koi fish inside.

For me, koi fish represent light and balance. I use visualizations of koi fish in my healing practices to heal in a way that is both aggressive as well as gentle.

Stark.... That doesn't make any sense....

Shhhhhh it's okay it doesn't have to.

I really tried to add color in places where it was most energetic for me, and I think it turned out rather well.

Monthly Calendar + Trackers

This is my monthly calendar this month, as well as my trackers, and my income/expense log.

I tried this out last month from inspo here and it really worked for me, so I am doing it again this month. The really toned downness of the trackers really helps me focus on what is important.

I can't tell you what the doodle there in the corner is, just know it has to do with self care :hearts:

Sleep Tracker + Meal Plan

Super simple sleep tracker, and really simple meal planner. I'm not sure I'm keeping the meal planner, so I haven't inked it in yet.

For the inspo for this meal planner, check out this short article from the official bullet journal website!

And at the bottom there, you'll notice this funky thing. It's supposed to be a hand drum. The idea behind it is that drumming is a practice used by shamans and healers to heal different aspects of the mind, body, and soul as one, rather than as different pieces.

For more on shamanic drum healing, check out this post! (Disclaimer! This post WILL take you to another amino!)

Goals + Book Log

The goals page is nothing new, but the book log is! If you haven't seen me active in our new Book Chat then come on over and check us out! I've been reading actual books lately, not just articles and blogs, so I'm actually getting some brain power going. And I wanted to track all my time doing the reading thing, so I made this log!

The koi fish at the bottom of the goals page are in typical swirling motion, just like yin and yang, showing us the light and balance we have inside when we really work hard and achieve our goals, big or small.

Self Care + Systems

I'm bringing back my self-care page, slightly condensed to fit one whole page. I'll leave the whole page in the additional images of you want to take a look at the whole thing!

The systems I created on the next page are for me to achieve my most extrent goals, which is a routine throughout the day.

Systems are the 'how' we are going to achieve our goals, the step by step process to getting down the road to where we want to be. Systems are the journey, while the goal is the end of the journey.

This System is by no means perfect, but I am just figuring out what works at this point.

If you want to see the video where I got inspiration for the systems, check out this video. I suggest you watch it with captions, even if you are a native English speaker! She talks really fast!

Letter To Myself + First Daily

Last month, I started writing dailies, as well as writing in longform to try and help with my memory problems, and it has really helped so much!

Longform journaling is a form where you write out each bullet point in a complete sentence, as opposed to shortform, which is just shorthanded.

Longform had really helped with my memory on the short time that I've used it, and had helped me with my penmanship a lot too! I've been a bit more consistent with how I form each letter, even though I write like a speed demon.

To check out where I got the inspiration for Longform journaling, check out this short article from the official bullet journaling website!

I also started writing short letters to myself every morning to try and motivate myself for the day. It's very interesting to see what new things I can come up with every day to tell myself! I always try to be positive (sometimes it's a little aggressive...) towards myself, and give myself some wisdom that I wouldn't think about normally.

End

Thank you so much for ing me on this journey! I've been slacking on posting for so long, but that's because I haven't had much I wanted to post. I wish you great blessings and much happiness this Equinox and many great adventures the rest of this month!

See you around the multiverse!

-Stark