Self-care is always important, but it’s most important during difficult times. Find out how to use magic to do self-care when mundane and how to customize your own magical self-care toolbox.
Life can be hectic sometimes. Things can be confusing, difficult, or just downright exhausting. Self-care is important when things are running smoothly, but especially when difficulties arise you need self-care. Unfortunately, sometimes mundane self-care just won't cut it and you need to pull out the big guns. You need magic. Join Mysticsense to find out how to use it. Find out what self-care is, what magic is, and why you should use magic to create self-care. What if you don't know how to use magic yet? We'll tell you how to do that, too. Then if you'll read all the way to the end, we will tell you how to customize your own magical self-care regimen. Problems can be worked out, but while you're in the process of doing that, you can work some magic to help you maintain your sanity. Read on to find out how.
What is Self-Care?
Self-care is anything you do to preserve your own health. It's not just your physical care that you have to take heed of. Your mental, spiritual, and emotional health needs to be taken care of too. It's more than just getting enough food to eat, enough exercise, and enough sleep at night. You have to be proactive in improving your sense of well-being, and sometimes life might seem like it's fighting you at that. Self-care might be the last thing on your mind because you have such a long to do list, but it needs to be at the top of your list and be the most important thing you do. Why?
Simply because if you're not well cared for, you're going to struggle more. You might get sick, you might be so stressed you can't concentrate, and you might even stop caring about fixing problems. Chances are there are other people who depend on you. Without you, what would they do? While it might seem counterproductive to practice self-care when you need to focus on taking care of other people, without self-care you're not going to be as capable. Some examples of self-care include maintaining a proper work life balance, setting boundaries and sticking by them, and pursuing hobbies that help to preserve your mental health. Read more about the importance of self-care here: Follow Our 10 Steps For Spiritual Self-Care
What is Magic?
When some people think of magic, they think of mysterious mind games, or parlor tricks that entertainers perform. Magic is actually something that you use every day, and you might not even know you're doing it. Magic is moving energy in conformity with your will. It can be something as simple as ignoring someone who is annoying you so they go away, or brushing your teeth before you go on a date because you want to be attractive. For some people it entails spell work, burning candles, and lighting incense. For other people, it entails keeping up appearances so people will think what they want them to. The thing about magic though, you can't just sling a spell and expect the universe to hand you results.
Sometimes you get lucky and the powers that be help you. A lot of times, you have to do the work yourself. There's nothing wrong with casting a spell or saying a simple chant over a candle to set your intention. Magic is most powerful when work accompanies it. So, for self-care, you're not going to just say a spell and hope that it works and makes you feel better. Your best magic for self-care is going to be magic that you work on yourself for personal transformation. Energy is the power that animates everything in creation. So, change, when it's made at the source of everything, is the most potent. Find out how to do personal transformation magic here: Using Personal Transformation Magic
Why Use Magic for Self-Care?
Some people don't understand the value of using magic. What's the point? Wouldn't it be better to just go to the spa, take a day off, or scream into your pillow when times are tough? You can certainly do all those things if they make you feel better. Magic changes the way that you think about things. It's little things that you do that make a big difference. When you create a change in your mind, it changes your attitude. That translates into action. Some stressful times are so low stress, you really don't even need to double up on your self-care. Those aren't the kind of times that we are addressing right now.
There are going to be times in your life when the stress is so overwhelming you feel like giving up. You're going to wonder why you ever bothered to try to begin with. There are going to be times when it seems like everything that you do is pointless, and nothing you try has any impact. You're going to feel like you have no control over your own life, and you might even worry if you're losing your sanity. Magic will be your saving grace. Magic is part supernatural, and part psychology. It reaches into the most instinctive, primal parts of your soul, and pulls out the toughest parts of yourself that you didn't know you had in you. It will help you to stay focused when your mind is so overwhelmed, you can't think straight. It will also give you a sense of comfort that nothing else quite can.
Plus, sometimes, magic is just fun. Some people have a magical sanctuary where they go for rejuvenation, especially during tough times. Going to your magical place of comfort and peace might be the only magic you need. Every time you do a magical working in your personal magical space, you will feel your own power growing stronger. That's because each time you're there, you will be more in touch with the deepest parts of your true self. There will be days when you feel completely powerless, but when you work with your own magic, you will be reminded of what your true power is, even if you can't control things that are going on around you. The things you say hold magical power too. Learn all about the magic of words here: Magical Words: The Amazing Power of Words
How to Use Magic
A lot of today's mainstream books on magic focus on spells. Spells aren't entirely necessary. The number one form of magic that you need to do is control and transformation of yourself. You can't always control other people and other things, but your reaction will create a whole new world. Control your thoughts, your words, and your actions, and your magic will be strong.
Control Your Thoughts
Our thoughts convince us of the way that things are. They help us to either embrace reality, or reject it. When things are upsetting, it is especially important to control our thoughts. Never allow yourself to fall into hopelessness. You almost always have some form of control of things, even if you don't have control of a situation or other people. Even if things seem very bad, and that they could not get any worse, guess what? Things change all the time. If things aren't working in your favor right now, tomorrow things could be better.
A positive outlook which includes hopefulness, and an attitude of gratitude are extremely important especially during difficult times. If you didn't get the job you want, instead of telling yourself that you will never have the right job, and you will always be miserable, tell yourself something else. Tell yourself that this job was not meant to be, and you are committed to finding the one that is. If you caught your significant other cheating, don't tell yourself that it's because you're unattractive. Tell yourself that you made the mistake of dating a cheat, but those days are over. Your thoughts are powerful, and decide how you feel, behave, and what the outcome of everything is. Learn about how powerful your thoughts are here: The Power of Mindset
Control Your Words
Your thoughts will decide what you say. Saying something you think gives it even more power. The more you say something, the more you hear it. The more you say and hear something, the more you will believe it. Words can be poisonous, or they can be healing. You never want to poison yourself with your words. If you're nervous about a presentation that you have to give at work, telling yourself that you just know you're going to do a terrible job is a bad idea. Instead tell yourself that you're going to go in well prepared, treat everyone with respect and courtesy, and do the best you can.
During difficult times, we can become afraid that things will never get better. Think of all of the difficulties that you have endured in the past. You have survived them all. No matter what life has thrown at you, you are still here today. Tell yourself that you can handle anything, and anything you can't handle on your own, you'll get help with. Difficulties do not define you. They are things that you overcome. Read about dealing with very dark times here: Dealing with Dark Times Spiritually
Control Your Actions
If you control your thoughts and your words positively, this will translate into positive actions. You should tell yourself that no matter how difficult things are, you can overcome them. You should say positive and uplifting things to yourself, expressing that you believe you can achieve success. These thoughts and words will help give you the attitude that you need. This attitude will make you get up and try your best instead of giving up. This will make you create positive change, and tough out difficulties instead of allowing them to stop you.
Magic begins in the mind before it materializes and creates reality. Visualizing the outcome that you want is just as important as working for it. Once you believe in yourself, you will be more proactive, less likely to give up, and this will all make you more successful. Don't confuse controlling your own actions with controlling your environment or other people. Your actions will certainly influence things positively, but you can't control everything. So focus on controlling yourself, and your magic will be strong. Read about taking control of your life here: Overcome Powerlessness and Take Command of Life
Creating Magical Self-Care
Each of us will have our own magical toolkit. There are five things that we should all do when we're building that toolkit. Stay positive, and push yourself past what scares you. Wear magical things that make you feel powerful, and become what you want to be. Most importantly, be patient.
Summon Positivity
Positivity takes many forms. For some people, positivity is eating their favorite food. For others, it's surrounding themselves with the people they love. Some people need the positivity of nature, and others need alone time in complete silence. Whatever it is that creates positive energy for you, make sure you're doing it. Some people just focus on banishing negativity, make sure you’re also focusing on bringing positive things into your life.
Push Past Fears
Don't think you're alone in being afraid of certain things. Everyone is afraid of something. Negative experiences in the past make us avoid similar experiences in the present and we run from them. Running from what you're afraid of might be holding you back from a positive experience. Don't let your fears rule you. It's always wise to be careful, but don't hide from anything. Your magic is too powerful for that. Fear isn’t all bad though. Find out why here: Why Fears Are Good Sometimes
Wear Magical Things
What can you wear on your body that makes you feel good? Is it your favorite color or cologne that you love? Is it sentimental jewelry that your best friend gave you, or your most daring red lipstick? The things that we wear don't make us who we are, but they make us feel better and that is self-care. For some people, when they are the most nervous, confident body language and a big smile are two things they wear to make themselves feel better. If this is the only thing that you put in your toolbox, wearing things that enhance your magic is very powerful.
Become What You Love
Difficulties don't have to hold you back from being the best version of yourself. If people try to silence your voice, but you want to speak out, become that outspoken version of yourself that you're in love with. If people have discouraged you from pursuing your education, pursue it anyways and become the scholar you know you already are. If people want to change you to meet their expectations, don't let them. Be who you are no matter what. Don’t expect people to motivate you to do things. Learn to be a self-starter here: How to Accomplish Anything by Self-Motivating
Embrace Patience
Learning to be a patient individual is the most powerful form of magic that you will ever practice. This can also be one of the most difficult skills to achieve. The way to be patient is to tell yourself that you will allow things to take as long as they do, and you won't get upset about that.
Self-care is something we should all practice. Things like taking a vacation, or maintaining a good work life balance are very important, but sometimes you have to practice magic for self-care. Controlling your thoughts and words will translate into magical control of your actions. Things you can include in magical self-care are wearing the things that make you feel best, and learning to be patient. Difficulties come and go, but one thing that will be constant in your life is your own magic. Never forget how magical you are.
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