Hey, babes! It’s a dreary Saturday here in my part of San Diego {thank you June Gloom} and I am feeling…restless. I haven’t blogged as much as I wanted to this week because a post I wanted to write for today just didn’t come together. It was better and funnier in my head than it was looking on {digital} paper, so I set it aside and started digging in my head for something else.

As you probably know by now I’ve been starting to work on some shifts around my blog and biz. I want things to be more lifestyle focused. Life as a whole – spirit + other stuff. And while I know in my head how I’d want that to look it’s the getting started part that’s tough.

My plans for this week have been to sit and either catch up on reading the Suicide Squad New 52 books I have laying around {so excited for the movie!} or playing Call of Duty. Essentially a weekend of doing fun stuff I’ve been putting off in favor of work. So I made me a massive mug of coffee and steamed milk and was heading for the couch when I started to feel like I needed to go to my desk.

And here we are.

So I grabbed my Miracles Now deck by Gabby Bernstein and pulled a card. This is what I pulled:

Oooookay…what light am I working on here?

That was the question that took me a minute to think about. What is it that I want to shed light on? Then the whole pivot I’ve been lotting and working on in my head, and a little in reality, kind of made sense. I want to bring light to the fact that you can openly have interests beyond the spiritual and share them without shame and still be spiritual or magical or whatever the case may be.

Great! So where to start…

That’s where this book that I bought recently came into play. 365 Blog Topic Ideas: For The Lifestyle Blogging Who Has Nothing To Write About by Dana Fox. HA! Yeah that’s me! I have no clue what to write about. This book is great though. No frills. Just literally a book filled with a blog prompt on each page making it easy to just randomly open to something to write about.

 

 

When I read some of my favorite lifestyle blogs like Classy Girls Wear Pearls, The College Prepster and Cupcakes and Cashmere I have to admit I feel a little intimidated by the whole thing.

This is one of the reasons that I was glad Bright-Eyed and Blog-Hearted was starting up again when it was. I feel like I’m relearning how to blog. When I look back at some of my blog posts from 3 or 4 years ago and they read with this tone that makes it sound like I talking to a lecture of hall of students it makes me cringe. CRINGE I tell you!

It’s that pretentious Pagan blogger voice that made me stop reading other people’s Pagan blogs that I didn’t realize I was unwittingly doing too. Just…no! Never again.

But this new lifestyle stuff? I haven’t got a clue where to start.

You’re never going to see me doing spontaneous city sidewalk photo shoots wearing the latest trend jewelry or the spring line from Kate Spade. You’re not likely to see me to sharing pictures of my apartment with tales of my decorating prowess because I am married to a man that hates decorating. If he had it his way we’d have bare walls and nothing but the most essential furniture {a couch, a TV, a bed, and two desks, one for each of our computers and that’s it}.

“OK, let’s open the book at random and see,” I said.

The topic: A current lust list. That’s easy!

So here is a list of 5 things that I’m really lusting after this month. Will I acquire them? I don’t know…but this is what I’m totally after right now.

 

 

Yes, this is my version of Lust List…lol.  So here we go!

1. Saint Laurent Sac Du Jour – I’ve had this bag on my radar for a while and I’ve decided to go for this in place of the black 35cm Birkin that I was thinking about getting as my next Birkin purchase. Obviously much more credit card friendly but also pretty similar in style. While it lacks the “flash” of a Birkin it’s a gorgeous, sleek and sturdy bag. I was at Nordstroms recently picking up a new Kate Spade bag and they had one in the store because it had been returned {the sales associate said normally they don’t carry them at that location}. So I’m planning on getting the small one in black soon.

2. Magical Wooden Display Pyramid – I’ve been thinking it’s time to start hanging shelves on the wall in my office and bedroom to get some stuff off the tops of things. I’ve been in love with these sexy pyramid shelves on Etsy lately. This one I’m particular in love with because of the beach worn blue wood look.

3. Destressifying by davidji – OK, so this is a little bit of a cheat because the book actually doesn’t come out until August, but I’m wishing it would come out now! I love davidji. He’s one of my fave mindfulness teachers because, like the subtitle of this book says, he’s all about real-world stuff, which you know I’m all about to. Make it real, make it relatable and make it actionable. That’s what I’m about and that’s what davidji focuses on too. I am very much looking forward to this book!

4. Balanced Guru Intuition Mist – In this month’s Yogi Surprise Box I was excited to find one of the Balanced Guru’s Energy Mists. This one was a special one branded to support the Yoga Gangsters organization {which is awesome BTW}. The one I’ve been working with is called Truthful and is used for energizing the throat chakra for honesty & creativity {used it right before writing this post in fact}. You spray it just in front of your face and inhale {it is NOT a mount spray like the card that came in the Yogi Surprise Box suggested}. I definitely could get some use out of the Intuition Mist!

5. Tom Servo Quote Poster – I know, this seems silly right? But I’m a huge MST3K fan and current Rifftrax fan. Tom Servo was my favorite character on MST3K and Kevin Murphy, who voiced him, is one of my fave riffers. My secret wish is to become funny enough to do what they do. Who doesn’t want to hang out and make fun of shitty movies for other people’s amusement? OK, lots of people I’m sure. All the more reason for me to step up to the plate and do it!

 

 

So what are you lusting after this month? And plans for any new awesome spiritual or non-spiritual gear acquisitions this month? Tell me about them! 

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