#cuz i can't focus on podcasts while working

[elletromil]

Ok i'm doing it (starting my welcome to night vale relisten/catch-up)

[the-good-bad-truth]

I agree, the emoji implies that he's the one who's hurt. I would be hurt too if I were trapped, or if I found out some truth.

Maybe the test came back early, afterall she held "not your baby perfume" after this supposed fight. Or maybe she finally confessed that she tricked him into having this child. I doubt it was planned—he must have already had his doubts about it, or he wouldn't have liked that meme. Also, her fans started planting pregnancy rumors long before May (they said she was three months along in April).

I would be absolutely devastated if an unexpected pregnancy ended any hopes of a future with the person I truly love.

I still want to say it's his, but if it's not and that it is revealed, something tells me he will still be shamed. Cuz on one hand, he is a cheater/abuser, but on the other (not his baby), it would be that he can't "perform" right, he is less of a man and be laughed at. So, he really can't win.

Let's say she tricked him into having the child, I can definitely see that being a strong possibility. Would that not be Coercion of some sorts? Like I don't want to say the word, that I'm thinking of, but like could it be labeled as such.

I think the not your baby was more of a dig to him, like this baby is both of us but I'm in charge here and running the show. Which is sick and twisted. I think he will be fine and find a real, honest, healthy relationship. I do not see this mess being a problem, it might delay it or it might speed run it.

And I feel like when that happens and he is so happy, Megan is going to crash out but this time the roles will reverse, and she will look like the crazy ex baby mama. He has to play this very smart and calculated.

If I was him or on his team, I would make him lay low for a while like 2/3 weeks, let the dust settle a bit, release a very straightforward statement, focus on music or do some good pr but not too much, play a little into her hand and like get to a place with her to coparent while also having a legal team on standby, figure out a coparent plan and be there for her but still keep her at a distance. He also might have to call the paps when it's time to have the baby to show him going into hospital so it could like he is there and present. And then do anything to show he is a father, vaguely mention the kid in like podcast, interviews, write a song about it, post a pic of Casie holding the babe for Father's Day, something. And no dating, if he dates make it rumors, like a blurry photo of him with a neutral but pretty celeb, possibly an artist so his team could be like they working on music or something. In like a 1 or 2 year he can date, reveal a gf, and then with that relationship keep it private but little pieces showing that he is a good bf/partner, Like clean up his image a little. you know. Rebuild it.

Also, can I ask what meme he liked? Maybe I forgot about it. Or was it the pisces vs something meme?

[mageofseven]

hey love! was wondering if I could get a matchup for the boys. I started playing obey me during my breaks in between classes at college and I’m so hooked! I’m female, she/her, 20, bisexual as hell, INTJ, Leo, ravenclaw/slytherin, and a new media artist (still in college tho). I love game design, 3d modeling, interactive design, visual effects etc. I also love reading, gaming, binge watching, digital illustration, dancing, rollerblading, baking cookies, rearranging my room, and listening to video essays/podcasts/audiobooks. My favorite genres are detective, classics, fantasy, adventure, folklore, mythology and sci fi. I love listening to music in a multitude of languages as well whether Arabic, Italian, French, Hindi and much more. MASSIVE introvert except for with my best friends where my unhinged side comes out. Despite being an introvert I’m very comfortable with leadership. I’m very contemplative and thoughtful, with a variety of interests as well as creative. I’m far from clingy and prefer to keep my own space even if I know you well. I can be a bit stubborn, and opinionated at times however. I’m a huge planner and hate when things go off schedule or when things are chosen abruptly. As for how others see me I think I come off as somewhat cautious and not a person who makes friends too quickly or easily, but someone who's extremely loyal to friends I do make. Think that’s all I got! Thank you!

Okay dang girly, you could have just came out and said you were Levi's girlfriend; it would have been a lot quicker hehe 😂

So yeah, very obviously

I pair you with...

Leviathan

Because holy shit, of course you are. You are literally his dream girl and there's no way around that.

Though it feels obvious to me, Imma break it all down to keep this matchup worth your time~

Let's start with the fun part--your MBTI 🥰

Okay so you are an INTJ, meaning your function stack is NiTeFiSe or NiTe more simply.

This means your primary function is Introverted iNtuition, the function that you use the most to guide you through everyday life. It helps you see life from a broad perspective and connect the dots to the most likely outcome. This helps you strategize the best way to handle life's issues and helps you focus on your goals for the future more so than any immediate wants. This one of the reasons INTJ are also known as the Strategists.

Your auxiliary function, the one that gives the most support to your primary function Ni, is called Extraverted Thinking. While the work of your Ni mainly takes place inside you, Te is the main function you use to interact with your external world. This function provides the external framework on how to achieve the goal your Ni has seen for you. Te is all about what works in reality, what is practical and doable so it really helps you think logically about how to achieve what you need.

Now, I freaking swore I made a post of each other Boys' (or very least, the Brothers') MBTI types, but for the life of me, I can't find that post. It might have been from before I made my Masterlist and it just sort slipped between the cracks, so to speak.

I cannot remember whether I decided that Levi was INTP or INFP, but in truth, it matters little with you because both of these types are generally seen as very compatible with INTJs (especially INFP and omg, as an INFP, I love it cuz you INTJs are amazing and I love you 😭💕)

But back to Levi! Either way, I think with his auxiliary function Extraverted iNtuition (Ne), this man has some trouble really making decisions for himself because Ne helps you see so many possibilities for things, which also leads to his anxiety issues, which is also fueled either by his dominant Introverted Feeling (if INFP) or his Inferior Extraverted Feeling (if INTP).

I think you would be a major comfort to this man. With your NiTe, you give others a sense of reliability. Even during moments where you might not feel so sure of yourself, you have the people around you sure that you'll figure things out.

Honestly, I think that's something Levi needs in a partner; someone he can lean on and trust. He'd follow your lead and feel safer with a decision you made than one he made on his own.

Now onto interests! Girl you're literally learning game design. Please teach him what you know 🙏 He will be so freaking grateful and honestly, this man dreams about the two of you making a game together and actually sees that as an intimate activity for you two (literally gives me vibes of this one post I saw that said Levi's ideal date involved you two putting your Minecraft beds together. It's that level of cute, silly innocence hehe). And of course, he'd love to play games with you too!

Also, reading? Podcasts? Scifi? Fantasy? Adventure? He loves all of these too, even more so now that he knows you share these interest too.

You are literally his perfect Henry. Your seemingly self-assured nature makes this anxious man feel like he can rely on you and be safe with you. Combine this with all of your shared interests and the fact that he feels he can learn so much from you? This man literally can't think of a single thing he did to deserve you, but loves you so dearly all the same~

You are his safe person and in return, he will give you every ounce of love that his heart can make 🥰

[elhoimleafar]

So, this should be kinda private conversation about the money struggles in the metaphysical community, but anyway I think it is something interesting to share with all of you.

I just received today my latest check from my past publisher WRRB. When you receive a check for your books this comes with your lifetime copies sold for every copy in every format of your books.

My book 'The Magical Art of Crafting Charm Bags' published in 2017 has sold almost 6k copies at May of 2024 (7 years), while my book 'Manifestation Magic' published in 2021 has sold over 6k copies at May 2024 (3 years).

This tells you a lot about where the interest is, but also the focus on the metaphysical community, for bad and for good.

Take into account that I didn't have those years a large community support, zero publisher's support on promotion, they don't even post my books on their Instagram or Facebook, and I didn't make any interviews before 2022 cuz my English sucks - even worse than now 😂 - so practically all the marketing strategy was myself posting on socials everyday and setting up signing book for myself in each local store I knew.

I find really curious how the topic of Money Magic still been such a taboo in the metaphysical community, in 2024, to the point that people rather buy these books and remain silent about it, cuz people feels judged by everyone when they use publicly the words Money or Abundance, which tell you also a Loooot about the damaged mindset in a community that should not be judging others by their struggles.

Which is literally the reason why I wrote that book on Money Magick for Witches and energy workers, cuz in 2024 still a taboo talking about it, to the point that when you just barely get close to the topic of conversation, every white person in the room gaslight you associating your beliefs on Abundance & Prosperity with 'Toxic Positivity', entirely ignoring the fact that bipoc creators and witches still been who have more financial struggles in this same community.

You'll never find, or at least in eight years I had not find, a simple bipoc creator trashing the topic on Abundance or Money Magic and calling it 'Toxic Positivity', white men are the ones always saying that, obviously from a place of privilege and entitlement, and this is not racism, I don't even know now the right term for this, but obviously is a ton of privilege in going around saying to bipoc practitioners 'you can't do or talk about money cause this is toxic' while ignoring the reason.

Anyway, my point is, the fact that one book on Charm Bags which still a favorite of the bookstores everywhere, had sold 'almost' what a A book on Money Magic has sold in half of the time - seven years vs three years - tell you about how much this community is still struggling with accepting the fact that we are living a physical experience in physical bodies and money (independently of your social or financial position) should not be a taboo of conversation in the spiritual community.

Anyway here below I leave for you the links for both of my books if you want to know more about what I do and what I teach, and want to continue supporting my work and content;

1. The Magical Art of Crafting Charm Bags: 100 Mystical Formulas for Success, Love, Wealth, and Wellbeing. (Weiser Books, 2017).

🔗 : https://www.amazon.com/dp/1578636191

2. Manifestation Magic: 21 Rituals, Spells, and Amulets for Abundance, Prosperity, and Wealth.

Weiser Books, 2021

🔗 : https://amzn.to/3MCD87l

3. Dream Witchery: Folk Magic, Recipes & Spells from South America for Witches & Brujas.

Llewellyn Worldwide, 2023.

🔗 : https://amzn.to/47rStS4

I mean, how many white male podcasters and white male event organizers and white male bloggers and writers we have saying to bipoc practitioners things like 'believing in the law of attraction and talking about abundance is just spreading toxic positivity'?.

Cuz I just counted 14 the last week, so supposedly brown & black witches can't do money spells?, cause white people with a bigger following dislike it?

Is a lot of privilege on doing that, and some inner colonialism attitude also 🙄

Xxo, Elo.

[pbandjesse]

Today was an excellent day. I had very very vivid dreams last night but I still slept okay. I woke up about 4 minutes before my alarm and I felt pretty good. I stretched for a little while and got up and got dressed. So cute. My hair smelled good. I really like the new hair oil I got flash has a sample. I'll probably end up buying it once the sample runs out. It's just that excellent.

I made breakfast and left here around 8. My bike down to the harbor. And I got to the BMI before anyone else. The doors were locked and the lights were off. Eventually someone let me in and turn the lights on for me. Someone from the office. And I got to work getting things set up.

I'm always very stressed for I have in the neighborhood tours but this was such a good group. They were older than I am used to. 2nd and 3rd graders but it was a school for dyslexic and learning differences schools. So it was actually kind of perfect for them. They were so sweet. I had such a nice time with them.

I did City Builders first and then there was one little boy who just wanted to help. No matter what it was he wanted to help. So I had him cleaning up pieces of paper and picking up scissors and cutting tape for me. And then once we got to the in the neighborhood tour I made him my security guard it was essentially my assistant. And he loved it. We finished a few minutes early so I had them come back through with me and pick everything up so I could go home. Or actually go to my other job but you know. They were really great and it was a really nice morning.

I left around 11:30 and was able to bike to the harbor and watch James firing. It was a very good one and I ended up talking to a couple people on the pier who had questions about constellation and if they could go see the ship and stuff. So that was really nice. And then I headed up to the bus.

I got to the school and I did some organizing and worked on a few projects stuff. I worked on my bead projects to show them. And I had to do some troubleshooting because chelsi accidentally locked herself out of her car and was going to be late. But I wasn't that worried about it. I was worried about her but the kids would be fine.

I got the kids and brought them upstairs and we did a prompt about awards for the class that I'm going to be giving them sometime next week. And it was just really fun. It was a good day. I had some trouble with one of the boys you just would not focus no matter what I did. But it was still a good time.

Recess was good. They let us on the basketball court again so the girls have to skate and I had almost all of my class on the basketball court and it was nice watching them share. I skated a little bit but I wanted to let them have more fun. I still like to skate with them a lot though. I wish I had more spaces near me where there was big flat open areas but that's okay. The alley is just a little too bumpy. Maybe James's alley is better.

Chelsea came around dinner time and then we went to art. And the kids did a really good job. I showed them what I had made and I think he gave some of them a better idea. China decided that she just wants to focus on embroidery. Dallas to. Dayshia the really jumped into it and is embroidering her beads right on the lines of the rose on the fabric that she packed. Beautiful job. The boys were a little hair Miss but they are starting to get it. They still have trouble with getting the stitches right next to each other and are leaving Big to in gaps of their thread. But they're working on it. Everyone was really really engaged and that was really nice to say. Especially cuz it let me sit and work on my own piece. And I only had to stop every once in awhile to give them a new threat. Bringing my own thread from home was definitely the move. That embroidery floss does not work with those needles.

We finished up today and cleaned up. We played a game in the hallway called ships and sailors. And then we went home.

I missed my bus by like a minute. I saw it leave right in front of me. But it was nice out and I had a podcast to listen to. Had to wait until almost 6 but that's okay.

I got word that my package, my wagon Tama was trying to be delivered but because I wasn't home I couldn't deliver it. I already got a refund for it so it's a free Wagon at this point but I'm kind of just like annoyed that it's becoming another one of these things. They're going to try to deliver it again tomorrow but like I can't complain that much if they don't because I didn't pay for it now. But if it's not going to come I'm going to order the wagon again and pay for it. So I just would like this whole thing to be over. Very annoying.

I got back to my neighborhood and went up to Eddie's to get pasta. And then I came home. I cooked and spray painted the medallions that were making awards for the kids out of. And I got my Ipsy. It was a pretty good one. I took a shower and I vaguely dyed my hair again but unsure if it actually took much of it. But that's okay. James is coming over soon and I have the morning off tomorrow. Hoping to your work on some art and just enjoy being home and being quiet with myself. I have four day weekend this weekend too so I'm not that concerned but it'll be nice to just chill.

Hope you all have a great night tonight. Sleep well. I'll tell sweetp that y'all said hello

[figglypuff]

do you ever just have suCH a hard time focusing on work you should be doing? ughghhghg i get so frustrated with myself sometimes cuz i have all this work to do and i set aside some time but i just can't focus or get it done in the time i want :/ how do you stay focused and concentrated?!

I’m going to be honest, but I also have a hard time focusing when doing my homework, projects, etc. One helpful tidbit that I use is putting on some nice music that you can listen to without being distracted. It helps if the music selection has no lyrics because while it’s fun to sing-along, listening to just the audio helps us focus. Listening to a podcast works just as well since you can listen to the group without necessarily watching them.

A major tip I would like to stress is, when you are working, if you need to use electronics, do not use social media. Sure it’s fun to be one’s favorite sites, but social easily distract us. So if you are working on a paper, make sure the only tabs open are those pertaining the subject. Listening to a YouTube video is allowed provide one is simply listening to the video without watching it. If you need a musical piece of literature,you can come to me as I know plenty that can help boost moral, build hype, or just simple enjoyment when working on something.

The final piece of advice that I have to give is do as much as early as possible and break the assignment/project/experiment/paper into chunks. A 20-page may seem like a lot to take in, but if you tell yourself to at least write a page within a given time limit (e.g. 30-60 minutes), it doesn’t seem as large of a problem.

Once you achieve your first small goal, you can now go to the next small goal since you completed the hardest one (Starting anything is usually considered the hardest part since we focus on how to begin our predicament). Because you now have an introduction, you can use that as a backbone for the rest of the procedure and continue onward.

Hope this helps Anon and I wish you the best of luck in the situation you find yourself! I believe in you and I hope you have a great rest of the day/afternoon/evening!