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Hope everyone had a good #memorialdayweekend! Freedom isn’t free and we pay for it every day, but some more than others. Grateful to be an American and appreciate the life we are blessed to live by the sacrifice of others. #may #memorialday #holiday #bitmoji #america

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Happy belated Mother’s Day to everyone! Hope everyone appreciated their moms and mom’s mom both here and in heaven. #family #holiday #bitmoji #mothersday

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Happy Easter everyone! #bitmoji #april

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Radleigh Valentine: The Magic Compass-Day 3!

Last session of this event! The replays are available for a short amount of time, let's close this out!

Cocreating with the universe:

Create the stuff you want to manifest with the universe. Manifestation and intention, the east or mind. You get what you believe. Align my goal with what I can believe can happen. Manifesting is more than positive thoughts, it is also emotions. Emotions and thoughts are tied together. You are always manifesting. A wish is a declaration of alignment. There is an element of release that matters.

Be specific about what you want. Allow the universe to take the intention and make it real. Feel the outcome in your body. It matters more than you think. Steal the emotions from something else as needed to manifest. Express gratitude in advance.

It is important to also take physical action, this is south or body. The universe meets you at your point of action. When you take 1 step, the universe takes 10. If I knew my manifestation was already on its way-what action would I take? How can I show the universe I am aligned. You can create a prosperity journal.

Manifestation is a journey and not a destination. Design your enchanted life map. Get specific, where are you living? who is around you? what does each day feel like? how do you give back to the world? Use the four directions to guide your path. What is one thing you can do today to work towards your enchanted life?

There was a guided meditation. This is a teaser for an annual subscription with this particular teacher. While I love a good teaser, it is hard to pay for everyone offering a coaching or group like coven. Is there a teacher you would pay to be exclusive with?

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Hay House: Understanding Your Personality Blueprint-Day 4

This is day 4, the last day! and on top of that-it was live! Have you been keeping up with this?

Everyone brings a special energy to the world. The enneagram helps you to understand the energy you put out and the energy you could be in. Start with the body center, and work from the ground up. Those numbers are 8,9,and 1. 8=don't mess with me. 9=Can't we all just get along? 1=doing the right thing isn't that hard. They typically have anger issues.

From body to heart, we shift up to emotions. The numbers are 2,3,4. 2=kind but also wanting to be picked. 3=Look at me I am winning. 4=I am unique. They typically have shame issues. Am I lovable?

From heart to head. The numbers are 5, 6, 7. 5= I need some time to process this. 6=What could go wrong? How can I protect? 7=Spontaneous energy. They have anxiety and fear issues.

Have you found your authentic self? No one should have to hide their true selves. Find your way home to yourself. Enneagram helps with relationships and so much more!

This is a teaser for an event but honestly this seems like it would be a really cool event. It is self analyzation but different than anything I have ever seen. Would you consider taking this course?

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Radleigh Valentine: The Magic Compass-Day 2!

Day 2 of 3. Look at me juggling two different people on a similar wavelength! Let's walk into the days segment!

Living with Ritual, Intuition, and Heart:

The power of clarity, or the East/Mind. The mind is where we create space for the heart to be heart. Most minds are over cluttered. That makes it hard to hear divine wisdom. You have to quiet the monkey mind. Silence and stillness help to hear divine messages. Journaling is a great way too, especially if you do it in a form of automatic writing. Ask for a sign and trust the first message. BLAH-Be Loving And Helpful.

The magic of words. Prayers, affirmations, and angelic requests. Words are spells. What we speak, we create. The universe is constantly listening. The words we use shape our reality. Prayer is about aligning with divine energy. Affirmations are a way to program the subconscious mind. What story are you telling yourself? Tell yourself the story you want to create. Your subconscious is a genie bottle. Angelic requests are like daily request. Make it a daily practice to speak with them daily.

Exercise: choose an affirmation to use next week. See how your energy shifts around that topic.

Law of attraction is part of how words have magic. Every prayer we offer has an energetic vibration. Some people call it magic or divine manifestation. What you focus on expands. What you affirm becomes reality. What you declare, the universe answers. You don't have to believe in magic for it to work, but it helps. Magic, energy, and divine power are always at play. When we believe, we become co-creators.

What happens if you don't believe? We cut ourselves off and invite blocks. If you don't believe, the genie is locked in the bottle. You give your genie bottle to someone else when you choose to not believe. When you believe in magic, we shift our vibrations. We start seeing proof of divine presence. There is 0 risk in believing in magic. Not believing has much more risk.

Words have energy. If you are full of love, your aura expands. If you are full of fear, your aura contracts. Your words are like seeds, what you plant will grow. Every time you speak you are casting energy out into the world.

Rituals and Intuitive Living, or West/Heart. If you want to receive guidance from rituals, they anchor us in enchantment. Some tools are tarot cards, oracle cards. They are great ways to get information from the universe. Ask them, what do I need to know? Pendulums are another great tool. You can make a pendulum if you do not have one. Automatic writing and messages from your angels, have a conversation with intention.

Exercise: Write a question you want guidance on and let your hand automatically write.

How do you live by your own sacred compass? The key is a daily practice. North, soul, connect daily to spirit. Find where north is in your home and turn to the north. Pray to the north. Facing the west when you are trying to trust your feelings. Turn to the east, so you can start your day with a clear mind. Start your day with intention not distraction. Turn to the south, to take inspired action. Magic unfolds when you move forward with divine intention.

There was a guided meditation. The heart opening journey. Relax, allow, and trust.

A really solid segment and I am proud of seeing some growth with Radleigh Valentine. I have a church background, despite being spiritual, but there are some great commonalities between the two ideologies. I am looking forward to Day 3 later in the week!

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Hay House: Understanding Your Personality Blueprint-Day 3

Who else has been keeping up with these? Last day of simplicity, lets pick up where we left off! Day 3 of 4!

You Got This!

While there are 9 centers of intelligence, they are in 3 categories. The lines cross and mean different things for each person. The way to use the enneagram well is to use all of the points. The centers of intelligence are a good place to start. Where does your motivation come from when you have to go through something?

Exercise: What motived you to move forward from a challenge? A challenge in the past or ongoing? Just write, that is the challenge. 2 minutes on the clock. Instead of analyzing what we wrote, we are going to do something else. 1 minute, during that time did you reach a point that you felt completely overwhelmed? How did that feeling manifest for you? Do you think you are motivated by the head, heart, or body center? Logic like the head center? Passionate like the heart? A gut feeling of intuition?

There is a download, let me know if anyone wants it! I am ready for some harder steps! These are some great baby steps but they are hard even in themselves! I wonder what a harder next step is, I am hoping to learn more about myself!

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Hay House: Understanding Your Personality Blueprint-Day 2

Excited to come back in and pick up where we left off! Did anyone else notice the different centers of your self today? Let's get to the next segment.

Why Me, Why Now?

We are in a world with many emotions. Where there is joy, there is stress. How do you react (not respond) to stressful situations? Responding takes intentional thought. Choose to respond and not react. That will change how you show up in the world. Look at this through the 3 centers of intelligence.

Exercise: Relax, get comfortable, and bring to mind a situation that was not the best for you. A situation that caused you stress. Write about your reaction to the event. How did that event affect you? Was it more of a mental response? Was it a feeling based reaction? Was it anger or rage?

Don't choose to only react with your default center, you are doomed to repeat cycles of discomfort. Allow yourself to operate from all 3 centers. Ask questions that invoke feeling and intuition. What is really happening here? What perspectives can I look at this from? Really good stuff and some of the best homework ever! Looking forward to day 3!

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Radleigh Valentine: The Magic Compass-Day 1!

Look at me go double and triple tasking! Next up is Radleigh Valentine with The Magic Compass, today is Day 1 of 3...let's goo!

Opening The Doors To Enchantment:

Last year was the year of transformation. The last couple of years has been a little chaotic. Looking for themes is important. Teachers will resonate with different people better based on vibes. The noise of the world can make us feel very disconnected from joy. Sensitive people tend to be drawn to spirituality. Everyone has a job and a place in this world.

The truth is we are meant to live a life of happiness. Anyone else need a break from all this great character building? His word this year is...Enchantment. The work is done and now its time for something better! We are using a compass as a physical symbol. The topic is 4 directions of enchantment:

North: Soul

West: Heart

East: Mind

South: Body

The journey is not about escaping reality. We love awe. Magic and playfulness is apart of this life. We have to remember how to play. Life can dim the spark, we have to reignite the spark. Have you noticed the synchronicities? Magic is everywhere. Enchantment is something you remember.

Tap back into that innate sense of wonder. Let's meet your enchanted guides. Guardian Angels, Spirit Guides, and Fairies. You have so much help!

Guardian Angels: they are assigned to you at birth. They are divine beings. They are uniquely yours and for your soul. They are on the journey with you. Look out for angel numbers and signs. Ask for their presence.

Spirit Guides: They are souls that have agreed to help you on your human path. They used to be human, where as guardian angels have never been human. It could be people from past lives. They guide you through intuition. Thoughts, dreams, and direct inspiration. They are evolving with you. Animal spirits. Ascended masters. Keep a dream journal to connect with them, automatic writing. Pay attention to repeated signs.

Fairies: They are the playful keepers of magic. They are elemental beings. They are slightly out of phase with human beings. Some say they are the guardian angels of animals. They are connected to nature. They tend to work with nature signs. Nature is powerful. They like gifts, offerings, and acts of nature. Speak to them out loud. Create a fairy altar, honor the cycles of the earth.

Which one is guiding you? There was a guided meditation. Nature is a portal to magic that moves in cycles. The four seasons work with us:

Winter: Portal of rest and inner wisdom, stillness, reflection, rest is not for the weak, North/Soul,

Summer: portal of abundance, growth, expansion, passion, manifestation, season of power, celebration, South/Body,

Autumn: Harvest, gratitude, letting go, West/Heart, honor the harvest, work with shadow energy,

Spring: growth, renewal, rebirth, awakening, East/Mind, plant the seeds of intention, let go of mental clutter,

Seasonal cycles are the roadmap for enchantment. Notice signs of enchantment in your daily life. This is Day 1 of 3. A nice hefty session, and interesting to space the sessions out every other day. I am kind of excited to see what follows this up, which of your guides do you feel closer to?

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Hay House: Understanding Your Personality Blueprint-Day 1

So many webinars and so little time! Hay House is back with another event...Understanding your personality blueprint. Have you ever heard of the Enneagram?

Before we get into the good stuff, there was an opportunity to take a quiz and see where was on the chart:

That is about right for me. Maybe as a bonus post to these 4 days, I will make a post more about that and what it means. Anyways, onward!

The Pursuit of Joy

Look at joy through the three lenses of intelligence. Focus on and expand your joy. Head (enneagram points 5,6,7), Heart (enneagram points 2,3,4), and Body (enneagram points 8,9,1) centers interact in the enneagram. Your dominant energy is in one of these centers. In situations, where do you respond from? We have access to all 3 centers and all 9 points. How do you react and how do you respond? Bring balance into your life to amplify your experience. Generate better ideas when all 3 cylinders are firing up.

Exercise: Bring to mind a joyful experience. Bring it up to your minds eye. Bring the experience to your mind. Be with it. Reference the download and quickly jot it down. How did it affect you? With that written, look at that experience through the lens of all 3 intelligences. Is it factual? Is it more about feelings? Was it about evidence? Bring your joyful experience back up, which area feels it the most? Take the experience from one center and take it to another, and see how it changes. What difference do you notice?

There is a download, and honestly I love how the segments are smaller but so damn potent! I really do need a notebook for the hay house events this year. This is Day 1 of 4, I am excited for tomorrow!

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Happy St Patrick’s Day y’all! Changing it up this year and embracing the luck of the Irish every day in making my own luck! Enjoy some #ShepherdsPie and #greenbeer, and be safe getting home! #StPatricksDay #luckoftheirish #bitmoji

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3/2025-My 5th Tattoo!

It has been a hot minute with a lot going on. I honestly thought my next tattoo would have been my sweet wonderful Ozmas or even updating my infertility tattoo-but for some reason neither felt right. So here we are with what feels right!

So I was watching, Thumbelina, the other day. Honestly, I love and have always loved this movie. I drove my dad bonkers with it, when I was little I thought we "lost" the movie. Truth was he hid it because he was sick of it. Years later when I got the digital version and told him I found it again, he enlightened me! But it is one of my go to movies.

Jacquimo is one of those underrated characters. He is narrator but also in the story. He says to follow your heart and nothing is impossible. Even when no one listens to him, hes right! And he gives up on no one and judges not at all! Me and my sister always thought his boyfriend just adored him because he has such a wonderful gay like energy!

So I was looking online and found this great artist who turned him into a rockabilly/pin up style of swallow. I love it! I am going to have it on my upper right boob! I contacted my dude and he got me booked!

TATTOO DAY:

I am so excited to see Ronnie O at Old Tyme Tattoo. It started at 430 and ended around 6 or so. Stencil on and placement is perfect!

This was one of my first times where I picked a non fatty placement, bone placement, and loved it! I handled it like a champ. I also experienced being sore, numbness, and ready to fall asleep! Ronnie did such a great job!

I HAVE A JACQUIMO! He looks so good! It was my first more complicated, detailed tattoo, and I can't wait for the next one! How many of you have seen Thumbelina? Fly onward to your happiness my pretties!

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Job Hunting In The Modern Era

This post stands alone, as job hunting can hit anyone at any time in their life, but this is part of a divorce post that should be out later in the year. But bro, that shit changed a lot since I was in it.

Mission taken on, tools out! You will need a resume, computer, google docs to make resumes and cover letters, and interview outfits.

Resume:

You need to have a resume, be open to having to tinker with it way more than you think you should. You can create one on Microsoft Office or Google Docs. I eventually discovered Monster offers resume review, but friends and family can do so as well. Additional documents needed are cover page, references.

Content wise, you want:

your name, your location, your contact information

your skills, programs, certifications, licenses, and languages

your last 7 years of experience (don't show gaps and try to keep it one page)

End document file types should be Word or PDF. If you are going for a creative job, I would advise making a portfolio on Canva.

Send Your Resume Job Hunting:

There are a lot of job sites to apply to: LinkedIn, Indeed, Monster, ZipRecruiter, Craigslist. You can also go direct to staffing agencies or company websites (Aerotek,etc) . Some sites have "easy apply" and some you have to make accounts and input all the information again. The modern day makes it easy to send a lot of applications out but also invites ghosting as a generally accepted practice. As you send out applications, I would advise having a folder to organize the emails to keep your inbox clean.

Types of jobs:

Remote, Hybrid (both remote and in person), and In-person

Types of pay:

Hourly & Commission, Hourly, Commission. Benefits vs no benefits (Benefits: 401k, medical, vision, dental, stocks, etc)

Types of interviews:

In Person vs Digital (Zoom, Microsoft Teams)

While I know remote work to be a legitimate form of work, BE WARY OF SCAMS. Scam like "remote work" seems to be interview on Microsoft Teams and then getting a job, yay?, then depositing a printed check into your account and waiting for it to clear then purchasing supplies to work from home. Only to find the funds don't clear and banks watch your account like a hawk. Do not offer to use a Credit Card to purchase materials beforehand as you wait for funds to clear. Do not buy giftcards or paypal as "friends and family"-there is no protection for you with these purchases.

Your Resume Matchmakes With a Company/Position:

Be sure to watch your phone as people will call, text, email, and message you on social media platforms with next steps.

Job Process:

Apply

Preliminary Interview

Final Interview (one on one, group, etc)

Follow Up

* as a female-I noticed a difference in Male led interviews compared to Female led interviews, even though the majority were Female*

Interview Tips:

Research the company

Show up early to be on time

Dress for the role you want to have, as if you already have it. Regardless of whether its on Zoom or in person.

Listen, Speak Rehearsed, and ask questions

Don't be afraid to ask questions like, "when do you guys expect to fill the position? What are you guys looking for?". So many places say they will contact you but won't, and usually silence is a general form of rejection but its hard when you don't have firm results one way or the other when looking for a job. I like to ask when they should be having an update and follow up with them on that day. I would not advise more than 2 follow ups and not too close to one another (Mondays and Fridays until you get a confirm or reject is safe).

Personality Matters...

Honestly, the job market and hunt has changed so much-don't be afraid to reject what you need to reject so you can clear the way for what you want to say yes to. Also, apparently culture and personality are important things now? I had quite a few give me a personality assessment!

Story Time:

So the last time I was looking for a job, YEARS ago, it took me a month. But that was such a different job market. I started looking for a job before I moved out/started the official divorce process. I moved out and took on my motto "when you don't have a job, your job is to look for a job". I thought I got lucky right off the bat and got scammed. It's kind of a shame, while some of us try to do things the right way-and others get by through deceit. Karma will come for those people. So I dust myself off and keep trying.

I do a couple of things really well: administrative/support, real estate, and marketing/advertising. But marketing jobs have now become big companies (Verizon, T-Mobile, Spectrum, etc) employ middle man companies to grow the customer acquisition. They are all hourly plus commission and all growing all over the US. Once I caught on, I started to reject these. Not unlike KW, this is a massive numbers game for all companies involved.

I applied for hundreds of craigslist ads, closer to 500 LinkedIn job applications, and similar numbers on Monster/Indeed/Robert & Half via email. I did Zoom interviews, Microsoft Team interviews, and in person interviews. Phone calls all the time. Between "silence as formalized rejection", I rejected them, and They rejected me-I had to turn down 55+ companies before finding a win win opportunity.

Success:

It was at the month, almost 1-2 month mark of looking for jobs. I had an in person in the AM, a zoom in the afternoon, and an in person in the PM. The job had been responded to about a week ago? But when you are applying for jobs, they all kind of blend? And then they called and scheduled and I kept chugging onward. The interview came, it went well. The gal had me talk to the owner, which has happened before, and then he asked her what next steps were. She offered me a job right then and there. I was shocked.

IT HAS BEEN A LONG ASS MONTH. I was shocked and I accepted it and I start Monday. I AM EMPLOYED MOFOS! That was not without its struggle, but that is where the joy and pride also comes from. But not only did I get a job, I was picky. I wanted a career-I have a life to build and the job hunt process sucks. I don't want to be back here, if I can help it.

As a job seeker, are you frustrated? Flip that coin and think of being a company hiring someone. Given the political market of 2025-no one is sure and everyone is hungry. I hope this post helps someone, go get them tigers!

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Thank you to everyone who got me to 500 likes!

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It is that time of year again, who needed that extra hour of sleep anyways? #DaylightSavingTime #SpringForward #Sunday #Weekend #winter #Spring

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Nintendo Switch: DDLV-Update 13!

I can hear it already, I am days late from when this came out. Life got busy, not unlike how one finds Aladdin and Jasmine! But enough gab, let's jump in!

Update 12: Sew Delightful!

I will admit that I am a bit behind but I caught up on Update 11 and started Update 12. Luckily enough its a one character update. So far I really like her story and how they did her.

Update 13: Tales of Agrabah

The door cost 15,000 dreamlight to open. I wonder who needed a puzzle aspect on top of being able to go into these wonderful realms. But it makes for an interesting and longer drawn out rescue mission.

The starpath this time is "The Oasis Retreat" Star Path. It costs 2,500 moonstones to unlock the Premium Star Path. Activities will get you Rewards and Bonus Rewards.

To get to Agrabah, you go to the top of the castle. I was taking a hard look at it, there are 3 doors on the top level. We open one and based on the last major update from developers-I would guess the cheshire cat is next. After that is the pirate skull rock, so that last door is to be revealed will be in the next major teaser. The other doors on the levels are roped off, and you know as soon as the dust settles from the current DLC, they will add another port.

Its not bad so far, what are your guys thoughts on the first update of 2025?

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Hay House: Supercharge Your Senses-Day 4

Last day, and it is a live day! Energy is so different when it is live. Let's gooo!

Making Life Easier Now

The biggest question is, are you ready? We are energetically charged beings and we are fully turning on. The planet is in a huge shift. Grounding means bringing spirit back into your body and being present.

We start with breath. Put a hand on your belly and the other hand on your heart. Breath in through the nose and exhale after counting to 4 and empty the noise. Be empty of intrusive energy. 2 exhales and a slide, breath in through your feet into the heart.

English language is limited in trying to read energy. Like when one says "trust what you feel". You can measure the energy coming off of you. Scan the energy around you. The minute you name it, you claim it. What does the energy feel like around you, name it!

All your senses are connected. When you say what you are feeling is real, you name the elephant in the room we all have-which is our power. We are powerful energetic beings. You have to start with reading yourself.

Sit with yourself, what is your top priority? what is your top fear? I want stability and fulfillment. Live in the moment, live for today. If you don't feel it, you are not going to feel it. If you have to think yourself into it-its not for you. This will help over thinkers.

If something is not working, I need to do something different. Like owning agency in my life or looking for a job. Everything will fall into place in a magical way! Tune in to information to make good decisions.

Describe your spirit-it's not fragile like your ego. Tell your ego, the barking dog, to quiet down-it is all good!

Breathe, release, and let go. Focus on self, what are your goals and priorities for the day? If you don't feel the energetic match, ditch it! Own your energy. This is a great 4 day teaser for a fuller course but even the teasers are so good!