The Magic of Journaling

journaling is a key 🔐

There are many ways to feel toward. Toward yourself, your hopes + dreams, your feelings, your losses, your growth. One of these ways, for me, is journaling.

I’m not a lifelong journaler. I’m not even a consistent journaler. But I have felt the magic in journaling and love when my blessed ADHD brain aligns with my desire to journal.

It has been deeply healing to my inner child to find my way back to journaling. I remember exactly when I stopped and feel a sense of sadness and loss when I wonder what it would be like to have more writing + journaling to look back on over the years.

I used to be fascinated by diaries and journaling. Of course, Nancy Drew created a fantasy for me of the mystery and intrigue of old, forgotten diaries. But I also adored The Amazing Days of Abby Hayes, a childhood favorite book series that sparked individuality.

Abby Hayes inspired me with her personality and “it’s okay to be different”-ness. Her stories were told through her journal entries. And these were no average journal entries. Because Abby Hayes wrote in purple ink. 💜

Forgotten Magic 📝

Sometime into my own childhood journaling experiences, I vividly remember my mom asking to ready my journal. How could I say no? But I was too sensitive for my intended to be private thoughts to be witnessed, and journaling lost its magic.

After this breach of my personal world and innermost thoughts, years and years passed without journaling or much writing at all besides homework, research papers, and everyday lists.

Now here I am, journaling again. Armed with boundaries and the readiness to heal my relationship with writing and journaling.

I am an external processer. And the ability to express my thoughts on a page is a restorative type of magic or, print of magic (pun intended). 🖋️

Trying Something New 💭

I have been loving the Safe In Our World Sidekick Journal. So much so that I am planning a journaling stream this Friday, September 29th. This aligns with my desire to stream in alignment with my own cycles, including the cycles of the moon, because the full moon in Aries is also this Friday.

I also have a copy of Sidekick to giveaway, courtesy of Safe In Our World, an incredible mental health charity. I hope you join me for a full moon & journaling stream, this Friday September 29th at 8 pm CST, on Twitch.

You can order a copy of Sidekick with free shipping here (until September 30th). While it may not arrive in time, I will share some of the prompts on stream and you will be supporting an incredible organization.

Hexes & Enchantments🔮

In many editions of Game Hex, I will share a hex or practice to help you root into yourself and your magic. I welcome you to engage with an open heart.

Hex to Welcome Fall & The Energy of Receiving

We all deserve to receive, and
receiving is a practice, a state of mind, and
an openness to your own deservingness.

On a piece of paper:
- Draw yourself, an outline of yourself, or something to represent you 
in the center of your page
- Surrounding this, write, draw, or collage the energy
you are open to recieving

This is a practice in receiving, 
welcoming, worth, and openness.

Upon completion, take time to embody the energy of receiving.
Visualize what it would feel like to receive everything you 
expressed on the page.

Notice what arises and acknowledge any discomfort.
Create space in your heart for everything you envision.

Finally, release attachment to any specific thing or desire, 
and move into fall 
embodying the energy of receiving 
and your own undeniable deservingness.

The Buzz 🐝

What have I been reading, watching, listening, playing? What’s going on in the gamesphere?

• Gender Reveal from Tuck Woodstock: Gender reveal is an expansive, identity-oriented podcast that was helpful when I was beginning my gender journey, with each episode featuring interviews with folks of varying gender identities.

• Inktober Prompts from Violet Visions Game: 30 creative and witchy prompts from the creators of Violet Visions, a currently in development whimsical witchy game I have been following on Threads.

• A Guide to Self-Advocacy Speaking by Safe In Our World: An upcoming 3-part series offered for free for game developers and folks in the gaming industry to improve communication skills and workplace resilience.

Thank you for reading. I’ll see you next Game Hex! 🤗

In the meantime, you can find me:

• Streaming on Twitch Friday, September 29th at 8 pm CST for a full moon and journaling stream

• Posting on Tumblr about mental health and gaming

• Sharing about the SAG-AFTRA strike authorization on TikTok

Sweetness and love,

Honey 💛