7 days without a new blog post have been my longest so far, I believe. I never wanted to stay silent for this long, but reality just wouldn‘t stop knocking on my door, and my witching voice had to become very quiet for a little while! It takes some time to wake it up again and it certainly still hasn‘t recovered.
To get back into witching blogging, I want to write down my writing routine! The things I did whenever I got the best writing done! Or whenever it felt good. Whenever it felt alright.
This is my witching writing routine!
At first, I considered this only my poetry routine, but as I kept thinking about it, I realized that also the impulses for my short stories, witching discussions and my attempts of being a history blogger mostly came from these moments.
Needless to say that lately I had had no time, resources etc. to create a moment like this, so with writing this post I dive back into the yearning for that!
To write, I have to dive into myself. I like to find the right words for things that usually are tough to deal with, are too huge or too intense. When I write, I go places usually even I am scared of, so I need to be comfortable.
Comfortable with myself, which for me means being dressed up nicely, having invested hours in the care of my hair, and having coffee.
Yes, the perfect writing time seems to be a coffee date with myself.
And I don‘t mean just one coffee.
Sometimes, I sat there for hours and tried different flavoured Lattes, or in summer, of course, iced coffee in all kind of versions.
Sometimes, I listened to music I just needed in that moment, but sometimes I also just sat there in silence. I wrote almost all of my poems in those moments. Or, I wrote down the thought I wanted to explore even further, and came back a few days later to dive into it again.
Now, I don‘t want to think about all the money I have spent on coffee in the past year. Whatever that number is, it was worth it.
Actually, I had started this little routine to reward myself for when I had been brave. And until a while ago, I had always been very brave on Wednesdays at noon, because right then I had my weekly appointments with a therapist. To calm down afterwards, and to grant myself something after such a difficult appointment, I went to the next best coffee place for a drink and to write. As these appointments became more and more troubling for me, I had those coffees crying and shaking. No one ever said something, but I am sure it must have been noticed. Also, when I eventually stopped going to these appointments, I kept the coffee routine. Always on Wednesdays, I had my coffee and writing appointment.
I had promised myself to grand me this kind of writing time at least once a week, no matter the circumstances. But lately, the different cold and flu problems I have had kept me out of coffee places, and also had me watch my finances even more (since calling in sick as a freelancer kind of hurts differently …).
I can‘t wait to put on a witching dress again and make me feel like an old oil painting, to sip an iced latte and dive into whatever leaking my soul has to offer!
Do you have a writing routine like this?
Mistress witch writes 