my delicate rituals

its a hard cruel world and i’ll be soft if i want to!!!

1. removing my jewelry every night before bed

i have no permanent piercings, so taking off all of my earrings, my necklaces, my bracelets, my rings is me returning to my softest form.

2. putting my jewelry on in the morning like armor

i don’t always wear makeup but i always do this.

3. baths

literally sue me i prefer baths to showers every single day.

4. playlists for very specific emotions

a playlist for every season, every feeling, every atmosphere. i have playlists for emotions you can’t even describe yet. fuck the ai daylist fr.

5. going to the library

third spaces are real and divine. having somewhere else to go that i can be productive in a very specific way is so important to me. sometimes my room just isn’t big enough for everything i’m feeling.

6. getting an everything bagel with cream cheese on the side on my way to work

i don’t do this much anymore because i work second shift and my favorite bagel shop closes early but i am yearning for it so badly.

7. booping noses with my 17-year-old cat

she can’t hear anymore but she’s ever so fluffy. gentle girl i want to be close to you forever.

8. brown sugar in my coffee

my friend put me onto this and i’ve been using it ever since. such a sweet lil treat in the bottom of your coffee cup!

9. staring deeply into my eyes in my bathroom mirror

i love my green eyes i think i will stare at them a little longer.

10. writing by candlelight

getting in tune with the victorian woman within me. the renaissance woman. shakespeare even. there is something so calm about turning off all the lights and picking up a pen.

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finally home after a long bout of traveling and while that was the most fun ever, it’s been an adjustment to come back to my regular life. thought i would share some things that have been getting me through lately!

what are some of your rituals?

xo, em