I’ve always been more spiritual than religious. Don’t get me wrong, as a kid, I practiced organized religion. Mostly because my dad’s family did, and some because vacation bible school was the only thing to do during the summer months in a small town. That and it gave me somewhere to be that my parents wouldn’t be.

Organized religion gave me a safe space as a child, but never made a whole lot of sense to me. As I got older, read more, researched more, I came to find that it may have been a safe space, but it wasn’t something that spoke to me, that had me blindly following the written word. I could probably do an entire post on my feelings about it, but that isn’t what this one is about.

Believing and trusting in the vibrations of the world and the universe makes way more sense to me. It is something I can feel, something I can see, something older than any of us. The Earth provides what it can, and the vast universe is there to back it up.

Returning to spiritual practices without pressure

For a long time, I gave up on anything religious or spiritual. I don’t know that I can pinpoint the when or the why. It probably has to do with the challenges the universe gave me, the ones that seem never-ending. My belief in spirits, or ghosts, has never wavered. Not once. But that is also another post.

I started wanting to dip my toe back into spirituality and witchcraft a few years ago. I started buying some books, some ingredients, and other witchy items. I started saging my home as regularly as possible in a home where everyone complains about the smell.

I took a course and was certified as a crystal and chakra healer. I haven’t really done anything with it, because I feel unprepared and unsure of how to put it out there. I am doing more learning in this area so that I can actually put this to use in my personal life and as a way to help others.

I have started doing some smaller candle magic. Nothing big, but something to help me grow in my craft.

Daily/weekly rituals

This is another area where I am just starting figure things out.

When I first wake, I look for the tiny sliver of light that makes it through my double blackout curtains (yes, it is actually a little annoying that I have double blackout curtains and there is still light), stretch, take a deep breath, and set my intention for the day. Usually, something simple like “Today, I will be calm and intentional.”

Once I’ve set my intentions, I get out of bed and start on my day. While I’m doing that, I’m repeating my affirmations. There are a few that I rotate, but are pretty constant, and then there is the one that is specific to that day. Each month, I set a theme, something I want to spend the month working on, and I create a daily affirmation to go with that theme (you can find these on any of my socials).

I cleanse my altar area daily. Sometimes it is with sage, sometimes it is with my palo santo stick. This cleansing clears away the negativity and allows me time to set my intentions for the day.

I have started doing a money spell once a week, focusing on the money I need to get through that week.

As I grow in my craft, as well as make the needed adjustments in my life to make time for me and my craft, these rituals will grow and change. Once I determine what I need, I will be able to find exactly what I need to work for me. I am excited to allow the magic to work and to finally find my spirituality again

Allowing spirituality to be visible

I fully believe that part of the loss of my spirituality came from a fear of, not necessarily sharing, but being obvious. Of my family discounting it and me. Of them seeing it as a rebellion and not an actual belief and craft.

Part of what has changed is my realizing that I don’t give a f what they think about me. They don’t give a f about me, and I’m coming to grips with that.

I’m also older, and finding that the public’s opinion of me means absolutely nothing. It never has, I know. And I’ve done okay in the past with not giving in to public opinion. But it was always there.

Maybe people will think I’m a little woo-woo. I just don’t care anymore. You will find my crystals, my candle magic, my “woo-woo” on display in my daily life and on my socials. You will find it in the gifts I give (yes, my father-in-law thought I was crazy when I asked him to put the amethyst next to his bed).

If you, or others, don’t like it, that is okay. I do. And I feel more like myself than I have in 18 years. I’m going to keep going, keep growing, and keep being visible. I won’t push it on anyone; that is one of those things I really don’t like about organized religion, but I’m not going to hide it either.

Aligning personal identity with online presence

For a long time, I kept parts of myself separate. There was who I was at home, who I was with family, and who I allowed myself to be online. My spirituality lived quietly, tucked away where it couldn’t be questioned or dismissed. That separation felt safer, but it also wasn’t me.

As I lean back into my spiritual practice, I’m allowing it to be visible. Not as something to convince or convert anyone, but as a reflection of who I am. Crystals on my desk. Candle magic in my routines. Rituals woven into my days. This isn’t a rebrand, it’s alignment.

My online presence doesn’t need to be polished or palatable to be valid. It just needs to be honest. If some people find that “woo-woo,” that’s okay. This space isn’t for shrinking or hiding anymore. It’s for showing up as myself without apology.

How are you adjusting to being yourself: more fully, more openly, in your everyday life?

You don’t have to change who you are. Sometimes the work is simply adjusting to being yourself in all aspects of your day.

TL;DR

This adjustment is about returning to my spirituality without pressure, building simple daily rituals, and allowing that part of myself to be visible, both in my life and online.

This post is part of the Small Adjustments series, where I explore realistic, sustainable ways to care for my health, mindset, and life.