“The future is not something we enter. The future is something we create.”
Hello, Lovelies!
This Quarter I am using the Queen Of The Sun Oracle by Stacey Demarco, illustrated by Kinga Britschigi, for my weekly oracle readings.
Our card to guide us for the week ahead is 5. DESIRE (SOLAR CYCLE 5).
2024 is a year for fresh starts, for creativity, healing and social connection. It’s a year for ambitious projects and for getting stuff done.
November is a month for creating the future, for taking risks and creating change – but always with your wellbeing and life-balance in mind. Stop putting your dreams on hold. Let your heart guide you forward.
5. DESIRE (SOLAR CYCLE 5).
This week we’re reminded of the importance of holding a vision for our future self, so that we can be better guided in our daily lives. Tuning in to our inner desires can help us to do that.
5. DESIRE asks that you think about someone important in the days ahead. That person is your future self.
Every choice you make, every action you take is going to impact the future you.
Will the future you thank the you of today?
Or will the future you want to reach back through time and ask you to choose differently – to make other things a priority – so that the future you doesn’t pay the price for the actions you are taking and the decisions you are making today?
I know your future self WILL thank you for:
- looking after your health
- investing in your dreams
- learning and growing
- backing yourself and speaking your truth
- walking away from bad relationships
- making time to maintain healthy relationships with supportive family and friends
- working less, and playing more
- being a little adventurous and actually LIVING this life, rather than just going though the motions on autopilot
This week, as you move through life, give a little thought to your future self. Care a little more about the legacy you are creating for that version of you.
My Top Tip For The Week Ahead
Take some time out to really think about what your priorities are. Then make sure they are given time in your daily life. Please don’t keep putting off what’s important. Tomorrow was never promised to us – so live your life in a way that gives you joy, satisfaction and meaning.
Crystals to support you this week – Carnelian, Kambaba Jasper, Peridot, Moldavite, any kind of Tourmaline, Amethyst
November is usually NaNoWriMo month for me – a crazy month of trying to get 50 000 words of a new novel down. I join the challenge and post about it every year, and it had become a very important part of life for me and many of our writing community. But I just couldn’t do it for 2024. Not with NaNo anyway…
Maybe you heard about the controversy? Earlier this year NaNoWriMo came out in support of generative A.I. This is the artificial intelligence that will crawl the web and copy (actually, let’s call it what it is -STEALING!) the work of writers, musicians and artists, and then generate a ‘creative work’ based on the inputs of those legitimate artists, for which no permission was ever granted. Eventually NaNoWriMo retracted initial statements, and said that they supported generative A.I. as a tool for creating greater access for marginalised groups, including the disabled community, who might not otherwise have access to the publishing industry. And they’ve changed tack a few times since. But the damage was done.
Many of my friends and community (including many of you!) are creators. That many of these people are already chronically ill, disabled, or in other ways marginalised is not lost on me. Being a creative transcends those labels and boundaries. You can be creative despite those things. In fact, your situation may have forged you in the fire of whatever it is you struggle with or are healing from. You write web copy or blogs, you upload images to the web, you write songs or books, or produce films, or write poetry, or do other forms of art. Many of you are already experiencing your work being ripped off. In loyalty to you, and to protect my own livelihood, I have therefore decided to distance myself from NaNoWriMo.
I’m still going to attempt to write 50k though. I’ve joined a few online groups who have made their own November challenges, and I’m also connecting with friends so we can update and encourage each other. I’m already over 4000 words into a new story. Let’s hope I can get to the end of the month and ring the 50 000 word bell!
In other news, I am in the final stages of pulling down my gigantic crystal grid, which has some yummy stones and malas I will be offering for sale on Etsy just as soon as I get them photographed and listed.
I’ll also be having a sale of old stock as soon as I get those new listings done. Yes, I’m doing it all myself, in between webinars and client readings, doctors’ appointments and the usual life stuff – cooking, washing, sleeping and getting 50 000 words on the page! Yep, November is always a bit mental…
The 2025 Journeymaker’s Planner is now in my Etsy store – both the hard copy and digital versions, so I’ll pop the link below. I package every single Etsy order myself and send it out with gift wrapping, love and a little extra magic.
Our 2025 edition of the Journeymaker’s Planner is now available at
Amazon USA – Hard Copy
Amazon Australia – Hard Copy
Nicole’s Etsy Store – Hard Copy and Digital Copy (printable and editable)
New content for our free course that supports the Planner will go live on December 1, and we’ll also have a free webinar/ masterclass in January 2025 (yes, it will be recorded if you can’t make it) for those of you who are working with the Planner.
Okay, I’m going to stick my headphones on and get some more writing done before my day starts in earnest.
Sending much love to you, Nicole xoxo
