#july challenges

[coffincritiques]

BookBud's July BPC: July 2nd

Could read in a day.

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BookBud's July BPC: July 3rd

Favorite Color

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BookBud's July BPC: July 4th

Nah, let's talk about it

[chouhatsumimi]

July challenges

Hi everyone! The first thread died down, so I’m reposting to start these again.

Here’s how it will work:

I’ll post a challenge: for example, “I challenge you to think of three words that start with ぬ” Then the next person answers (ぬくもり、ぬける、ぬる) and comes up with a challenge for the next person (“I challenge you to find a song that uses the word こもれび), etc etc.

Since tumblr posts make branches, feel free to reblog and answer any challenge you come across, even if someone has already answered it in a different branch. Don’t forget to add your own challenge for your followers!

If you have any questions or complaints, please feel free to post here or send me a DM! I’ll try and keep watch on the threads in case any issues come up and we need more direction. I’ll probably continue to restart the challenge with new posts during the month as well. Challenge: Write the names of five cities or towns in kanji and romaji!

[grimoirechallenge]

Want to have your challenges featured in this challenge? Check out this post!

If you are just joining us - and I know there are some of you out there! - you should definitely check out the FAQ. If you have a question, head there first. Chance are I’ve already answered it.

You’re encouraged to just jump in wherever we’re currently at, so if you’re just now starting the challenge, start with this week’s challenges! You’ll totally have more time to go back and do what we’ve already completed.

If you’ve been posting pictures of your grimoire outside the confines of a challenge week, I’ve been trying to reblog these and tag them organization so that when December rolls around we have a compendium of inspiration from which to draw. Resources is just what it’s named - if you have any to share, feel free to @-mention me in a post so I can find and reblog it.  

This week’s challenge is inspired by  feverfew-brew!

Monday

Journal Activity: What are the concepts and paradigms that define your practice? How have these changed since beginning the challenge? What hasn't changed? What would you like to change? What sort of concepts would you like to bring into your practice? 

Research Activity: Choose one of the concepts you’d like to bring into your practice and research it. What are some ways you can incorporate them into your practice? 

Tuesday

Divination Activity: Choose a divination method you enjoy. Is there a specific time when it is best performed (for example, at dawn, day, dusk, or night)? How strongly is this method tied to this time and why? If it can be performed at any time, what makes it so versatile? Are there any other constraints on this method that you can think of?

Divination Activity: At the appropriate time, use your preferred divination method. Record your reading and note whether the time enhanced your reading. Record your experience. Repeat the method during a time in which you would not usually use it -- did the experience change? Record in what ways it was different and in what ways it was similar. 

Wednesday

Correspondence Activity: What season is it for you? What sort of things correspond with the season you're currently experiencing? What do you use to increase the affects of the season you're in? What do you use to decrease the affects of the season you're in?

Correspondence Activity: What three items have you used most in your practice lately? Why do you feel drawn to these items? How do they enhance your spell work? What are the limitations of these items

Thursday

Spell Activity: Using your season information from yesterday, craft a spell that corresponds to the season in which you’re currently experiencing. 

Material Activity:  Choose a correspondence from your list. Use this correspondence to make a material that can be used in your spellwork - for example, a crystal can be used to make a gem elixir, an herb can be made into a powder or water, etc.

Friday

Plant Activity: What herbs or other items that can be used in your practice can be found locally, whether it be in your garden or in the wild? Look into plant hardiness zones, local plant identification sources, and plant or seed purchase information. 

Plant Activity: Continue the activity above for the remaining seasons. 

[grimoirechallenge]

Want to have your challenges featured in this challenge? Check out this post!

If you are just joining us - and I know there are some of you out there! - you should definitely check out the FAQ. If you have a question, head there first. Chance are I’ve already answered it.

You’re encouraged to just jump in wherever we’re currently at, so if you’re just now starting the challenge, start with this week’s challenges! You’ll totally have more time to go back and do what we’ve already completed.

If you’ve been posting pictures of your grimoire outside the confines of a challenge week, I’ve been trying to reblog these and tag them organization so that when December rolls around we have a compendium of inspiration from which to draw. Resources is just what it’s named - if you have any to share, feel free to @-mention me in a post so I can find and reblog it.  

This week’s set of challenges is inspired by @althara! Let’s get to it.

Monday

Journal Activity: What kinds of symbols do you use in your practice? Think both along the lines of symbols inspired by text and symbols from your practice or religion. Make a list of the symbols you use. Why do they have significance in your practice?

Sigil Activity: How can you use the symbols you commonly use in your practice in the creation of sigils? Do the symbols affect how the sigil works? Create a sigil using your most used symbol. 

Tuesday

Divination Activity: Can your symbols be used in divination? Have they traditionally been used in divination? What are some ways you could incorporate your symbols into divination?

Divination Activity: Using your list of symbols and other symbols/text for concepts outside your symbols, create a set of runes, oracle cards, or other divination method. 

Wednesday

Correspondence Activity: Using your list of symbols from Monday, create a list of correspondences and associations for your symbols. 

Research Activity: Choose one of your symbols and research it in greater detail. What are the origins of the symbol? How was the symbol used traditionally? How does this play into your use of the symbol?

Thursday

Spell Activity: Write a spell that depends on the use of one of your symbols. 

Research Activity: Choose one of your symbols and research it in greater detail. What are the origins of the symbol? How was the symbol used traditionally? How does this play into your use of the symbol?

Friday

Research Activity: Google symbols that are commonly found in witchcraft or in your area of practice. Can you find symbols that you don’t have included on your list? Would you consider incorporating these into your practice? If not, why? 

Research Activity: Choose one of your symbols and research it in greater detail. What are the origins of the symbol? How was the symbol used traditionally? How does this play into your use of the symbol?

[mamabearfitness-blog]

Starting the 30 Day Shred Today

Hey Everyone,

I go to Vegas in 28 days so I thought why not do the 30 Day Shred. I hope to be able to finish it either in Vegas or after but I know that if I can do those 28 days it will make a difference. Along with the 30 Day Shred I'm going to finish my 10 Day Jumping Jack Challenge, thefitty's 7 day challenge and keep up with my daily workouts. Depending on how I'm feeling I might have to cut out my extra daily workouts and the 7 day challenges since I hear the 30 Day Shred gets intense. I'd love to do journal entries with the 30 Day Shred but I can't find where the questions are. If you know them or where to find them, please let me know!

Any advice?