Hello, darlings. It’s been a rough and extremely busy stretch of time, but progress has been made, nonetheless. First, as usual, the progress bars with more specific news to follow.

🖤 Dezy Delaceur (+1%): While it seems like such a microscopic change in progress while looking at the percentage increase of my overall to-do list in this category, I’ve actually gotten quite a bit done. In terms of the Luxe Gothique Boutique, there were a few frustrating hiccups in product fulfillment at launch – unreliable manufacturers, prices which just happened to shift shortly after launch, and printing errors to name a few. I have temporarily narrowed my product offerings down to a few manufacturers I am confident in going through until I’m able to start manufacturing things for myself, which will hopefully be this coming year after I finish my current to-do list. Aside from that, wrapping papers are now available in the boutique and I have also launched the Luxe Gothique Planner Collection on Gumroad, which is rebranding and reorganization of my digital planner page designs. My printable A5 planner insert bundles include not only the typical planner spreads at this time but also versatile collections for magick and manifestation, home organization, and business planning, all in my signature style, which I’ve dubbed as being somewhere between whimsigoth and dark academia. For those who don’t want to print for themselves, I’ve also put together Dezy Delaceur’s Magickal Daybook, an undated annual planner with space for magickal-minded goal setting and moon phase tracking. There are two more printable planner bundles and three more physical premade planners yet to come which are currently in progress. Finally, Mythos Reimagined continues, though I took a brief break from it recently to focus on finishing my planner project. Once work on the planner is complete, I’ll be returning to focus on this and my book on Chthonic Wicca in full force.

💚 Dezydration (+6%): My art shop, Dezy’s Dippity Dive on Etsy, is now open for business with a few little offerings: Some prints and stickers and one YCH (Your Character Here) commission with five available slots. I have a ton more planned in terms of art shop goodies, but that comes after I complete art for the 2D model for my channel. All the flat colors are done, but shading and separation of parts to prepare it for rigging comes next. As I mentioned in my last update, I am once again active on DeviantArt for file storage purposes. Otherwise, there’s nothing terribly new on this front. Commissions are still open!

💜 The Witchy Housewife (+14%): To both make up for slacking and to force myself to get my notes more organized for my upcoming book, The Witchy Housewife has received a lot of love recently. The elements and planets portions of my digital grimoire have gone live, I published a new article on detecting scammers in the professional divination field, and I’ve updated my previously outdated article on witchy gift ideas for the holiday season. My intuitive tarot readings have been revised and improved, with additional services like natal chart readings, aeromancy and capnomancy, and dream interpretations hopefully coming in the near future. I have, of course, continued to upkeep the Patreon with my monthly energy forecast readings, and I’ve been sharing more there lately in the realm of intuitive studies and research, as well. As mentioned earlier, work continues on the book. I was really hoping to get back into the scent blends before the year ended, but life had other plans between Christmas expenses, life expenses, and social plans and other responsibilities pulling me in a million different directions. If you’d like to help support this venture, donations of any amount are always welcome – but truthfully, sharing my work, shops, creative outlets, etc. with friends, family, and strangers on the internet is really the best way to help out.

🔒 Secret Projects (+4%): Still a secret. 🤐💞

I feel like I’ve only just gotten these web pages moving in the right direction, but I’m actually considering moving to WordPress for a number of financial and logistical reasons. Part of me wants the flexibility of building everything from the ground up and simply looking for a host, but I also recognize that a content management system is a more time-considerate option. I’m still mulling it over, I suppose. If nothing else, I may at least build my own theme.

I believe I already said this in my previous post, but I am currently (slowly) returning to Gaia Online and Tumblr as more comfortable avenues for a social presence. More on those when I’m done cleaning them up and actually using them like normal again. I really, really, really despise many of the popular platforms, and I’m growing even more sour on Metabook and Xwitter as they continue to molt or whatever it is they seem to be doing. Lately, though, I’ve been wondering if it would be worth it to bite the bullet and temporarily utilize TikTok and Instagram to help get some traffic to my projects. It just means more work in the process.

Anyway, let’s see… What else has been up lately? I’ve been trying to make more time for myself at the end of my very long days by revisiting older games. I’m currently playing (or trying to play) Fallout 4, which has been crashing like crazy in the weirdest places ever since I got Nuka World running semi-properly. I’ve also been playing Animal Crossing and Sonic Adventure 2 on Gamecube. As far as new games go, I’ve given Starfield and Palia a try, but I’m not really sure how I feel about them after giving them a significant amount of my time.

I’ve been trying something new lately with the way I plan my day, as well. Instead of solely planning for work, responsibilities, and social things, I am not trying to include time dedicated to self-care and personal growth. I have a “class schedule” for my current courses of choice and I set “appointments” for self-care and fitness routines. I’m in this space of having so much to do and not nearly enough time and planning it all out helps when I can actually stick to it. The problem I so often get thrown for a loop by things that come up that it isn’t always possible to stick to those plans.

But that’s enough rambling for today. Maybe I’ll write some other things here soon. I have a ton of unfinished drafts. We shall see. Until then, take care. Lots of love and all that jazz.