Soap Witch Crafts

Sometimes I reach a very specific stage of exhaustion where somebody asks one perfectly innocent question and internally I’m like:

I CAN NO LONGER PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY.

Nothing personal.

Capacity has simply left the premises.

At that point, hiding under a large rock with ice cream starts sounding like a legitimate relocation strategy.

The funny thing?

My mind and body usually warned me LONG before the rock entered negotiations.

“Tired?”

Ignore it.

“Irritable?”

Probably fine.

“Everything suddenly feels like an enormous assignment?”

Interesting.

“Perhaps slow down?”

ABSOLUTELY NOT, THERE ARE THINGS.

Then eventually my entire system hits the emergency brake and I act surprised.

So I’m attempting something new:

Listening earlier.

Resting before complete depletion.

Asking for help.

Leaving some things undone.

Apparently I do not need to reach full system shutdown before I’m allowed to recover.

Wild.

Life still has the potential to be great.

I’d just like enough energy left to actually enjoy some of it. 😂✨

— The Soap Witch

1 week ago |[YT] | 2

Soap Witch Crafts

Sometimes the things that usually make me happy just...

don't.

The funny thing isn't as funny.

The exciting thing gets:

"Oh. That's nice."

And the drive that usually keeps me moving has apparently packed a tiny suitcase and left no forwarding address.

Naturally I start asking:

WHY AREN'T YOU HAPPYING?!

Which, strangely, has never once made me happier.

So maybe I don't have to force it.

Maybe everything in life isn't supposed to feel joyful.

Sometimes I'm tired.

Disappointed.

Overwhelmed.

Sad.

Or just carrying something I haven't figured out yet.

And I can let that be true.

I can ask myself what's been heavy without demanding an immediate answer.

I can take a breath.

Or 50.

I can find comfort without making comfort responsible for fixing me.

And eventually joy might peek around the corner like:

"...y'all still mad in here?"

I'll let it back in when I'm ready.

Until then?

The door can stay unlocked.

Joy knows where I live. 😂✨

— The Soap Witch

2 weeks ago |[YT] | 3

Soap Witch Crafts

Sometimes I feel like everybody in my life has gotten together and quietly appointed me:

Supreme Chancellor of Decisions.

What time should I schedule this?

What’s for dinner?

Are you hosting the cookout?

What should I wear?

What should I do about this person?

Where is the thing?

HOW SHOULD I KNOW ALL THE THINGS?!

Surely somebody else around here has a functioning brain.

Eventually mine just clocks out.

Someone asks what I want for dinner and suddenly I'm offended.

You want me to choose a food?!

There are hundreds!

At a time like this?!

So lately I'm practicing the ancient and powerful incantation:

"I don't care. You pick."

Because apparently I don't have to personally make every decision simply because somebody asks me to.

Sometimes the Department of All Decisions is closed.

I'm in the shower.

I smell fantastic.

Please direct all inquiries elsewhere. 😂✨

— The Soap Witch

3 weeks ago |[YT] | 4

Soap Witch Crafts

I have recently discovered something unsettling.

Apparently...

I am not personally responsible for making sure everything gets done.

I know.

Take all the time you need.

For years I’ve been very:

“I can handle it.”

“Give it to me.”

“If I don’t do it, who will?”

Meanwhile several perfectly capable humans are standing nearby like...

👁️👄👁️

And maybe that’s the real question.

Why do I sometimes feel like being capable means I need to prove it repeatedly by carrying six things nobody asked me to carry?

Achievement is already achievement.

I don’t need to add exhaustion for decorative purposes.

So this week I’m practicing something radical:

Putting something down.

Letting somebody else handle it.

And resisting the urge to supervise their handling of it from three feet away.

Please respect this extremely difficult journey. 😂✨

— The Soap Witch

1 month ago |[YT] | 5

Soap Witch Crafts

Sometimes I feel...

meh.

Not sad.

Not happy.

Not particularly interested in launching an investigation into why I'm not sad or happy.

Just...

meh.

And lately I've been wondering why I always think I need to immediately DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.

There is so much STUFF coming at me every day.

Things to remember.

Things to decide.

Notifications.

Responsibilities.

People asking questions I did not know were going to be on the exam.

Maybe occasionally my emotional department simply needs to hang a little sign on the door:

CLOSED FOR INVENTORY.

I don't have to force myself to feel inspired.

I don't have to manufacture happiness.

I don't have to become a glittering beacon of enthusiasm by lunchtime.

I can just be.

Eventually something will make me laugh again.

Something will excite me.

Something will make me curious.

I'll get there.

For now?

Life still has the potential to be great—even when my current review of it is simply:

"Meh. Three stars. Might revisit later." ✨

1 month ago |[YT] | 3

Soap Witch Crafts

For a while, I thought I needed applause.

Not a standing ovation.

Just... a polite amount of enthusiastic clapping.

Turns out I've been waiting for recognition from people who didn't even know there was a performance.

Meanwhile...

I was there.

I watched myself keep showing up.

I watched myself solve problems.

I watched myself do hard things.

That counts.

Maybe today your biggest reminder is this:

Your greatness doesn't begin the moment someone else notices it.

It was already there.

So if nobody claps today...

Celebrate anyway.

You know what it took to become the person you are today.

And honestly?

I think that's worth celebrating. ✨

1 month ago |[YT] | 1

Soap Witch Crafts

Lately I've been questioning one very suspicious life rule.

Who decided exhaustion was supposed to be my permanent personality?

For the longest time, I thought being constantly tired meant I was doing adulthood correctly.

Busy.

Productive.

Running entirely on determination and reheated coffee.

But recently I've been trying something different.

Leaving a few things for tomorrow.

Taking slower showers.

Lighting the candle before I "earn it."

Actually sitting down to eat lunch.

Wild behavior, honestly.

And here's the surprising part...

Life didn't fall apart.

The to-do list survived.

Tomorrow still showed up.

Turns out exhaustion doesn't have to be my normal.

Maybe it doesn't have to be yours either.

Life still has the potential to be great... especially when there's enough energy left to enjoy it. ✨

1 month ago |[YT] | 1

Soap Witch Crafts

Lately I've been conducting a highly scientific experiment.

Instead of believing every notification, email, unfinished project, and mildly judgmental laundry pile needed immediate attention...

I simply...

slowed down.

Very controversial, I know.

Turns out the dishes waited.

The emails remained perfectly readable.

Tomorrow stubbornly continued existing.

And somehow I enjoyed my day a whole lot more.

If life has been feeling suspiciously loud lately, maybe today doesn't need more speed.

Maybe it just needs one deep breath.

Life still has the potential to be great.

Especially when I stop trying to finish all of it before lunch. ✨

1 month ago |[YT] | 4

Soap Witch Crafts

Okay. I brought receipts. 🧾

Precocious Peach is still the new witch around here, so she hasn't collected reviews of her own just yet.

But her Aloe Vera Bar Soap formula? That's not new at all.

Same formula. Different colors. Different fragrances. And apparently Taylor liked it enough to come back and leave receipts twice. 💖

Precocious Peach just arrived fashionably late to the party. 🍑✨

Link in the comments. ⬇️

2 months ago |[YT] | 4

Soap Witch Crafts

I used to apologize for absolutely everything.

Someone bumped into me?

"Sorry."

The cashier handed me the wrong bag?

"...sorry?"

At some point I apparently decided existing required an apology every fifteen minutes.

Very polite.

Very unnecessary.

Lately I've been trying something revolutionary.

Existing...

without apologizing for it.

Turns out taking up space isn't rude.

Having needs isn't selfish.

Asking questions isn't inconvenient.

Being wonderfully, gloriously yourself isn't something you have to earn.

So if you catch yourself apologizing simply because you're breathing near another human today...

maybe pause first.

Take a deep breath.

Remember that you matter.

You belong here.

And the world can absolutely handle the magnificent inconvenience of you existing exactly as you are.

✨ Get your mind right. ✨

2 months ago |[YT] | 1