Ivy, this is exactly what I needed today. Being on the socials and seeing everyone being productive and their perfectly clean homes to bring in the new year has been really disheartening for someone that struggles with those tasks. I’m currently sitting on the floor organizing my altar desk because that’s what I felt like doing today.
😂 I also struggle with cleaning and organizing. I never have my entire house clean at one time, and, it is never perfect. I would have taken a hard pass doing anything today. But I finally broke down when the dust buffalo rolled by my altar (located in my bedroom). Out of respect, if nothing else, I vacuumed and mopped. And even though it was exactly the way I wanted it, I cleared, cleaned and set the altar back up again. We do what we can, when we can. Have a blessed New Year 🎉
You are a great teacher and I love your no-nonsense approach. I am making a point to take a more relaxed approach and just be in the moment a little more. I refuse to beat myself up anymore if I don't hit a particular mark because I know that sometimes things can change and so can our path - and that's ok. Thank you so much! 🙏💜
oo! My little tip for reading a book in a set amount of time, say a month. I take the number of chapters divided by the number of days in the month and that's how many chapters I know I should try to read a day. 📖
One thing that helps me read more books is audiobooks. I'm often doing something with my hands or that physically keeps me from holding a book, so audiobooks are good to pop on when I'm cleaning, crocheting, or doing any activity that is kind of mindless!
Thank you for mentioning the importance of numbers! Ive been struggling with bridging my spiritual side with my academic side and with this video ive realized they dont need to be separated at all!
I created a reading nook in the small back room of our house that used to be our office. It is my FAVORITE spot. I have two windows that look out into the backyard and a beautiful magnolia tree which I've grown very attached to. When the wind rustles the leaves, the sun glitters through, or the rain taps it's waxy leaves all while having a hot cup of tea next to me and a good fat book in my lap...UH! Chef's kiss 🤣🥰
My book pile has been getting bigger, the books haven't been moving, and I was dealing with a lot of resistance to reading. It finally dawned on me that I didn't want to be seen with my witch books in public. Well, I will now be covering the books with old, unused wrapping paper, and it will allow me to move around with them more freely now 💖👌
I love reading on my back porch with my morning coffee-rain or shine, warm or cold. I can burn incense outside (my son gets breathing issues from most incense) and often with a candle lit. I also spend some time on the back porch when I get home from work- so I can reset. The trees, squirrels, deer, birds come by often. It’s MY time that I give myself daily. Thank you for the vid and all the great suggestions!!! 💜
I love this! Thank you so much for the tarot spread. It was very enlightening and helped focus on the direction for 2025. I also will be creating that reading sigil as I think sometimes I read so fast. I'm not taking in as much information as I hope to.😊
I'm a single mom and work two jobs but I really appreciate all you do and share! I love getting ideas and inspiration from people who have more time than I have!
This video was just perfect for me right now❤ Great ideas😊 I just put a title in my journal, witch books i completly read 2025. Im already excited😂 when im very busy i stuggle with more complex non fiction books. So i love in those times novels or easy reads.... Hey and a happy new year to all of you🎉
I loved this video!!! I'm still new to practicing and wanting to learn so much in the witchy and occult areas. I'm planning to do things in seasons, and the main things for me will be deep dive with tarot, learn more on basic witchcraft, learn about the Golden Dawn, and starting a herb/plant garden. And for my personal goal, it's going to be low spending or control spending. Thanks so much for making this video, and may you have a great 2025!! 🎉
Quite a few years ago I read that a witch made their own Wheel of the Year bc the Wiccan version didn't resonate with them. Same. I stretch Samhain/Winter Solstice from mid-Nov to 2nd week of Jan. My New Year's is Spring Equinox and I love it. I live in the American Pacific Northwest and its still too dark in Jan to claim "return of the light". Lol. Thanks for another idea filled video!! 💜💚🖤
I agree… it’s dark at 7:30 am and dark again at 4:30pm 😂. The soil temp often isn’t warm enough at the end of March for planting. I love the idea of creating my own wheel of the year!!! 💜
Thank you so much for this video! I'm currently in a phase of life where I try to reevaluate certain aspects of my life and since I'm 20 years old I also give my best to build material and spiritual foundations for my life. Your tips and advice really motivate me, to pursue my goals. My personal year number is 1. I think this really shows that I'm on the right track with my current goals and is really fitting to my age, since it is all about building life foundations, learning about oneself etc.
Commenting on the amount of pages vs amount of books just hit me! I will absolutely use this and I feel like I won’t let myself down that way!! Thank you for all the advice I took away a lot from this video!
I'm lucky enough that despite my usual travel sickness, I am able to read on my morning commute on the bus! I try and get reading in then (enjoying the traffic for once) and then sometimes read on my way home, but typically the business makes me just want loud loud music or a podcast instead
Ivy you're amazing. This was a great video and just what I needed. I tend to struggle making spiritual goals, and I appreciate the way you laid out some ideas. Have a great 2025!
I used to read a lot and then stopped for many years. What helped me massively to read again was to get a kindle. I do love books but it's not convenient to read in bed next to my partner sleeping. Also my favorite books are not super easy to find in my country. Now I can read multiple books at a time with my pages saved, read in bed, and get instantly occult books from not well known authors. I still buy "real" books but special ones I cherish a lot
This year, I'm choosing quality over quantity: I have five books I'm going to read. Some are thin, and one is very thick. I'll read one book per season, and the very thick book I'll take my time with and read throughout the year. I may finish it this year, or I may not. Either way, I know the books I'm reading really interest me and will be a joy to read.
Interesting. I work with the wheel of the year for intention setting and goal manifestation. So in winter I ruminate on goals and then nest on them; my action periods are the spring and summer months. Autumn is that last drive and a time of releasing and letting go. I started keeping a book journal this past year. I love incorporating games like bingo cards and alphabet lists into it. And my series tracker pages have been invaluable. Wishing you and yours a fabulous New Year, Ivy.
This is almost spooky. I take this video as it has been made for me. Every part of the video is related to me: my wishes, my struggles, my questions... Last bit about books was a cherry on top. As if you were reading a chapter from my book 😄. No kids, no tv, last year woke up to this reading hunger. Created honesty book box outside my house. But I do wish to read more. I struggle with concentration. Lovely tips! Book log - what an excellent idea! I am doing it. Thank you so much for this video. I take is a good omen, way of universe answering my question and giving guidance through you.
Perfect! I so resonated with what you said about it veing a time of rest right now. I am going to slowly reflect and plan and see if that works for me. Thank you x
Such an amazing video! I just tried out the tarot spread with my favourite deck and wowwww it felt so incredibly accurate! I will definetly work on my spiritual practice and continue to develop it to become a more confident and experienced witch ✨Also you are so underrated tbh
first thing i did was make offerings to the spirit of 2025. i dont know what kind of animism believes that even concepts such as a year (like 2025) could have a spirit. im even planning on working with and making offerings to the spirit of temperance (for my physical health) and the spirit of integrity and the spirit of a certain oath (my line of work involves making huge life-changing results for people).
Hey Ivy! Loved this video! I loved the numerology and the tips and tricks for reading. I TOTALLY romanticize my area when I read a book. I love lighting candles, find a background on TH-cam to play, and just get cozy in general. I also have a reading journal where I paste the images of the books I’ve finished and the descriptions of them. One of my favorite BookTubers if not my very favorite is Katie is Reading. She reads, bakes, crochets and totally romanticizes reading! I would love to crochet some items this year … I think I’ll start with a simple scarf. One thing I’d like to do at the beginning of this year is to create a vision board of my goals. I haven’t done one in such a long time. Happy New Year! 🎊🍾🎉🎈
So much love for this! I am such a bookworm, so the reading part really hit home. I started taking the T to work years ago, just so I would have time to read. LOL! It worked. Your book journal idea is brilliant! Thank you for that. It's going to be so helpful.
TU so much for this video, Ivy! I found so many wonderful ideas to enrich, strengthen, and organize both my practice and my mundane life! I took a much needed break from packing for a totally unexpected move to calculate my personal numbers for 24 & 25. I found that they're the same as the collective's. The interpretation of both numbers definitely reflects my life in 24 and what "25 looks like!. Nothing that you teach or share should surprise me anymore, but this did! TU. A Happy New Year of peace,jou, love, and abundance to you! 🎉🕊️😁💓✨
I will sometimes section out my books with small sticky notes ahead of time. So in one day I have to read from one sticky to the next. That way I can focus on reading instead of constantly counting down the pages until I can turn my phone back on 🤭
Hun, I cannot get past how the piles of books behind you multiply , video by video. That is my absolute dream, but here in SEA where everything rots, am confined to my kindle... just doesn't smell the same.
I have kids and I read to them a chapter of a longer book at bedtime. I have read so many books this way. Are some of them junie b jones? yes, I count it anyway!
Hey. I just discovered you, and I've already started to read a few of the recommended books that are of interest to me. I was wondering how I could join your book club? Thank you very much for all the time and effort you are putting into these videos 💫.
@@ioanatriboi9172 of course - anyone is welcome to join! The book club is part of the channel membership though and I'm not sure if that's something you're interested in. Check my latest community post and it will explain everything - it also has the link to join! 😊
Thank you for this advice and information. I’m sure someone has asked already, but are there any books you recommend? I’ve actually been to the castle you showed in your video.😂
This is a fantastic app for numerology; it has a tarot pull section, moon phases, etc… and it explains everything from your personal year, personal month, personal day numbers and many others. This is the link for iPhone users, but there may be a similar app for android if not the same. I am in no way affiliated with this, and gain nothing from suggesting it; I use it daily alongside a few others for other things, but for numerology this is the best that I have found itapps.apple.com/app/id601300777
Ivy, this is exactly what I needed today. Being on the socials and seeing everyone being productive and their perfectly clean homes to bring in the new year has been really disheartening for someone that struggles with those tasks. I’m currently sitting on the floor organizing my altar desk because that’s what I felt like doing today.
Well my house is currently a disaster after Christmas and I haven't even attempted to clean it so you're not alone!! 😂
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😂 I also struggle with cleaning and organizing. I never have my entire house clean at one time, and, it is never perfect. I would have taken a hard pass doing anything today. But I finally broke down when the dust buffalo rolled by my altar (located in my bedroom). Out of respect, if nothing else, I vacuumed and mopped. And even though it was exactly the way I wanted it, I cleared, cleaned and set the altar back up again. We do what we can, when we can. Have a blessed New Year 🎉
@@eveywrens “dust buffalo” 💀
You are a great teacher and I love your no-nonsense approach. I am making a point to take a more relaxed approach and just be in the moment a little more. I refuse to beat myself up anymore if I don't hit a particular mark because I know that sometimes things can change and so can our path - and that's ok. Thank you so much! 🙏💜
oo! My little tip for reading a book in a set amount of time, say a month. I take the number of chapters divided by the number of days in the month and that's how many chapters I know I should try to read a day. 📖
One thing that helps me read more books is audiobooks. I'm often doing something with my hands or that physically keeps me from holding a book, so audiobooks are good to pop on when I'm cleaning, crocheting, or doing any activity that is kind of mindless!
Thank you for mentioning the importance of numbers! Ive been struggling with bridging my spiritual side with my academic side and with this video ive realized they dont need to be separated at all!
I created a reading nook in the small back room of our house that used to be our office. It is my FAVORITE spot. I have two windows that look out into the backyard and a beautiful magnolia tree which I've grown very attached to. When the wind rustles the leaves, the sun glitters through, or the rain taps it's waxy leaves all while having a hot cup of tea next to me and a good fat book in my lap...UH! Chef's kiss 🤣🥰
My book pile has been getting bigger, the books haven't been moving, and I was dealing with a lot of resistance to reading. It finally dawned on me that I didn't want to be seen with my witch books in public. Well, I will now be covering the books with old, unused wrapping paper, and it will allow me to move around with them more freely now 💖👌
I love reading on my back porch with my morning coffee-rain or shine, warm or cold. I can burn incense outside (my son gets breathing issues from most incense) and often with a candle lit. I also spend some time on the back porch when I get home from work- so I can reset. The trees, squirrels, deer, birds come by often. It’s MY time that I give myself daily. Thank you for the vid and all the great suggestions!!! 💜
I love this! Thank you so much for the tarot spread. It was very enlightening and helped focus on the direction for 2025. I also will be creating that reading sigil as I think sometimes I read so fast. I'm not taking in as much information as I hope to.😊
Yay I hope the tarot spread and sigil helps! 🖤
So insightful and practical, we are SO lucky to have your videos! I wish you a wonderful and magical 2025 🖤💫
I'm a single mom and work two jobs but I really appreciate all you do and share! I love getting ideas and inspiration from people who have more time than I have!
Can you listen to audio books while you work?
@juliannacapinera4296 I've tried but I get impatient with the articial narrators lol! But yes that's a good option for busy people
This video was just perfect for me right now❤ Great ideas😊 I just put a title in my journal, witch books i completly read 2025. Im already excited😂 when im very busy i stuggle with more complex non fiction books. So i love in those times novels or easy reads....
Hey and a happy new year to all of you🎉
Happy new year to you!! 🖤
I loved this video!!! I'm still new to practicing and wanting to learn so much in the witchy and occult areas. I'm planning to do things in seasons, and the main things for me will be deep dive with tarot, learn more on basic witchcraft, learn about the Golden Dawn, and starting a herb/plant garden. And for my personal goal, it's going to be low spending or control spending. Thanks so much for making this video, and may you have a great 2025!! 🎉
Quite a few years ago I read that a witch made their own Wheel of the Year bc the Wiccan version didn't resonate with them. Same. I stretch Samhain/Winter Solstice from mid-Nov to 2nd week of Jan. My New Year's is Spring Equinox and I love it. I live in the American Pacific Northwest and its still too dark in Jan to claim "return of the light". Lol. Thanks for another idea filled video!! 💜💚🖤
I agree… it’s dark at 7:30 am and dark again at 4:30pm 😂. The soil temp often isn’t warm enough at the end of March for planting. I love the idea of creating my own wheel of the year!!! 💜
The more we mimic nature, the better we are. Winter, for me, is a reset, rest, plan, and focus on self.
Thank you so much for this video!
I'm currently in a phase of life where I try to reevaluate certain aspects of my life and since I'm 20 years old I also give my best to build material and spiritual foundations for my life.
Your tips and advice really motivate me, to pursue my goals.
My personal year number is 1.
I think this really shows that I'm on the right track with my current goals and is really fitting to my age, since it is all about building life foundations, learning about oneself etc.
thank you so much Ivy, this is honestly my comfort channel and no other channel explains concepts as well as you do lol, happy new years eve!! 🫶
I love whenever you post. You've been so helpful as a teenage occultist. Your videos are always concise, and I love the backdrop in the background.
Commenting on the amount of pages vs amount of books just hit me! I will absolutely use this and I feel like I won’t let myself down that way!! Thank you for all the advice I took away a lot from this video!
I'm lucky enough that despite my usual travel sickness, I am able to read on my morning commute on the bus! I try and get reading in then (enjoying the traffic for once) and then sometimes read on my way home, but typically the business makes me just want loud loud music or a podcast instead
Ivy you're amazing. This was a great video and just what I needed. I tend to struggle making spiritual goals, and I appreciate the way you laid out some ideas. Have a great 2025!
I used to read a lot and then stopped for many years. What helped me massively to read again was to get a kindle. I do love books but it's not convenient to read in bed next to my partner sleeping. Also my favorite books are not super easy to find in my country. Now I can read multiple books at a time with my pages saved, read in bed, and get instantly occult books from not well known authors. I still buy "real" books but special ones I cherish a lot
This year, I'm choosing quality over quantity: I have five books I'm going to read. Some are thin, and one is very thick.
I'll read one book per season, and the very thick book I'll take my time with and read throughout the year. I may finish it this year, or I may not. Either way, I know the books I'm reading really interest me and will be a joy to read.
I needed this tonight, thanks Ivy 🖤
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IVY, this is absolutely the video I needed. 🥹 sending love from CTX 🤠✨😘
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Interesting. I work with the wheel of the year for intention setting and goal manifestation. So in winter I ruminate on goals and then nest on them; my action periods are the spring and summer months. Autumn is that last drive and a time of releasing and letting go.
I started keeping a book journal this past year. I love incorporating games like bingo cards and alphabet lists into it. And my series tracker pages have been invaluable.
Wishing you and yours a fabulous New Year, Ivy.
This is almost spooky. I take this video as it has been made for me. Every part of the video is related to me: my wishes, my struggles, my questions... Last bit about books was a cherry on top. As if you were reading a chapter from my book 😄. No kids, no tv, last year woke up to this reading hunger. Created honesty book box outside my house. But I do wish to read more. I struggle with concentration. Lovely tips! Book log - what an excellent idea! I am doing it. Thank you so much for this video. I take is a good omen, way of universe answering my question and giving guidance through you.
My reading goal for this year is 25 books for 2025, but I LOVE your suggestion of setting a pages goal. Great advice!
Perfect! I so resonated with what you said about it veing a time of rest right now. I am going to slowly reflect and plan and see if that works for me. Thank you x
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Such an amazing video! I just tried out the tarot spread with my favourite deck and wowwww it felt so incredibly accurate! I will definetly work on my spiritual practice and continue to develop it to become a more confident and experienced witch ✨Also you are so underrated tbh
first thing i did was make offerings to the spirit of 2025. i dont know what kind of animism believes that even concepts such as a year (like 2025) could have a spirit. im even planning on working with and making offerings to the spirit of temperance (for my physical health) and the spirit of integrity and the spirit of a certain oath (my line of work involves making huge life-changing results for people).
Hey Ivy! Loved this video! I loved the numerology and the tips and tricks for reading. I TOTALLY romanticize my area when I read a book. I love lighting candles, find a background on TH-cam to play, and just get cozy in general. I also have a reading journal where I paste the images of the books I’ve finished and the descriptions of them. One of my favorite BookTubers if not my very favorite is Katie is Reading. She reads, bakes, crochets and totally romanticizes reading! I would love to crochet some items this year … I think I’ll start with a simple scarf. One thing I’d like to do at the beginning of this year is to create a vision board of my goals. I haven’t done one in such a long time. Happy New Year! 🎊🍾🎉🎈
Thank you for this video, you gave me a lot of ideas and inspiration that I can use for my magical and spiritual life. I appreciate you so much !
I'm so grateful to have found your channel! Happy New Year, Ivy. I appreciate you ❤
Great tips. ❤ i keep a book for notetaking in my books too. :)
So much love for this! I am such a bookworm, so the reading part really hit home. I started taking the T to work years ago, just so I would have time to read. LOL! It worked. Your book journal idea is brilliant! Thank you for that. It's going to be so helpful.
You inspire and make me love and feel proud of my practice i have sooo many things planned for this year! Thank you ivy for sharing so much with us❤
Loved this video, thank you for sharing it 🖤
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TU so much for this video, Ivy! I found so many wonderful ideas to enrich, strengthen, and organize both my practice and my mundane life!
I took a much needed break from packing for a totally unexpected move to calculate my personal numbers for 24 & 25. I found that they're the same as the collective's. The interpretation of both numbers definitely reflects my life in 24 and what "25 looks like!. Nothing that you teach or share should surprise me anymore, but this did! TU.
A Happy New Year of peace,jou, love, and abundance to you! 🎉🕊️😁💓✨
This video is SO informative!! Thank you!
Loved this! Going to need to rewatch this few tines to fully absorb, learning to work with my squirrel brain 🎉
Thank you for this. It helped me to better see if I was missing anything in my plans for this year personally and spiritually. HNY!
This year is a 9 and my birth year is too! 😭 got 7 more spiritual books for Christmas and I’m already gaining more knowledge of my own spirituality
So good I watched this twice and took notes the second time around!
Great ideas, especially the reading sigil. Thank you for sharing this.
Love the reading tips!! They’re small tips but so so helpful. Thank you!
Moment of stillness is a great tip!
Lovely video & I did the tarot spread today. Very, very insightful! Thank you for sharing 🖤
I really need to work on my fear of death and going to hell when I die. Thanks for the video! I really enjoyed it. Happy New Year!!❤
lovely video, thank you ivy!!
Brilliant video, Ivy! Chock full of terrific suggestions! Many thanks-❤
Thank you so much for this video today. This was wonderful inspiration.
Exactly what is on my mind. Love you so much!
Thank you for sharing this Ivy, it is very much appreciated 💙💙
Happy New Year🎉 this was excellent, thanks for all your insight. Can’t wait for the book in June🌻
Happy New Year, Ivy! Thank you for this video: I've been looking for some goal-setting guidance and you've nailed it
I will sometimes section out my books with small sticky notes ahead of time. So in one day I have to read from one sticky to the next. That way I can focus on reading instead of constantly counting down the pages until I can turn my phone back on 🤭
Really helpful, thank you, Ivy!
Hun, I cannot get past how the piles of books behind you multiply , video by video. That is my absolute dream, but here in SEA where everything rots, am confined to my kindle... just doesn't smell the same.
Thank you Ivy. Cheers from Papua, Indonesia
Good one! Happy new year!
Thanks. Great video. ❤
I'm stuck between converting to Catholic or staying a witch. Witchcraft
Good stuff. Thank you. Have a great new calendar year.
Happy New year Ivy 🎉
Just worked out my personal numerical year. I got a 9 - i'm currently in my last year of my degree
I have kids and I read to them a chapter of a longer book at bedtime. I have read so many books this way. Are some of them junie b jones? yes, I count it anyway!
Goodreads should absolutely give an option for a number of pages read goal instead of number of books.
yeah. having a personal 9 year during a 9 year turning 40
Hey. I just discovered you, and I've already started to read a few of the recommended books that are of interest to me. I was wondering how I could join your book club? Thank you very much for all the time and effort you are putting into these videos 💫.
@@ioanatriboi9172 of course - anyone is welcome to join! The book club is part of the channel membership though and I'm not sure if that's something you're interested in. Check my latest community post and it will explain everything - it also has the link to join! 😊
Thank you for this advice and information. I’m sure someone has asked already, but are there any books you recommend? I’ve actually been to the castle you showed in your video.😂
My birth date number is 9. My birthday this year is 9. And my age on that birthday will be reduced to a 9. 😮
Work calls me a lot so that's why my phone is on all the time. My friends have made me shut off my phone.
My birthday is 2/15 😅
Hey do you cast spells for people ? If so I’m interested in hiring you to cast one for me 🙏 thank you either way and blessed be
This is a fantastic app for numerology; it has a tarot pull section, moon phases, etc… and it explains everything from your personal year, personal month, personal day numbers and many others. This is the link for iPhone users, but there may be a similar app for android if not the same. I am in no way affiliated with this, and gain nothing from suggesting it; I use it daily alongside a few others for other things, but for numerology this is the best that I have found itapps.apple.com/app/id601300777
Thank you so much for all the information you share 🤗🖤💯🥀🪄