Help! What can I do when I'm low on energy and can't perform a big ritual for my deities, got any ideas? I got quite the view that may just help! I hope this will prove useful for anyone reading this! I hope you enjoy it!

As someone that has been diagnosed in their very late 20's with major depressive disorder w/o psychotics, I know that deity work can be like am I doing enough? Or am I failing my deities? Or I'm so low on energy but I want to do something for my deities. I wanted to give a guide that will hopefully help you with ideas for your deities.

Invite your deities for a movie night with your snack choice. Then light some incense sticks that correspond with your deities, just kick back and enjoy your night. Your deity or deities don't expect you to do a marathon for them every single day. Trust me, your deities understand, and your deities won't be pissed at you because you didn't perform a gigantic marathon for them. More than anything that I've learned doing deity work, in 2024 I learned how important it is to listen to your deity or deities' requests for self care rather than honestly performing a marathon ritual for them. I understand it's an extremely hard mindset to get out of, then be full of worry with thoughts like. Oh I didn't do much for my deity or deities today, well now I feel bad and I don't feel good enough. It's very hard to get out of that mindset. But as I've gotten older over the years and started to communicate more with my deities of what I need to work on and learning that my deities were trying to get through my thick head that I forgot to take care of myself and totally forgot to do so while spending all my time making sure I put my deities first before everything else. Within time, I can guarantee that these thoughts of I'm not doing good enough for my deities or any negative thoughts that are similar to that context, understand that one day that will be a thing of the past. Even though I'll be 32 years old next year, I can say that those words are little to non-existent now, compared to a few years ago, if you want me to be quite honest with you guys reading this. The reason why I had these thoughts in the first place is my Autism. I've very bad hyper-fixations to the point where I focus on something extremely heavily and forget the rest.  Which even includes me.

Anyways, back on to what more things you can do, besides telling people my woes and how to fix them. But I just want to be relatable to people that MAY have the same issues I do and not trying to write a sob novel on here haha.

Also, yes you can invite your deities over to watch you play video games with snacks and a corresponding incense stick just like you do for inviting your deities over to see some movies. You can also make some cup of tea for both of you that corresponds with your deities' favorite herbal blend and get it into a book. You can also, draw something for your deities. It's okay if you can't draw well, it's the thought that counts plus deities LOVE handmade gifts. You can also write your deity a poem and you can even find a box with patterns that correspond with your deities to store them in for extra flair. Heck if you even want to let loose why not put on some music and jam out with your deities? Doesn't hurt to listen to some music and sing some of the lyrics while drawing something for your deities or writing a poem for your deities :) Speaking of handmade crafts, one of my friends sent me a message that I should try making clay items with my deities and that I should make some clay snakes with Loki. That sounds honestly fun and would give me something different to try. Speaking of handmade items, I always wanted to try to make abstract art with Loki and his family to see what I can come up with Loki by my side and my other deities. Another project I've been thinking about lately is getting a sticker book that has a cover that corresponds with my deities and inviting them with music and placing stickers in the sticker book. That sounds like a fun idea! Now, with me and jewelry making that can get kind of frustrating to me because my fingers are skinny and long. It's very difficult to put charms on a necklace, but that is also an option for others that don't get frustrated so easily like I do haha. Also, you can get creative and if you've the materials on hand you could make a to go pouch for your deities :) the craft ideas that you and your deities can do is endless. I also have seen on Tumblr people talking about creating a digital photo board that has associations of your deities by pictures, I don't know how to do all that, so I never did one myself. But speaking of crafts, I want to go to the dollar store such as Dollar Tree and pick up some vial bottles and start making my own glitter jars with Loki or I can add any other charms inside the glitter, that would be a lot of fun!

Also, don't feel bad if you want to bake some cookies with your deities that are already made, it's okay! Your deities will not put you on the chopping block because you're too tired to make homemade cookies for them or any other baked treat. Your deities will always know firsthand that you're doing things out of good intentions. I've never had any of my deities get disappointed at me because I was too drained to make homemade cookies or anything homemade, the thing is the thought was there, and the heart was there of inviting them to be beside you while you're putting the deities' cookies in the oven with them :) 

Also, another thing if you've a romantic intimate relationship with your deities, you can invite them in the shower with you or have them be in the bath with you :) You can also invite your deities to your self-care routine. For example, why not put on a face mask and go do some arts and crafts until you've to take off your face mask or rinse off your face mask? Or go watch a movie or anything else I listed :) I love inviting Loki over to dye my hair, then once my hair dye is all rinsed I love putting a nice hair mask on my hair then we go chill with some video games while the hair mask sits in my hair for a good 30 mins or an hour :) There are just so many fun things you can honestly do with your deities when you've low energy :) It seems there are limitless options you can do with your deities when you're low on energy :)

Also, for people wondering this year in 2024, I've dyed my hair Loki cherry red and this is going to be my go-to color for life. I decided this year to let go of my box black hair dye that I've been using for over 10 years. I decided this year, you know what, I had this black box hair dye for 10 plus years, I'm sick and tired of having this color now, I want something new! I should invoke Loki's hair color out in the open in the physical realm and embrace his flame hairs! This also sparked this even further, when I went shopping to go look at hair dye and I'm like what is this? What?! Revlon ColorSilk came out with a cherry red color?! So, I was like okay, this is time I make a change, so I started to let my box black hair dye naturally fade away and whatever the cherry red hair color latched onto then that's what color I got. I'm never looking back now, Loki cherry red is here to stay permanently, this is going to be my go-to color for the end of time, I will never change :) so long box black hair dye! I will say though the only downside of dying my Loki cherry red hair dye no matter what brand seems to only stay in the hair for only 7 weeks or so, yes, I'm using a shampoo that says color safe shampoo and I wash my hair every 3 or 4 days in lukewarm water. The thing I found out with red hair dye is this. Also, a fun fact about dying your hair. Don't wash your hair after coloring your hair but after 72 hours. Why? Your hair cuticle won't close till 72 hours after coloring your hair. Anyways, here is an interesting fact about red hair dye, that some people are wondering why the fuck does my red hair fade so fucking fast?

The issue goes all the way down to the molecule, which means that red hair color may fade faster regardless of the color kit brand or manufacturer. The red hair molecule is larger than other color molecules, so it doesn’t penetrate the cortex of the hair as deeply as other color molecules. Therefore, since it isn’t as deep, it can wash out easier. Also, speaking of cherry red hair dye. I've not found a red hair dye that I like by Garnier yet, but there is red autumn I've not tried. Idk if it's the screen I'm looking at, but this looks burgundy cherry red to me. This is a customer review on Amazon for reference. Anyways, I did try a few of their reds by Ganier most turned out red with pink undertones. I want something that is SOLID CHERRY COLOR with no purple undertones or pink undertones. Also, I saw on an Amazon review and idk if this person followed the instructions or not because hair dye can darken if you leave way too long on the instructions the box hair dye says but after reading this, I'm further scared to try the red autumn color.

Not Recommended!!! I followed the instructions to the letter! Bleached out my hair as instructed! And not only did it not work, but it also actually darkened my hair to 'nearly black'...which is nowhere near my actual natural color!!! Garnier must have put the wrong color in this package!?

I did talk to Loki and asked what brand he likes on me. He said he likes either the Revlon or he likes the Clairol brand. I normally get that one if Amazon prime has that on sale or if Target has a $2-3 off coupon off their cartwheel app. I did ask about the Garnier, and he said if I didn't like the pink undertones underneath the red then the Revlon or Clairol still look beautiful on me :)

I'd like to end this post about some lingering questions that might appear common to others to ask. Here are some that I think will be common for people to further ask me.

Anyways last but not least. Since I don't want to tell everyone my life history online. If you want to know a short summary if I've a support system where I can talk about my Norse Pagan path with real life family members, the answer is no I don't. My family besides one sibling is all Evangelist Christians, and that one sibling is Atheist. A few people told me your family and this sibling of yours will change their mind in the future. Uh no, that's not true. My family still till this day since newborn till my age now are still Evangelist Christians and that one sibling is still Atheist. So, no it's not happening. Yes, everyone in real life is aware of my practice, but they have told me several years ago I'm not allowed to bring up my practice to them again. My family said and this isn't including my sibling by the way, because my sibling said something else, but this is what my family said. Spirituality to them or being on any kind of spiritual path must involve the Holy Spirit, because if you're not worshiping the Holy Spirit, you're summoning demons in our living spaces and you're creating demonic portals in our living spaces. When you talked to us about your spiritual path, we thought you finally saw the light and Jesus's heart and you became one of his messengers. They told me after that, I can do whatever I want as long as I never speak of this spiritual bath to them again and I must be kept quiet at all times. So, basically I can do my practices, just I can't have freedom of speech to do so and I must be quiet at all times. My sibling on the other hand I showed her some of my poetry work I did, and she goes who are these characters? Are you sure you don't have a multiple personality disorder going on? I felt very shocked when my sibling said that and became really withdrawn. Ever since then, I've never shared anything personal like that to my sibling ever again. But get this my sibling is atheist yet my sibling said oh I bought these tarot card deck because look at these cute Halloween Cats. My sibling is gothic, but yeah anyways. I'm moving on. I said enough, enough to where you understand my background with if I've any family support. I could've just said not only, but then I would get asked why your answer is no. 

You wonder why I seek online friends to talk to about my spiritual path you know?