Year: 2019

June 09, 2019 at 04:00AM by CWC Whenever I go to my friend’s apartment for rosé and a tarot-card reading (mostly for rosé, but as long as the deck is there…), I get embarrassed about not knowing how to shuffle tarot cards. See, if you’re getting your cards read by someone, your literal only job is to pick cards, and shuffle the deck, and maybe channel your energy toward the process. But whenever I try to shuffle the deck, I feel as though the cards are splaying about randomly and un-artfully and that I’m just doing it wrong. But why do we shuffle our tarot decks, anyway? Well, beyond the fact that you don’t simply want to draw the same cards over and over and over again, shuffling the deck is really important on an energetic level, according to Alexis Alvarez, an intuitive energy worker and spiritual advisor. “Shuffling serves a kind of meditative purpose in which we can ask for assistance, guidance and protection from our Divine Support System—our chosen belief system—during the card reading,” Alvarez tells me. “We can also use this shuffle time to ask, out loud or in our mind, the particular question we are trying to get advice on. This helps us ground and center our energy so we can be in the best state possible to connect with and retrieve the information we are seeking.” So when we mix up the cards, sloppily and with a Knight of Pentacles about to jump ship (or, y’know,

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June 08, 2019 at 02:00PM by CWC Clutter is a part of life, especially when you live in a small apartment. Take my kitchen, for example: Every cupboard is completely filled from top to bottom with everything from canned goods to adaptogens. But out of everything I’ve managed to pack in there, keeping my spices organized has become the biggest problem. As someone who loves to cook, I have just about every spice you can imagine. Finding enough storage for all the little jars is a nightmare. Even though I have a trusty bamboo step shelf organizer to keep them as organized as possible, I ran out of space a long time ago—which is why my next Amazon purchase is going to be this genius $20 magnetic spice rack that attaches to the wall. The stainless steel wall base can be hooked up anywhere in your kitchen and installed in seconds. Then you just need a batch of magnetic spice jars to go with it. After you fill them up with your favorite spices, your kitchen basically becomes a stunning art display of different colors and textures. And putting everything away is a cinch. The thing I’m the most excited about, though? Being able to open my cupboard without having to duck out of the way of a full-on avalanche of spice jars. It’s the little things. Here’s why you’ll want to save room for turmeric on your magnetic spice rack: [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzFL6rA7aGU] Before you add your spices to your

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