Xandra the Witch | Time Academy Xandra Sunglim Burns

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Today is the Last Quarter Moon of this Aries New Moon cycle. Here’s a lesson on creating your own lunar soundtrack or theme song, to prepare for next week’s New Moon.
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Happy Tortured Poets Department release week! It’s a double podcast episode!
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Show Notes:
* Taylor’s introduction to The Tortured Poets Department on Instagram* Midnights lyric booklet* Taylor’s Time Person of the Year interview
Part 1: Taylor Swift and Time:* The journey of discovering new art for the first time* Albums as a personal bookmark in time* Creating with new albums as inspiration* Operating on ‘Taylor time’ - measure time by the significant moments of your life rather than on traditional metrics of time alone* Reading into mentions of time in the liner notes for The Tortured Poets Department and Midnights* Honouring AND overriding the clock in Midnights
Part 2: The Tortured Poets Department First Impression Favourites:
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Reader, are you ready for my most vulnerable episode yet??
Tbh, I almost didn’t publish this 😳. For, in this episode, I break the illusion of fearless leadership. I admit that I don’t have it all figured out. But here it is; I’m sharing it anyway, because I trust it will be relatable. I’m an Aries rising, it’s what I do. Boldly, I volunteer to bare my soul, to embarrass myself, to go first so it’s easier for the next person 👊🏼. TIME WILL TELL. In  the future I suspect I’ll point back to this episode as evidence of my own progress in uncovering certainty. 
In the episode, I share my questioning over whether to make the Time Academy podcast series for Substack members only. Speaking it aloud, I found confidence in making episodes free by default, while reserving the the option to make some private. Substack members will ALWAYS get a new weekly episode, and everyone else will USUALLY get one, to be determined on a week-by-week basis. 
Most of all, I celebrate that time has told (is that an expression? Do we say that?) about my Priestess Diaries Substack blogposts. I feel good about the format and flow and pricing for the key to these intimate pages. Hooray! 🌷
So know that if you’re getting started, on your first big project or your fiftieth (or like, I, you’ve lost count), you are not alone in the wobbliness. You will find solidity in your venture (probably six months from when you started 😇), and one day, it will be so easy, you forget it was ever a thing to fret about. 
Cheers to the journey, and enjoy the show,
X
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Should I charge for this? And other questions for you:
* How does it feel to be a creator in such a noisy media landscape?
* How do you view art and media differently when you pay for it?
* If you are a creator yourself, how do you make decisions about charging for your work? What questions and uncertainties come up?


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Welcome one and all to the TIME ACADEMY!

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What To Do When You Have Too Much To Do
* Pause and plan.
* Use the Magic Marker Checklist Method: Decide what you’re doing next (and what you’re NOT doing next)
* Let people help you. Invest in support.

➡️ Research project: Notice when people offer to help you.*

*psst… I JUST DID THIS by offering to answer your time queries ;)

Show Notes
* In this episode, I share a little success story about discovering my sense of self-expression online, and mention my manifesto, Why I Write


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Why I Went Offline (Again) & a Leadership Challenge for YOU 🌟

Hot take: it is 100% possible to run a business - even an online business - and take quality time away from the screen. Even during a launch. In fact, I’m gonna do that, right now. One way I lead by example is by logging off social media for three days at the new moon and full moon. I schedule a newsletter to dispatch during this time, and retreat from the algorithm entirely. 🌚🌝✨

I challenge you to do this too: to take a break from social media OR, to follow your equivalent nudge, to question ‘the way things work’ in your industry, community, or area of interest. You can lead that shift. You can set a new pace, that honours the cycles of yourself, the seasons, the moon — and assert value in the necessity of retreating. 🌲

If you are ready to step into that leadership role, there are two ways I offer my guidance:

🪄 the SAGE SORCERER: Are you ready to expand and impact more people with your subtle gifts? End the year with your emergence and alignment as the brilliant magical soul you are. Explore your calling through 1:1 Voxer coaching from 1-31 December. DM me if you are the Sorcerer.

🎢 ROLLERCOASTERS & RITUALS RETREAT: Honour the pacing needs of your presence in life, by going very quickly (on the rollercoaster) + very slowly (in the queue, in anticipation, and in nature, at a remote glamping location in the English countryside). September 2023. Join the waitlist: xandrathewitch.com

Explore more, and subscribe to my moon newsletter at xandrathewitch.com ✨

DM me your interest and Q’s — or email xandrathewitch@gmail.com 💌
❤️ Xandra
the witch, writer, and rock star priestess of the creative arts 🪄
 
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10-min deep dive on my fave marvel character DOCTOR STRANGE 🤗💗

why he’s so depressed why he’s obsessed with Christine why he fs up the entire spider-man film and - AND - what we can learn from his mistakes 😊✨
❤️ Xandra
the witch, writer, and rock star priestess,
finding fulfilment, in sorcery and in peace 🪄
 
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xandrathewitch@gmail.com
@xandrathewitch on instagram and tiktok 


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