personalized for me

• use dessert plates created by great great grandmother
• place my Day of the Dead papier mache skull on the coffee table
• pull out old pictures, of when you were little, of when your parents were little, of when your grandparents were young
• read over Romanian geneology provided by Grandpa
• research tombstones of family in Shenandoah
• read up on Jewish religion and Irish, Dacian, and Lithuanian mythology
• place sea salt candles on windowsills
• hang the evil eye on doorknob
• drink lots of apple cider
• eat seasonal produce (pears, mushrooms, etc.)
• cook a family recipe
• burn apple cinnamon candles
• be sentimental, reflect on past year's lows and highs
• go on a hike
• have a camp fire
• preparing the home for winter:
  • clean out clutter
  • sage the house
  • use lavendar spray
• walk at night
• read a ghost story
• eat root vegetables
• wear black

if i'm feeling bold...

• Get 2 jars, bowls, etc. In one, write down things on small pieces of paper that you want to leave behind, and in the other write things down that you want more of in your life. Take one of the negatives ones at a time and SAFELY burn (or bury) them, vision them disappearing before your eyes. Read the positives ones out loud and vision them coming to you and becoming a part of you this upcoming year. Leave them at your altar for as long as you see fit.
• set out food for ancestors