Level up your life - Magical Girl style
I highly recommend getting yourself a copy of the books that have inspired me:
Level up your life by Steve Kamp
The Magical Girl's Guide to Life by Jacque Aye
Glitter Hearts by Greg Leatherman
I am relying heavily on the first two.
'Level up your life' is about becoming the hero of your own story and gamifying the process of bettering yourself and your life. The Magical Girl's Guide is a fun self help book with a Magical Girl twist.
I talked to others in the Nerd Fitness Academy's Women's group about turning their Level Up Journey into a story. This blog is dedicated to my journey. Both for accountability, and to find others who are doing the same. Everything I'm doing is experimental, so I would love to see other's ideas to keep this going.
In Nerd Fitness we start with your 'Why', why are you starting this journey? What is your call to action?
If you're like me then most of your problems stem from your choices or the things you haven't addressed. I have an injury that makes it hard for me to write or type or use my arms in general for a steady length of time, in my Magical Girl world it's a curse of thorns I'm inflicted with. I keep it at bay with an attack of "Time Bowstring", aka my physical therapy. In theory, I can take away the curse's strength with continued use of my physical therapy and overall wellness.
For Magical Girl reasons I'm splitting the Why into 'Awakening conflict' and 'chosen'.
What is your 'Awakening Conflict', what was your moment when you realized what was at stake?
I was laying in a trap from the spider of complacent, wrapped with the thorns from my curse, and slowly being drained of hope for anything better. I received word that my father was also attacked (to be specific a heart attack, one like the attack I had a few years prior when I was 28, that I had ignored due to my mother's cancer)
To be chosen by a magical girl familiar there is a future and there is hope for something better. And you accepted. What is that hope? Why are you working towards a better future and a better life?
My 'Why' and 'hope' is to finally start living the life I dreamed for myself. To be able to tell the stories I want to tell, to explore and live the life I denied myself for the sake of others who no longer are in my life.
I am Magical Being known as Mosiac. I picked the name due to flexibility, and the fact that growing up I wanted to be everything and do everything.
The magical familiar for my journey is a daemon of the golden compass variety, named Cree (after the kitty I could not adopt).
My motivation power is creativity.
In the Magical Girl's guide there were 5 powers: heart, intelligence, passion, strength, and creativity. There's also a really fun quiz to help you discover which is yours which I highly recommend. Or you can just pick which feels right.
I would love to meet you.
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WINTER 2024 ANIME RECOMMENDATIONS
I counted and there are 8.5 blonde ladies in either a lead or primary love interest role this season (8 if you count the one whose hair is sometimes black as half of one). Do what you will with this information. I only share it because it’s something that was ticking me off that I noticed.
Anyway, we’re trying out a new format this season: Instead of only recommending anime we’re not familiar with, we’re each picking one we are familiar with and one we went into completely blind.
ACE’S RECOMMENDATION #1: MR. VILLAIN’S DAY OFF
After the deluge of isekai that try to teach the importance of having a healthy work-life balance by having the lack of one kill off it’s main character in the first five minutes of the episode, it’s really nice to have something that teaches the same lesson by choosing to model what one looks like rather than killing anybody. It’s also got a lot of pandas in it, which is always nice.
ACE’S RECOMMENDATION #2: SENGOKU YOUKO
Satoshi Mizukami seemingly can’t catch a break with anime adaptations of his manga: Lucifer and the Biscuit Hammer sucked and this one is being seriously overshadowed by all the other really good and/or long-looked-forward-to adaptations this season. (Planet With was an anime first so it escaped the curse.)
Anyway, please watch this and have your friends watch this and buy the Blu–Rays and have your friends buy the Blu-Rays so my dream of a (good!!!) Spirit Circle anime can someday come true.
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CHARLIE’S RECOMMENDATION #1: SOLO LEVELING
(for the sake of our more sensitive readers, actual screenshots of the anime cannot be shown at this time)
If you like Cheat System anime, and don’t mind “a bit” of graphic violence (read: so much. There’s just so much violence.) , give this a shot. It’s based on one of the Korean manhua that made the genre what it is today, and as far as I’m concerned, they’ve done a good job being faithful to their source so far - they didn’t even give them Japanese names, you guys.
CHARLIE’S RECOMMENDATION #2: A SIGN OF AFFECTION
(adorable)
It’s cute, and disability rep is always a bonus. I like how they animated the sign language, which seems fairly realistic to me, someone who speaks no sign languages.
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FEN’S RECOMMENDATION #1: LOOKING UP TO MAGICAL GIRLS
This is a series I’ve been following since there were only five chapters out in the manga, so I would like to preface this recommendation by saying I’m the only one who’s actually right about it. I’m a veteran, a true soul who’s stuck with it for the past x years since it first released, and as such everything I say about it is valid and correct and anything people who aren’t as familiar with it says is complete horseshit pulled out of their ass. This is a factual statement.
Mahou Shoujo ni Akogarete, which has been translated for the manga as “Looking up to Magical Girls” (correct) and by vile HIDIVE as “Gushing Over Magical Girls” (bad and wrong) is a trashy, over-indulgent yuri series for weird perverts that is good, actually, (genuinely), and if the adaptation manages to capture Onanaka Akihiko’s remarkably deft hand in weaving the series’ fetish gags with the story’s genuine moments of pathos and surprising character depth then the anime will also be good, actually.
Dude trust me.
FEN’S RECOMMENDATION #2: METALLIC ROUGE
This is an anime original series about super fighting robots on Mars doing a hitman shit on android rebels for the government and also yuri, maybe. ACAB includes Rouge Redstar, watch this show.
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BONUS RECOMMENDATIONS: DUNGEON MESHI AND ‘TIS TIME FOR “TORTURE,” PRINCESS
A recommendation to watch Dungeon Meshi is the most redundant thing on the planet this season, but even so you should still watch Dungeon Meshi. Also, Fen and I had a bit of a back-and-forth over who would recommend Torture Princess since it was something she was familiar with and something I had only heard of and I wasn’t going to recommend it because I thought she would and she apparently chose not to recommend it because she thought I was going to so take it as a recommendation both from someone who is and someone who isn’t familiar with Torture Princess to watch Torture Princess.
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• Level Up Content: everything from tips and tricks to live streams and girl talk group chats. This is the best way for you to stay motivated and accountable for becoming the best version of yourself this year!
• Latest Thought Provoking News: We will give you all of the latest information and host safe open discussions on our culture, philosophy’s and overall values to help our community thrive and succeed.
• Seeing Black Women & Men in Positive Light: Let's face it, at the forefront of our culture, there aren't many positive outlets to turn to that promote love, change, and unity. BFS is a breath of fresh air for your algorithm and daily dose of social media.
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In a world filled with distractions and temptations, it can be easy to lose sight of our faith and stray from the path that God has set for us. That's why we, as Sisters in Christ, come together to provide support, encouragement, and inspiration to one another.
We believe that by surrounding ourselves with fellow believers and constantly immersing ourselves in God's Word, we can strengthen our faith and grow closer to Him. Our Instagram page is a platform for us to connect with one another, share our journeys, and lift each other up in prayer.
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MINDSET SHIFTS TO MAKE YOU SUCCESSFUL.
POSITIVE THINKING
Have you heard of the saying "Positive minds, Positive vibes." Your life is as good as your mindset. The more positive your outlook, the better your life.
How to start? Focus on solutions rather than problems.
GOAL ORIENTATION
Set clear and achievable goals. Break them down into smaller steps and stay focused on your objectives.
The more you'll achieve your goals, the greater your confidence will get.
PERSISTENCE
Success often requires persistence and determination. No matter the obstacles, keep pushing forward!
Your reward is not to far ahead.
GROWTH MINDSET
See every challenges as opportunities for growth. As we say "you success is outside your comfort zone."
SELF BELIEF
Believe in yourself even when nobody else does.
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