A Giant Puzzle

Monday Magic: Week 003

Aug 04, 2025

Welcome to Monday Magic, a new branch of Make It Make Sense. Every Monday I’ll walk you through my own “Visionary Day” practices so you can create your own version. Think of this as the rituals, riches, and realignment to start your week from.

ENERGY OF THE WEEK:

The energy of this week is strange—but not in a chaotic way. It’s like a slow burn into a spotlight moment. The card that came through was Strength. It feels like the perfect anchor between two big transits: the Lion’s Gate Portal on 8/8 and the Full Moon in Aquarius the next day.

That polarity (Leo’s bold self-expression and Aquarius’ collective awareness) had me thinking about Strength as a card of sustainability. The kind of power that doesn’t need to exhaust itself by proving. The kind of leadership that can stay rooted in truth, even if things get uncomfortable.

I’ve always imagined we’re each like pieces of a giant puzzle. Individually shaped—some of us jagged, some rounded, with odds and ends pushing out and pulling in—but designed to fit into a greater whole. Working together. Not changing who we are—but by fully owning our shape (and it’s need, collectively).

Strength, this week, feels like the call to own your shape. To know your truth, speak from it, and hold it steady—and know it’s part of what supports the collective (even if it’s sometimes uncomfortable).

For you, I wonder: What parts are you ready to own and integrate? What truths are you rooting into this season?

THE SPIRIT OF MY BUSINESS:

A part of my Visionary Day practice involves connecting with The Spirit of My Business in meditation. Asking what it needs of me, what needs to be shared or done, and if there are any other important messages to be shared?

Today’s Message: Where are you doing too much? Where is there opportunity to simplify? To be more discerning? What isn’t actually important to focus on right now? What is an old goal, desire, or vision that is no longer alive in you? What do you want right now? Your needs and desires evolve. You’re always gaining more information and it’s wise to reevaluate regularly.

SETTING INTENTIONS:

My Words: Reflect / Integrate / Power

RECONNECTION:

The Big Vision: A business and life that is RICH in freedom—time freedom, financial freedom, and emotional freedom. Being excellent at my craft and supporting others well. Doing work I love and being compensated well for it.
The Current Integration: Mapping out loose plan for rest of year for offers/focuses/launches. Letting go of offers that aren’t actually for this season.

JOURNALING ON:

What do I desire?
Where can I refine what already exists?
Where is busyness becoming distraction?
What do I want to be doing today (versus what am I doing)?
What am I no longer available for?

EXPLORING:

What I’ve unintentionally added onto my plate that doesn’t really matter? Things seem to creep in sometimes, or sound like cool ideas in the moment—but it’s worth checking in regularly and seeing if I need/want to be doing them.
Where have I slipped into ‘shoulds’ or ‘have tos’ that aren’t right for my energy? It’s SO easy to see how others are doing things and think they’re right. Especially if they speak with conviction. But I know me, I know my energy—is it time to recalibrate back to it?

DESIRING:

Xanthe Appleyard

(who’s napkin math inspired this share!) and I host a podcast called Wanting In Public (Spotify, Apple) where we talk a lot about desires. This morning, I am craving: