I'm once again considering calling an early end to my IDS with the Housewives... I'll use this thread to list my pro and contra reasons, in the hopes that someone might say something to help me resolve this (no, I have no idea what eaxctly would be helpful, sorry).
Reasons for ending my Housewives IDS early
- I can't help feeling a lack of depth in that deck, no matter how surprisingly direct, "accurate," and/or humorous some of its answers are.
- I'm starting to get bored with the imagery. I've started missing some of my other decks. Suddenly, even the not-so-favorites seem awfully exciting... I also gladly accepted the temptation to do a Lughnasadh reading for my partner with the DruidCraft.
And I find myself clicking on an awful lot of other deck links these days.
- I start to doubt the general value of an IDS with the Housewives, of all decks. Am I wasting my precious time when I could also spend it IDSing with the DruidCraft, the Camoin TdM, or maybe even the Manara? Should I maybe finally buy an International Icon Tarot and get back to the original "One Deck Wonder" idea? So may decks seem so much more worthy of IDSing them...
- And what's the point of doing an IDS at this time, anyway? As if I was in a situation where I could devote much time to doing anything besides earning money and writing my MA thesis! (Oh, and there's that relationship and that household and a million other things that I probably should do...)
Reasons for continuing the IDS with the Housewives
- I made a pledge and feel obliged to keep it. Come on, Cat, it's not that much longer. You can do it.
- Besides, focus is good for you. Remember how you felt when you couldn't decide what deck to read with? When all of them seemed boring?
- An IDS gives me a wonderful excuse to daily handle my cards, read on AT, and spend time on things that are more fun than my job and thesis.
- My boredom might be mainly a result of the daily readings - which of course do not offer spectacular insights each and every time I pull my three cards - not of the deck itself. (I haven't done dailies before, so I have no comaprison how they work for me with other decks. I still like reflecting on my days with my cards, however.)
- I still haven't done much actual study besides that very first attempt when I was last thinking about giving up the IDS (see post #367 in this thread). So I haven't really given the deck a chance to "be more interesting."
- All this desire to escape might just be what I need to get through to, well, get through to the other side. (Should I get out some of my old Doors tapes to motivate me?
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- Maybe I just need to modify my pledge/approach to the deck in some way that makes it more "deep," or, failing that, at least makes it more fun and ess boring? (But how?!)
I really don't know what arguments I find more convincing. My feeling goes back and forth just about every other day. Maybe I should head over to the Reading Exchanges and have someone else do a reading for me...
*sigh*
Thanks for listening, though.