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On more than one occasion since I've started the IDS I've been up out of my chair and halfway to the bookcases where the deck collection lives before I stopped myself. I read about other decks in the Tarot Decks forum, but mostly at work where I don't have access to those particular decks. And while I said I wouldn't look at images of other decks during the IDS, I've found that it doesn't matter if I do. Looking at an image from another deck doesn't make me want to go grab that deck. I've pledged to stick with my IDS through mid June and that's what I'm gonna do.WolfSpirit said:I am not studying very intensively at the moment but I have stayed faithfulAnd I have stayed away from the Tarot Deck section almost completely - and strangely, I feel free and relieved now !
I have quite a lot of decks, and there is always someone asking a question about a deck I have. So I would always look for that deck, answer questions etc., even if I was not working with that deck. Only now I realise how much time and energy this cost me. Which is not bad, as long as I enjoy it - but I realise now I like not having to talk about any decks except for the one that is getting my full attention now.
Does anyone else feel like this ?
Speaking of the IDS, I'm almost ready to post on the last of the Majors. I think that will be the 5th Major that I will have been the first person to post on. In the original incarnation of the study group, they never got to the Minors, so those will all be me. And I hope to get them all done by May 15th.
Funny thing about the IDS. It may be a victim of its own success. There are many decks now that I can see doing an IDS with (including decks I've already studied and been using). And of course I want to do a number of them simultaneously (after this IDS of course ). But that kinda defeats the purpose unless I do it with two decks that I intend to use in conjunction with one another (like the Vargo Gothic and the Winged Spirit, which said they would enjoy working with one another).
Rodney