Abby’s Reviews > Mundane Magic: A Lazy Witch's Guide to Hacking Your Brain, Building a Daily Practice, and Getting Stuff Done > Status Update

Offering affirmations or gratitude while trimming pets’ nails is great, but I’m going to do this when I trim my kids’ nails! What a beautiful way to bond with kids while doing care tasks with/for them.

I was diagnosed with binge eating disorder in 2014 and still struggle with it now. I started reading the tea meditation while eating lunch, and while I won’t go so far as to say it cured me, after years of trying to force myself to “eat mindfully,” this was the thing that finally worked. Valuing magic over entertainment. You can’t do magic while reading or scrolling; you have to be present and intentional.

Loved the laundry meditation, and it’s even better that there’s a recording of it! I actually was smiling when I finished listening to it.

Returning library books… as a librarian and bibliophile, reading this page was like a big hug.

One thing I appreciate about this book is that Molly says at the very beginning that you should use what works for you and leave what doesn't. This meditation is an example of that for me. It's mostly great, but "take it there now" is more effective for me than shifting stuff to the threshold. If I get derailed mid-declutter, I'd rather have just one thing actually gone than a pile of stuff to deal with "later."

I know the remainder of the book is intended to be used almost as a reference book, but I do what I want, and I'm absolutely going to read the whole thing cover to cover. :) Molly's writing style is like her podcasting, somehow both soothingly laid back and also fun, information-packed, and inspiring action? I'm reading for both the magic and the vibes.

I was just about to put some sticky notes in the book to mark where the meditations are to reference again, and I noticed that all the meditations (including this one) have purple borders, so the edges of their pages are purple, which makes them easy to find even when the book is closed. GENIUS! Even the formatting of this book is perfection.

"Rather than hustling through your day at the expense of creativity and joy, Mundane Magic emphasizes rest, wonder, and--most importantly--doing what works for you." If I were marking up this book, I would have circled the word REST like five times. Somehow, adding low-maintenance magic into my every day has created more time and space for rest.