Okay so today I decided to unpack that weird moment last Tuesday when a freakin’ deer just stood in my backyard staring at me through the window. Felt too random to ignore, y’know? Grabbed my notebook and brewed some coffee – here’s exactly how I figured out what that deer might’ve meant.
Step 1: Remembering the details raw
First I closed my eyes and rewound the whole scene like a movie. Noticed three things right away: how the deer froze when our eyes met, how its ears kept twitching toward the woods, and that weird calm feeling washed over me even though I’d spilled coffee everywhere. Wrote it all down messy in my blue notebook – spelling mistakes and everything.
Step 2: Hunting down symbol stuff
Hit Google like a maniac. Turns out everybody sees deer differently! Native sites kept saying “gentleness” and “intuition”, some Celtic forums screamed “magic portals”, and this one random blog claimed deer mean you’re avoiding adulting. Made a chaos list:
- Gentleness overload
- Forest spirit crap
- Pay attention dummy
- Life’s too fast slow down
Step 3: Matching to my current mess
Stared at that list while thinking about my life chaos. Been pulling 60-hour weeks, forgot my bestie’s birthday last month, and literally dreamt about spreadsheets yesterday. Then boom – remembered the calm feeling during deer-staring contest. That “slow down” symbol slapped me right across the face.
Step 4: Testing the dang theory
Shut my laptop and actually sat quiet for 10 whole minutes (weird, right?). Imagined the deer walking toward the woods instead of just watching it bolt away in my memory. Felt that calmness spread through my chest again – stronger this time. So I texted my boss “emergency dentist appointment” tomorrow. Gonna hike that forest trail where the deer probably lives.
Final verdict? Either nature’s screaming at me to chill, or my coffee’s spiked with spirit animals. Either way taking Wednesday off.
