Wyco Wednesday October 29

BLEEP BLOOPS IN BLACK, COUPONS/GIVES IN RED, UPDATES/NEW IN BLUE

Days since anything written by AI: All of them. All of the days.

Happy FALL!!

I’m officially calling it! False Fall is behind us and I am warmly chillily welcoming actual Fall! I woke up with temps in the 50’s for the first time since probably February here in Austin and it’s so nice! Could do without these 50mph winds right now but can’t be too picky. I’ll eat my words when it’s 85 degrees next month but for now, WEEEE!!!! Hope you are all having an amazing fall so far with your hoodies, hayrides and pumpkin spice burgers or whatever you’re into. Been getting down on some Hillbilly Pumkin spice spores over here myself!

If you don’t know by now, let me tell ya…I am human. And as a human, I have highs and lows. Times of struggle and times of bliss. That is life. I wouldn’t have it any other way! But a couple few months ago, I was in a bit of a rut mentally. There was one or sometimes two days a week where things seemed off and I had a difficult time getting my tude back on track. It’s the moon! It’s the sun! It’s that Atlas rock alien thingy mabob! It could’ve been a combination of all of the above for sure, but was mostly just me and my perspective on things. I was focusing on some things I didn’t have control of, wishing things were different while feeling helpless toward these unactionable situations. I only bring this up because I am now seeing and hearing from some friends that are in a similar situation currently – the same friends that helped me out tremendously when the roles were flipped.

It started out with me getting ATTACHED to these thoughts. I wouldn’t drop it or move on (easier said than done) but would linger on these thoughts. And I knew what could get me out of the trenches! The problem was holding onto those thought patterns until the point where I didn’t even want to get out of that state! Music? Nature walks? Meditation? Get out of here. Can’t you see I’m busy sulking!

I want to share a few things that really helped me out of this ultra funk. I wouldn’t dare say that phase is forever behind me, but recently I’ve been more balanced and centered than I was during that time, and I think I know why. I was staying focused on the “problem”…whatever I saw as a “problem” at that time, and sometimes it lingered throughout the whole day. The next day I would wake up feeling refreshed and reset, but sometimes it would creep back in and repeat the cycle. What you think really does shape your reality.

After a good while of these destructive thought patterns, I was determined to make some changes and cut that shit out! When some of these reoccurring thoughts popped into my head, I would recognize them, say “this is not serving me” and do something to move on. I’m not saying push away, hide and avoid things that need attention or things that need to be worked thorough! Though I was also doing a bit of that myself at the time. But if you see things are heading down a certain path that you know will be difficult to get out of, try and nip it right then and there.

One thing that helped me through those pivotal moments, was AS SOON as I started having these thoughts, I’d reach out to my bestie. Well…he’s gone now. I mean he’s still right here, all the time, but I can no longer interact with his meat suit. He was always the one I would call to have a nice distraction from whatever was going on. At the end of the call, I was smiling, thinking about some wild riff he went on about or some jokes during the conversation and it would actually be difficult to remember what I was even upset about. So now, I’ll be alone in my house and start to feel these thoughts stream in to infiltrate my precious mind and just shout out, “MIGUELLLL!!!!!” and for whatever reason, that same affect would take place. Like some men in black just came and flashed my memory immediately. I picture him just sitting next to me saying “you rang?” and flashing my brain. I always thank him after this short session. If you don’t feel comfortable calling on your dead friends for help, feel free to call some live ones. THEY HELP. You just have to attack the negativity EARLY!

On the topic of “thanks”, I’ve also incorporated some random thank you’s throughout the day, which has made a significant impact on my daily mental. Sometimes I just let my mind wonder and it hits all the nice warm places, some of the colder dark spaces and everything in between. I’ll just be sitting in my living room, glance out the window and see some pretty clouds or nice trees doing their tree thing, and start my string of “thank you’s”. Just acknowledging the clouds and the trees and lizards or whatever is in my view, hold my heands to my heart and verbally say “THANK YOU!”. That would turn into mental images of other things to be thankful for. “Thank you for these trees gaaah! And for my health! And that wonderful walk I just took! Oh, and for @LeviathansKeeper! And for my mail lady! And for this amazing mug @lyssaswisha sent me!” And this and that and it just goes on and on. There are infinite things to be thanful for just in my field of view right now. And just having this thankfest for a few minutes jacked me up so high that on the parachute down, I’m saying “you know what? XYZ really isn’t that bad!”

A lot of times when I have these thankfestopias, I feel strengthened with every ounce of gratitude and appreciation I project. Sometimes, they get so intense that my eyeballs get a little moist and bumps of the geese cover my skin and I have no choice but to focus on the things I am thankful for, which absolutely, totally and always outweigh whatever struggles you see in your life. And am I afraid to cry? Nope. I think it’s friggin awesome when you’re so overwhelmed with love and the magnificent gifts from the universe that you tear up a bit. Throw on some of your favorite tunes and start dancing your heart out to keep that momentum going and before you know it, that struggle doesn’t stand a chance!! 10 minutes of this exercise and I’m flowing for the rest of the day. Whenever I can bring my focus back to gratitude, I’ll look around and say another series of thanks, even if I’m not down about anything. Empathy, enrichment, fulfillment all maxed out it’s almost overwhelming. The only escape is through your eyeballs!

Another thing that has really helped me out has been connecting with others. Not just close friends, but just literally any human being out there. You never know what type of day/week/month (or even your yeeeeaaaaar) someone is having, and the slightest compliment, smile or wave could absolutely turn someone’s day around. I mean, it’s worked for me when I’m on the other end, and I can’t be the only one…right? RIGHT!?!? So when I go to the grocery store or am running errands, I’ll try to initiate a smile on at least a few faces. That doesn’t mean creating an artificial compliment just to say words. I’m not saying “hey man, I like your plain ass white t-shirt!”, but you’ll probably run into a lady with cool nails or some dude with a mohawk or something you can be like “yo, I love your style! Keep rockin on!” and everybody wins. They smile or at least make eye contact and say “thanks”, which in turn makes your face match their face and BOOM! Surprise smiles all around. I make a game of it and try to find a way to genuinely compliment 3 people on my travels. And sometimes when I’m on that mission, some rogue beautiful person approaches ME and gives ME some random compliment! To which I say to myself “that one doesn’t count, but that’s bloody awesome. I wonder if we have the same mission?!” Your best friends are literally all around you, you just haven’t met them yet <3

Somewhat off topic, but I just had an idea for a “guest book” type of channel on Discord. I got into this spore gig biznass because of how it helped me through a dark time, and wanted to make it my mission of allowing anyone and everyone to experience the same type of healing. My intention for “The Guestbook” is for anyone to be able to write out some things they are thankful for when it comes to mycology. I read countless messages, posts and emails from people explaining how mushrooms helped them work through trauma, heal from depression, headaches, PTSD….you name it. And that just makes my heart oh so happy! That’s what it’s all about! Head over to this channel (when I make it if it’s not already up) and feel free to express your love and appreciation for all things mushrooms and how it’s helped you. Shout out this amazing community of people all looking out for each other and helping out! I’m not saying don’t mention me in these posts if you feel called to give a “thank you MW”, but this shouldn’t be an ego inflation zone for ya boy. Anything and everything positive you’ve gained from this community or mushrooms in general are welcomed here and encouraged to share. Lets celebrate the benefits, healing and soul progression we’ve all experienced with the help of this medicine!

He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have. -Socrates

Happiness is your current situation minus expectations.

Your worst enemy cannot hurt you as much as your own unguided thoughts -Buddha

Rather than being your thoughts and emotions, be the awareness behind them -Eckhart Tolle

Truth waits for eyes unclouded by longing. -Tao Te Ching

When one eye is fixed on your destination, there is only on eye left to find the way. -Joe Hyams

If it is meant for you, it won’t miss you. -My friend, Alex and probably others

UPDATES:

As we’ve done the past month or so, we’re having a giveaway on Discord for the “Student Pack” so generously and continuously donated by @BingoSmoke! This includes TWO 5lb All-In-One bags, along with Golden Teacher and B+ syringes! This pack should only be entered if you have not won a giveaway in the past. Also, because the amazing mushie plushie created by @MrsTarkilnForager and donated by @Devilsinmydetails went unclaimed, we’ll be giving that one away too! This was originally raffled off on Mushroom Day, so I’ll post the pics of options again in Discord here in a few. Thank you all for these super cool contributions!!

USPS is still a little wonky out there! Packages not showing updates when they’re scanned in, etc. Please let me know if you see some oddities during transit and we’ll figure it out! Alsoooo…orders that received a tracking email yesterday actually did not ship until this morning. My pickup got skipped for some reason (happens maybe once a month or less) and I didn’t realize until it was too late to run them over myself. That one’s on me! But all orders that have received a tracking email are indeed on ze way!

Patience my friends! Orders for supplies, like grains, substrate and agar, have been on the rise lately. That’s awesome and thank you!!! These are also the most time consuming processes. Supply orders typically ship out on Tuesdays and Fridays so you get the freshest batch possible, but if I end up with a short backlog of supply orders, I’ll email you to let you know when your order will ship. Unless things get really crazy, it should only be a 1 day delay, if any.

Also good news: Life is good, you are loved and I appreciate you! Keep on being your fine self and keep rockin’ on!

I pulled order numbers out of the Bucket of Destiny to win some treasures aaaand… CONGRATS ORDER 13952 on winning a 20-pack of agar plates!

Next up, I pulled ORDER 13946 on winning a 50% off coupon code for your next order!! CONGRATS!!

And finally, I kept pulling numbers until one of em hit the jackpot spin on the slot machine…. CONGRATS ORDER 13951! Feel free to pick any item in the shop besides the “Lifer” pack, subscription boxes, the “Black Box” and the 4-pack of AIO bags

I used to have a few goofy trivia questions that were coupon codes good for $$ off your order, but my shop just couldn’t handle all the awesomeness, so it faded away. But I miss that! If you’re in the Discord squad, hop over to the mycosino channel and be the first to post one of these random thangs to win a prize!

Only the first to post in the #mycosino channel on Discord gets the prize!

!!!1 per person please!!!

• Share your Hallowed Ween plans For THREE 2lb Milo/Millet mixed grain bags! Any events? Passing out carrot sticks to the neighborhood kids? Hiding inside with your lights off? What are you getting into?

• Post a pic of your pumpkin carving skills For a free 5-pack of amazing syringes that may or may not be in ze shop! I saw a couple re-posted from last year and I’ll take those as a submission if you didn’t get into it this year! Those things look WICKED COOL!!
• Why can’t ghosts have kids? For a $20 coupon code to your favorite spore store as long as it’s mine.

Welcome to the mycosino! In case you’re new here, this is a fun way of scoring some awesome genetics, supplies and swag without having to choose! Let the dice/universe decide for you! I roll a magical mushroom die live on Discord to show what you’ve won. **Add a note at checkout with your name on Discord if you’re in there so I can properly tag you!**

ON WEDNESDAYS ONLY, we’re continuing the ROLL 3, PICK 2 promo for the dice roll shenanigans. Buy 2 rolls of the same tier and get 3 separate rolls where you can pick your top two prizes! Also continuing the LUCKY NUMBER upgrade. Today’s number (October 29th) is 7. If you roll a 7 on your first roll, you’ll receive that prize and get a re-roll for an additional prize! The bonus JACKPOT SPIN (a literal spin of a mini slot machine) will be spun on ALL rolls Wednesdays only, and on the $35 roll all other days. If you win the jackpot spin, you can choose any item in the shop (excluding the “lifer” pack, the black box, 4-pack of AIOs, and subscription plans) as a reward.

**All promos listed below apply to orders placed after 5pm CST on 10/29. For fairness, if multiple orders are placed, only the first order number is eligible for the gives listed below**

ALL orders on this fine hump day (10/29) get a free HILLBILLY PUMPKIN syringe, not available in the shop!

Order numbers ending in “1” on 10/29 will receive an extra UNLISTED syringe with their order!

Order numbers ending in “0” on 10/29 will receive a free GRAIN TRIO with their order! 2lb milo, 2lb millet and 2lb oats to experiment with and find your favorite!

Order numbers ending in “2” on 10/29 will receive 2 SPORE SWAB PACKS with your order!

Order numbers ending in “9” on 10/29 will receive a coupon code for 30% off your next order!

ALL orders from 10/29-11/4 will be entered to win a free MYSTERY PRIZE from the shop! I’m going to put all order numbers on papers and draw a few from a bucket next Wednesday the 5th to be announced on the next post. Drawing will be posted from a live clip on Discord just like the dice rolls!

The Discord squad patiently awaits your arrival! It IS the homie hangout at this point. All love, all beautiful beings vibin’ out, sharing success stories, learning from more experienced myconauts and always keeping it light and positive. Plus we have giveaways of all kinds pretty frequently! Genetics and supplies giveaways every weekend!

Use this GIVEAWAY DONATION to send a contribution specifically for giveaways! If you’d like it to be used for a specific item or bundle, just add a note at checkout to let me know what it is to be used for, or leave it up to me and I’ll come up with something fun. Either way, add your Discord name to the notes so we know who to thank! YOU ARE APPRECIATED MORE THAN YOU KNOW!!!

Mention your order number if you leave a review on the subreddit or send a screenshot (email or Discord) of a shout out elsewhere and I’ll hook you up in the most exquisite way on the next one (just add a note to your order to remind me)! Any shout outs are appreciated, and mentions on other forums and things like that really help out more than you know <3 This dude is old school, does no marketing and has no social life media. Your word of mouth is why I am still around. Don’t make me sell my soul to tiktok! Keep plugging=keeping me off socials=keeping me sane. You guys go harder than Malte Martin

To vent, talk it out, ask for help or just have someone to listen to the good bad and ugly, hit the inbox at millywycomushlove@gmail.com or join the Discord and send me a chat. I’m ALWAYS here for you friend.

!!COUPON CODES!!

5PACK – 5 Cubensis Syringes for $30

EXOTICA – 5 Exotic Syringes for $50

Smell ya next Wyco Wednesday on November 5th at 5pm CST! Spore on my friends! I love you all so mush!!

Check the Archives! WW has been a thing for over 300 Wednesdays now (and a Thursday here and there) but this new site has only been up for a year. If you’re new here, WELCOME! And if you’re a dear elder spore wizard, I do appreciate the support all along this journey! Mush Love <3