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I feel like my intuition is broken. Everyone always says that when charging energy for spells you need to wait till you "feel" that it's enough. Please don't tell me that. For some reason that doesn't work for me and that what magic is all about finding stuff that works or doesn't work for you. Is there any way I can figure out if I am putting enough energy into something to manifest it. Like I would be charging a candle for 15 minutes and I will feel no urge to stop even if I did it for 20. Like, seriously I just want to get stuff done but there is no sense of direction. like if I ever cast a circle I wouldn't be able to send energy to the ground because I would feel there wasn't enough energy to protect me. What should I do?