IN THE STARS

There’s this little trap that happens – an unhelpful habit of mind. It has to do with thinking of happiness as a “then” thing or a “later” thing when happiness is pretty much always a “now” thing. There’s a time to think carefully and thoroughly, but this isn’t it. Don’t take your thoughts too seriously. They’re not who you are. One way to think less is to move more. Inner peace, evenness, satisfaction – it all comes from physical challenge today. Engage your muscles and your mind and spirit will get just what they need to help you feel right with the world. You want to show up strong. Perception is important, and does impact what opportunities you get. But sometimes you make the strongest impression when you don’t care about how you’re being perceived. There’s an opportunity in everything. For instance, miscommunication is an opportunity to get to know what another person really wanted or expected to hear. It’s also a chance for better understanding. The restlessness you feel can be positively interpreted. Let restlessness point you toward a more successful path. Otherwise, it becomes a tempter, increasing the allure of temporary fixes. You don’t like what’s going on, so start with the change. Don’t worry too much about what to change exactly. A tweak of any degree to any part of the equation will make a difference to the outcome. There are very few people who can work everything out in their minds before they begin. Most people learn as they go. Don’t worry if you don’t know what you’re doing. Trust the intelligence of movement. Much good will come of an attempt to assess and manage expectations. Yours aren’t the same as theirs. Where are the discrepancies? What’s not matching up? Good interviewers don’t worry too much about seeming smart and letting everyone know they did their research. What makes for a quality interaction is honest curiosity. No one likes to misplace things. But if you find yourself losing the items of your daily life, it’s a chance to get organised, downsize for simplicity’s sake or determine what is truly important to you. The difference between people you want to be around and people you don’t want to be around will be immediately apparent in the way they deal with the annoyances of daily life.