Digging Up Old Ghosts: My 2015 Career Check
Man, let me tell you about what I did yesterday. It was completely ridiculous, but hey, that’s how we learn, right? This whole thing started because my life is currently a digital dumpster fire. I’ve been paying for this insane cloud storage plan for years, never once checked what was clogging it up. So, I finally sat down. I committed to the purge.
I dove into the abyss of old files, a mix of ancient work backups, blurry pictures of forgotten pets, and receipts for things I definitely didn’t need. It took me a good four hours of just scrolling and hitting ‘delete’ on total garbage. Around hour five, I found this weird, dusty folder I totally forgot existed. The label? “Optimistic BS.”
Inside was a single JPG. Guess what it was? A screenshot. The date stamp on the file was June 28, 2015. It was a full page copy-paste of a “Career Horoscope for Pisces – July 2015.” I swear, I laughed out loud. I vaguely remember saving it. I must have been really feeling lost and grasping at straws back then, waiting for some cosmic permission slip to make a move. You know the feeling. When you’re just done with your current grind and hoping the stars will do the heavy lifting for you.
So, the practice began. The little experiment I decided to run right there and then: Compare the Star Junk to the Hard Reality. I was going to forensically review July 2015 in my life log (yes, I kept a messy log, bless my younger self) and see if any of this astrological noise actually landed.
First, I had to isolate the specific predictions. I got the screenshot open, and man, these things are always vague but sound so official. I started pulling out the key phrases.
- Prediction One: “A significant shift in power dynamics will define your professional landscape.”
- Prediction Two: “Look for an unexpected financial boon, possibly related to an old, shelved project.”
- Prediction Three: “You will be forced to re-evaluate key workplace alliances and decide who truly stands with you.”
- Prediction Four: “Your intuitive skills will be at an all-time high; trust your gut on new business ventures.”
Sounded like I was about to become CEO and win the lottery, right? Total hype job. Now for the messy part: The Cold, Hard Review of Reality.
The Messy Reality of July 2015
I went back to my 2015 folder, found the monthly file, and started scrolling. Where was I working? That terrible, underfunded startup. I was burning out, logging eighty-hour weeks, and eating instant noodles for lunch because we hadn’t been paid on time for two pay cycles. The air conditioning was broken, and half the team was drinking way too much coffee just to stay awake. It was a disaster.
Prediction One vs. Reality: The Power Shift. Did power dynamics shift? Oh yeah, they definitely shifted. The forecast made it sound like I was going to get a promotion or a new, cool boss. What actually happened? The CEO finally admitted he’d been using our salaries to pay off his personal debts, and he quit, literally leaving the keys on the janitor’s desk. The ‘power shift’ was the company collapsing into chaos. I was suddenly reporting to a frantic, overworked CTO who barely knew my name. So, sure, a shift happened. But not the one the stars were suggesting. I ticked it as technically correct but contextually disastrous.
Prediction Two vs. Reality: The Financial Boon. This one was personal. I was seriously hoping for some cash. My log shows I got paid late, again. Not only was there no unexpected ‘boon,’ I actually had to loan three hundred dollars to an old college buddy who was starting his own dumb business. Guess what? I never saw that money again. July 2015 was an unexpected financial loss, not a boon. The opposite of what the stars promised. I marked this one as a total fail.
Prediction Three vs. Reality: Re-evaluating Alliances. This one is hilarious. Yes, I absolutely re-evaluated alliances. Why? Because the remaining five of us who hadn’t quit yet gathered in a dingy bar one night to drink cheap beer and unanimously agree that we needed to update our resumes ASAP and bail. It wasn’t some dramatic boardroom chess game; it was a desperate, unified decision to survive. We were deciding who truly stood with us—the group that decided to quit together. I’ll give the forecast half a point, purely because the result of the ‘re-evaluation’ was to form a solid alliance of people leaving.
Prediction Four vs. Reality: Trusting the Gut on New Ventures. This is the nail in the coffin. My gut in July 2015 told me to quit my job, move back home, and hide under a blanket. Did I launch a new business venture? No. Did I trust my gut? Yes, but my gut just said “GET OUT.” I did not start anything new; I spent the month actively planning my exit strategy. My ‘new venture’ was securing a new desk somewhere else. Fail.
The Takeaway I Implemented
So, what was the big conclusion of my practice? Out of four specific items, one was technically correct, one was a half-truth that only applied in the messiest way possible, and two were totally wrong. The stars didn’t do the work. The stars didn’t save me from that awful startup.
The realization I had back then, and that this review cemented, is simple: Astrology is great for entertainment, but practice is what pays the bills. You can wait for the ‘boon’ or the ‘shift’ all you want, but if you’re not actually making calls, sending emails, fixing bugs, and putting in the hours, nothing changes. The minute I stopped reading that trash and started updating my skill set, that’s when the real shift happened. I didn’t get my next good job because Jupiter aligned with Mars. I got it because I finally got off my butt and started building a portfolio that reflected my real value.
That old screenshot is now gone. Deleted. Digital purge complete. The only forecasts I trust now are the ones I write myself based on the hard data of what I’ve actually accomplished this quarter.
