Man, 2015. Can you believe how long ago that feels now? Like a whole different life. I was knee-deep in something back then, something that felt… okay, I guess. But just “okay” ain’t gonna cut it, right? Especially when you’re a Pisces, like me. We tend to feel things pretty deeply, and when that gut feeling starts rumbling, you gotta pay attention.
I remember it clear as day. I was stuck in this job. It wasn’t bad, exactly. The pay was decent enough, the people were mostly alright, and I could pretty much coast. But man, I was just spinning my wheels. Every morning, I’d drag myself there, do the same old stuff, answer the same old emails. It was a grind, and not the good kind. The kind that slowly drains you until you just feel… flat.
I’m not usually one to hang on every word of a horoscope. I mean, they’re fun, a bit of a laugh sometimes, but serious life guidance? Nah. But that year, something was different. I was scrolling through some news site, probably avoiding work, and there it was. A big, bold headline: “Horoscope for 2015 Pisces career: Make the right move!”
It hit me like a ton of bricks. Like someone had just read my mind, or whatever part of my soul was screaming for a change. “Make the right move!” What was the right move? My current situation certainly didn’t feel like the “right move.” It felt like the “safe move,” the “comfortable rut” move. And that headline just kept echoing in my head. It felt like a direct message, you know? Like the universe was just yelling at me, “HEY! LISTEN UP!”
See, at that very time, I was wrestling with this other thing. A buddy of mine, an old college pal, he’d started his own small shop. Doing something completely different, totally off the beaten path from what I was doing. He’d called me up a few weeks prior, just shooting the breeze, and then he dropped it: “Hey, we’re looking for someone to help us out. It’s a bit wild, definitely not corporate, but it’s exciting. Think you’d be up for a change?”
My heart immediately jumped. But then my brain kicked in: security, steady paycheck, benefits, all that jazz. Leaving that for some startup gig? It felt nuts. My parents, bless ’em, they’d raised me to go for stability. This new thing felt like jumping off a cliff, hoping there was water at the bottom.
So there I was, caught between this perfectly beige, soul-sucking job and this potentially exhilarating, terrifying leap. And then that stupid horoscope flashed across my screen. “Make the right move!” It was like the final push I needed. Not that I blindly followed it, but it just validated that nagging feeling I already had. My gut was telling me to jump.
I started really digging into it. Spent weeks talking to my friend, asking a million questions, reading up on what his company was actually doing. The more I looked, the more it felt like… potential. Like growth. Like something I could actually pour my energy into and feel good about. It wasn’t just about the money, though that was important. It was about feeling alive again at work.
Finally, I made the call. I walked into my boss’s office, hands a bit sweaty, and told him I was moving on. His face was a picture. He probably thought I was crazy, leaving a perfectly good job for the unknown. And honestly, a part of me thought so too. The first few months at the new place? Absolute chaos. Long hours, figuring things out as we went, wearing a dozen different hats. There were definitely moments I thought, “What the hell did I do? Was that the ‘right move’ or the ‘stupid move’?”
But then, things started to click. I was learning so much, doing things I never even dreamed of. My ideas were actually listened to. I was part of building something, not just maintaining someone else’s machine. The energy, the camaraderie, it was night and day from my old gig. The pay wasn’t as steady at first, but the potential was there, and the satisfaction? Unmeasurable.
Looking back, that “Horoscope for 2015 Pisces career: Make the right move!” wasn’t some magic prediction. It was just a little nudge, a tiny spark that lit up a decision I was already circling. It gave me the guts to trust my gut. And you know what? It absolutely was the right move. Changed my whole trajectory. Sometimes you just need those little external cues to push you over the edge when you’re teetering on a big decision.
