Man, December is always a slog, right? You’ve got the holidays rushing in, you’re trying to close out the year, and frankly, I was totally burned out back in late November. I felt like I was pushing uphill with a flat tire. My career goals—the big stuff I wanted to smash before Q1 ended—they were just sitting there, untouched. I was stuck.
I know what you’re thinking. Astrology? Seriously? Look, I’m a pragmatic guy. I build things, I fix things. I don’t usually mess with cosmic advice. But I was desperate for a new angle, something to shock the system. I had already tried the usual stuff: new task management apps, early alarms, more coffee. Nothing moved the needle.
So, on a Tuesday morning, feeling completely defeated, I pulled up a generic December Pisces career forecast. I didn’t go deep into natal charts or anything fancy; I just needed the quick hits. I scrolled through the paragraphs looking for verbs, looking for marching orders. Most of it was typical vague fluff about “inner reflection” and “emotional tides.” But two things jumped out at me, and I decided to treat them like mandatory project phases.
The Two-Phase Attack Plan I Developed
The horoscope essentially told me I needed two things to unlock my path: 1) Radical Deconstruction and Closure and 2) Aggressive Relaunch of Communications. Sounded dramatic, which meant I could finally justify being dramatic at work.
I immediately translated that airy-fairy astrological speak into actionable items. This is the crucial step—don’t just read it, force it to become a to-do list.
Phase 1: Radical Deconstruction and Closure (The Cleanup)
I realized I had about three long-pending projects—small ones, but they were mental clutter—that I had been carrying for six months. Every time I looked at my main project dashboard, these little ghosts were draining my focus. The horoscope said, “You cannot build the new house on old, cracked foundation.” Okay, fine. I declared war on unfinished business.
- I slashed the schedule for Project X (a marketing template refresh) and told the team we were killing it by Friday, finished or not. I forced us to accept “good enough” instead of perfect. We finished it in 36 hours.
- I had an old vendor relationship I kept trying to fix that clearly wasn’t working. I drafted the termination notice that afternoon. I pushed the “send” button before I could second-guess myself. The relief was immediate.
- I cleared out my physical desk. Not just tidy. I mean I threw away 80% of the papers I had “archived” there. It was symbolic. I used a big black trash bag and made sure everyone saw it going to the dumpster. Psychological warfare against inertia.
By the first week of December, simply by listening to this vague instruction to “close chapters,” I had freed up maybe 15% of my weekly working hours and 50% of my mental bandwidth. This wasn’t magic; it was just me using the horoscope as an excuse to finally be ruthless.
Aggressive Relaunch: Turning Vague Networking into Hard Calls
The second big piece of advice was all about communication—it said something about “using your expanded network, especially connections from the past.” I initially just skimmed it, thinking, “Yeah, yeah, network more.” But then I remembered how stuck I felt. So I committed to reaching out to five people I hadn’t spoken to in over two years.
I wasn’t looking for a job or a deal; I just wanted to re-establish contact. I dug through my old LinkedIn messages and found the five targets. My messages were super casual, just asking what they were working on and congratulating them on whatever update I saw. I didn’t sell anything.
- The first guy? Ignored me. Classic.
- The second guy? Responded the next day, just a friendly chat.
- The third connection, someone I knew from an old conference in 2019, fired back an email asking for a meeting. He was looking for someone to consult on a new technical roadmap—exactly my sweet spot.
Now, here’s the kicker. That conversation kickstarted a new potential client relationship that is way more aligned with my 2024 goals than anything I was doing in November. It wasn’t instantaneous success, but the action of reaching out, prompted by some random internet text about Pisces, was the necessary step.
I tracked the whole process religiously in my notebook. Did December’s planetary alignment magically land me a client? No. But the horoscope gave me the specific, non-obvious permission I needed to brutally simplify my existing commitments and push past my inertia on networking. I stopped waiting for perfection and just started moving fast.
The success tips aren’t in the stars, guys. They’re in using the stars as a blueprint for when and how to finally take the risky actions you’ve been putting off. I took that vague guidance and hammered it into a concrete strategy, and now I’m heading into the new year with a cleaner slate and a promising lead. Go look up your sign, not to predict the future, but to figure out what you need to destroy and what you need to build next week.
