Starting Point & Why I Bothered
So last week I was staring at my messy desk again, piles of unfinished reports everywhere. Got this nagging feeling like I’m stuck in career molasses. Remembered my Virgo horoscope said June 2025 could be a game-changer if I played cards right. Figured – screw it, let’s actually try this astrology stuff for once. Worst case? My desk gets cleaner.
Step 1: The Clutter Purge Ritual
First thing Monday morning I grabbed three empty Amazon boxes – labeled ‘Trash’, ‘Maybe’, and ‘Hell No’. Went full tornado mode through my workspace. Found tax documents from 2021 behind the monitor, five dead pens, and half a protein bar? Disgusting. Took photos before/after like those home makeover shows. Felt like I’d scrubbed my brain with bleach.
Step 2: Stalking My Own Calendar
Checked my work schedule and nearly choked. Three overlapping deadlines on June 17th! Blocked my calendar like a paranoid dictator:
- Red zones: NO meeting days before big deadlines
- Yellow zones: Buffer time for fires (always happen)
- Green zones: Actual deep work blocks
Put sticky notes with “VIRGO MODE: DO NOT BOTHER” on my screen. My manager laughed but respected it.
Step 3: The Awkward Networking Dance
Hate small talk. Absolutely hate it. But forced myself to join two dumb virtual coffee chats. Prepared three questions beforehand like a script:
1) “What’s one project you’re weirdly excited about?”
2) “Biggest headache this quarter?”
3) Cheat code – “Need any help with that headache thing?”
One convo actually got me looped into a high-visibility project. Still cringe remembering my voice cracking though.
Step 4: Micro-Skill Hustle
Realized I kept avoiding data visualization tasks. Spent 15 minutes daily watching Excel graph tutorials during lunch instead of doomscrolling. Made ugly practice charts tracking dumb stuff – my coffee intake, coworker’s annoying catchphrase frequency. By week two actually fixed a dashboard our director uses. Got a “nice job” Slack message. Almost fell off my chair.
Results & Ugly Truths
End of June looked wildly different:
- Finished all Q2 reports TWO DAYS EARLY (unheard of)
- Got assigned to cross-departmental strategy group
- Caught VP referencing my dashboard in town hall
But the real kicker? Astrology didn’t magically fix crap. Blocking time, cleaning chaos, and asking “need help?” did. Felt like shining came from doing obvious stuff I’d avoided for years. Might check next month’s horoscope though… just in case.
