How I Started With Susan Miller’s Virgo August Forecast
I stumbled across Susan Miller’s monthly horoscope while doomscrolling Instagram last Sunday night. Saw that “Virgo August Career Path Changes” headline and went “Huh, might as well give this a shot” since my job’s been feeling stale lately. Grabbed my notebook and cheap ballpoint pen – the one that always leaks – and started scribbling down her main points while watching reruns of The Office.
Putting That Astro Advice to Work
First thing Monday morning I did exactly what Susan suggested for Virgos: cleaned my damn desk. Found three half-dead pens, a fossilized granola bar, and that invoice from March under coffee stains. Felt weirdly satisfying. Then I tackled her “critical conversations” tip by marching to my boss’s cubicle – heart pounding like crazy – asking about that promotion everyone whispers about but never applies for.
Her predictions said mid-August would bring surprises, so I started tracking random opportunities:
- Volunteered for the awful Tuesday inventory shift nobody wants
- Said yes when accounting asked for help with their stupid spreadsheet
- Actually updated my LinkedIn for the first time since 2018
When Susan mentioned Mercury retrograde messing with tech around the 24th, I backed up my laptop like my life depended on it. Good thing too – Dave from IT confirmed our server crashed that exact week. Saved me from explaining why I lost the supplier contact list… again.
How This All Actually Played Out
Turns out Susan kinda nailed it this month. That inventory shift got me noticed by regional managers during their surprise visit. They loved my overhaul of the tracking system – basically just color-coded post-its but whatever. Then outta nowhere, my boss slaps a new project on my desk last Thursday. It’s that promotion pipeline thing! Still no pay bump yet though… typical.
The weirdest part? That accounting spreadsheet torture led me to find duplicated vendor payments. Saved the company like two grand. Got a Starbucks gift card as reward – feels underwhelming but hey, free coffee’s free coffee.
My Takeaway From This Experiment
Honestly? I used to roll my eyes at horoscopes. But following Susan’s August tips made me actually do stuff instead of overthinking. Cleared physical space (that desk was nasty), said “yes” to annoying tasks, and backed up files before Mercury screwed everything up. Did stars magically fix my career? Nah. But treating predictions like actionable prompts shook things up better than my usual complaining strategy. Might try September’s forecast… after I spend that gift card.
