Man, let me tell you about December 2017. What a time. I was absolutely buried. I mean, truly swamped. Freelance work was coming in, but I felt like I was running on fumes, and the bank account wasn’t reflecting the sheer number of hours I was putting in. It was that classic burnout cycle: work constantly, eat crap, sleep maybe five hours, repeat. I was moody, my digestion was shot, and every time I opened my financial tracking sheet, I just wanted to close the laptop and walk away.
One evening, I was just mindlessly scrolling, looking for anything that wasn’t code or invoices, and somehow I stumbled onto an archived horoscope piece. Not even a new one—it was specifically titled Virgo Monthly Horoscope 2017 December Revealed. Now, usually, I skip these, but I was so desperate for some kind of sign, some structure, that I just dove in. And because I’m a Virgo, I immediately started dissecting the “important tips for wealth and health” like it was a mandatory project plan.
The Wealth Mission: Clearing the Backlog
The wealth section didn’t talk about finding a pot of gold; it talked about organization and delayed revenue. It said December was the month to settle old scores and prepare the field for January’s harvest. To me, that screamed: get your damn invoices in order and chase the clients who owe you money. It didn’t sound glamorous, but it sounded actionable, which is what I needed.
So, I started the practice. The first step was absolutely brutal. I dragged myself to the desk and resolved to face the three months of pending financial organization I had ignored. I started by setting up three clear phases for this wealth practice:
- Phase 1: Inventory. I spent three solid evenings pulling every single scrap of paper and digital file that related to money from September through November 2017. I didn’t care if it was a receipt for coffee or a major contract; I just dumped it all into a single folder.
- Phase 2: Reconciliation and Chasing. This was the worst part. I created a master spreadsheet. I checked every payment received against every invoice sent. Turns out, I had three major invoices sitting there, unpaid, because I simply forgot to send the follow-up emails. Seriously. Just sheer mental fatigue. I drafted the polite-but-firm follow-up notes and hit send.
- Phase 3: Automated Filing. Once the chasing was done, I implemented a stupid simple rule: Every transaction had to be logged the next morning, no exceptions. If I didn’t log it, I wasn’t allowed to start the actual client work. It hurt at first, wasted maybe 15 minutes of prime work time, but it stopped the backlog from ever building up again.
The immediate result of this Virgo-mandated cleanup? Within ten days, two of those overdue invoices landed in my account. We’re talking substantial money that I had completely written off as lost. It wasn’t magic, it was just the kick in the butt I needed, wrapped up in a slightly mystical package.
The Health Overhaul: Getting Moving, Small Steps
The health advice was much less specific but focused heavily on grounding energy and improving circulation to aid mental clarity. That’s horoscope talk for, “Dude, you need to walk around.” My primary practice log entry for health was simple: Get away from the screen, even if you don’t feel like it.
I committed to two specific health changes, which I meticulously logged every single day in a tiny spiral notebook:
Practice Log Entry 1: The 15-Minute Rule. Every two hours, I set a loud, obnoxious timer. When it rang, I had to physically leave my home office, walk down the street to the corner, and walk back. No phone, no podcast, just walking. Initially, I felt stupid. It felt like wasted time. But within a week, I noticed the headaches I constantly got around 4 PM completely disappeared. My afternoon slump, where I usually just stared blankly at the wall, got significantly shorter.
Practice Log Entry 2: Water and Winding Down. The reading emphasized hydration and digestion. I’d always drink coffee, but rarely water. I switched my evening routine from immediately sitting down with takeout and Netflix to this:
- Drink a huge glass of plain water right after dinner.
- No screen time one hour before bed. Instead, I read a physical book (hadn’t done that in years).
It sounds ridiculously obvious now, but the difference was night and day. The initial practice of forcing myself into these routines was hard—I fought it constantly. But once I got through the first week of December, my sleep improved dramatically, and the chronic stomach discomfort I was dealing with started to subside. My energy wasn’t suddenly limitless, but it was stable. I wasn’t riding that caffeine-sugar crash rollercoaster anymore.
So, what did I learn from following this specific, random December 2017 Virgo guide? That structure matters, even if the source is something you usually ignore. I didn’t make a million dollars, but I recovered thousands I had lost through sheer laziness and restored my basic physical function. I didn’t need magic; I just needed a weird, external permission slip to force myself to do the administrative and physical upkeep I had been neglecting. It was a completely successful practice, and I still use some version of the 15-Minute Rule today. It just proves that sometimes, the answers are in the details you were too tired to look at.
