Today’s Horoscope Bonus Just Because It’s Important Edition
The stars think it’s important to occasionally sit down and take stock of things. Examine your life like you might a business. See if all the things you’re putting time and money and energy into are paying back any dividends.
Start with looking at what you do everyday. Are you doing it efficiently? Is it accomplishing anything, or giving you back as much as you put into it? We quickly fall into habits, good or bad, and before we know it, we are not living the life we want to live.
Keep track of what you spend your money on. Money is an abstract thing in many ways, and we often forget that we trade hard work and a third of our lives for it, and we lose its value. We often go without things we need because we spend our money on things we think we want, that often leave us disappointed once we get them. Then we go do it all over again.
Demand respect, and the same type of things you provide in return from the people in your life. That goes for anyone. Your family, your lover, your friends, your coworkers, anyone in your life. If someone always takes a lot more than they give, stop giving. Don’t make excuses for people who treat you poorly. If someone isn’t making your life better, and isn’t willing to change, don’t let that person into your life. Know your enemies, sometimes they are the people closest to you, and no one owes anyone that much that they deserve to be put down, manipulated or used, or abused in any way.
Take care of your health. Examine your diet, your routine, and any bad habits that affect your mind and body. We live in an age where food is everywhere, and a lot of it is not healthy. Keep a food diary if that’s what it takes, and eat better. It is cheaper to make your own meals than to eat out, and it is healthier to eat real ingredients than it is to eat processed foods, full of fats and salt and sugar meant to tempt you. If you get yourself into the mindset of eating better, you will feel better about yourself, and the occasional treat will seem that much more special. Same goes for engaging in healthy activities. It’s easier to do nothing, but you get nothing back from that. In fact, you end up atrophying, in mind and body. You actually lose by doing nothing, the worst investment you could possibly make.
Take stock in how you treat yourself. Are you at least giving yourself the opportunity to succeed and be happy? Most of us find ways to sabotage ourselves all the time, and we ignore the truth, even though we know better. Are you ignoring the things you do that make you feel bad about yourself, that hold you back, that ruin other aspects of your life? They come in many forms. It could be addiction or dangerous behavior, it could be letting other people take advantage of you, it could be a host of things that make us feel bad about ourselves. It could be mental health issues, things we can’t fix or control on our own. There is nothing wrong in asking for help, for anything. If you need help, people who really care about you will help you, no questions asked. They won’t judge, they won’t make you feel stupid, they won’t question your problems and blame you. They will help you, even if they don’t exactly understand it. If you don’t have people like that in your life, go back and read paragraph four again.
The key to being fulfilled and happy is to question everything. Examine your views and motives. Dissect your actions and worldview, and recognize your prejudices and the things that have been ingrained in you that you accept without question. Challenge yourself and your ideas, see things from many viewpoints, and don’t be afraid to let go of things simply because they are comfortable. A lot of the self love and pride you will have in yourself comes from being confident in who you are and how you feel and what you represent. If you refuse to see things from other perspectives, you can’t ever be sure that what you believe is right. If you’re hiding from the truth, or making allowances because it’s easier or because you’re frightened, you aren’t going to respect yourself very much.
So the stars suggest you take stock of your life. See the areas where you are living in conflict with yourself, and resolve it. Take notice of the things you do simply because it’s what you’ve always done, and figure out if it’s bringing you satisfaction and growth. Spend wisely, eat healthier, work more efficiently, love better, and take better care of yourself. All very simple things that are obviously a lot harder than they seem.
Why is that? Why do we consciously do things that hurt and hinder us, rather than things that enrich our lives and bring us joy and contentment? The stars think that when you start to examine yourself, you might be able to figure that out all on your own.
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