12/18/18

Today’s Horoscope

All Signs:
The stars want to remind you to remind yourself to keep track of all the things in your life. With everything you need to keep track of these days, some things are bound to fall through the cracks.
You not only have to keep track of all your responsibilities, to your family and job and friends, but all the other little responsibilities to yourself. Then you have to keep track of your plans, your TV shows, your promises and commitments. Depending on what kind of situation you are in at the moment, you might need to pay extra attention to your finances or calories or medications and so on.
So there is a lot to keep up with, and things get lost in the shuffle. You might even lose them on purpose, justifying not living up to your end of the bargain at times because you are too busy or stretched too thin. When people don’t pressure you to do your part, it’s easy to ignore it. If people want to let us off the hook, we are more than happy to oblige. That happens.
So the thing we wind up losing track of most are the people in our lives who need us. That’s because our brains are wired for reward, and when people need us more than we need them, we can subconsciously put them at the back of the line. There’s not much in it for us, which is fine when we have the time and the energy to give, but not when we have a backlog of things screaming for attention. It’s nothing to beat yourself up over, we are just configured to put the effort where it gives us something back, whether that is material, emotional, spiritual, or just satisfaction that it’s done. Once some time goes by, your brain adapts, and the whole “out of sight, out of mind,” thing takes over.
What the stars recommend is that you just take a few moments to think about the people in your life who might be dealing with something, or having a hard time. Then figure out a time when you can call or check in and let them know you haven’t forgotten about them. When you don’t make an effort to do that, those people feel more alone, more of a burden, more like they don’t matter, and they withdraw a little more.
So keep track of the things in your life, but more importantly, keep track of the people in your life. The ones you haven’t spoken to longest are often the ones who might really need you most.