So Wednesday morning I dragged my butt outta bed, still half-asleep. Grabbed my phone while waiting for the electric kettle to boil. Saw my horoscope app had a new notification – “April 16: Major career energy! Jupiter aligns boosting work luck.” Honestly, rolled my eyes a bit. But hey, felt like giving it a shot since work’s been kinda blah lately.
My Messy Wednesday Morning Setup
First thing – brewed some green tea, ‘cause the app mentioned “starting fluid helped Jupiter’s flow” or whatever. Whatever, needed caffeine anyway. Dumped out my work bag onto the kitchen table while sipping:
- Scrunched up meeting notes from Tuesday
- Three different colored pens (all dried up)
- That USB drive I lost last week
- Half a protein bar
Figured organizing this disaster counted as “aligning my work environment with cosmic energy.” Threw out the trash, found a working pen, stuck the USB in my laptop bag. Already felt less chaotic.
The “Work Luck” Experiments
Got to my home office corner (aka dining table). Opened my planner and did two things the horoscope suggested:
- Wrote “Unexpected Opportunities Welcome” on a sticky note. Slapped it right on my monitor. Felt corny as hell.
- Reached out FIRST to Brenda in accounting – y’know, that project budget headache? Instead of avoiding it, I pinged her before checking ANY email. Just a quick “Hey Brenda, got 10 mins today to brainstorm that Q2 thing?” Sent it blind before I chickened out.
Spilled my tea reaching for the mouse afterward. Classic. Mopped it up thinking, “So much for cosmic grace.”
Where Things Got Weirdly Okay
Then actual Wednesday weirdness happened:
- Brenda replied in FIVE MINUTES (she usually ghosts till Friday). Said “Actually free now?” We hopped on a quick call and smashed through the budget roadblock. Easy.
- Got a random Slack from marketing asking if I could give quick feedback on their campaign draft. Normally I’d say “Later,” but saw that stupid sticky note. Said “Sure, send it over.” Took 10 minutes. Their lead DM’d me after: “You caught a huge typo we all missed – thank you!!”
- The project manager pinged about moving deadlines – preemptively told me I get an extra week on my part because supply chain delayed their thing. When does THAT ever happen?
Finished the day actually kinda… energized? Not “won the lottery” luck, just fewer stupid obstacles. Less teeth-grinding.
Final takeaway? Maybe it’s about creating momentum yourself early – organizing crap, tackling the annoying task FIRST, being slightly more open. Made a “fortunate” vibe instead of waiting for luck to find me. Might re-use the sticky note tomorrow. Jury’s still out on the Jupiter thing though.
