Okay so this morning I grabbed my usual cheap coffee while scrolling through Twitter. Saw my go-to astrology account drop that October 29th horoscope thingy focused purely on career stuff. Figured why not give it a proper shot today and see if the stars actually lined up? Documenting it all like always.

Getting Started with the Stars’ Advice

First thing the horoscope mentioned was clearing out old clutter blocking my energy. Made sense. My physical desk was a disaster zone – random sticky notes everywhere, loose papers, three half-empty water bottles. Felt like digging trenches just finding my mouse. Spent like 45 minutes just aggressively throwing junk out and wiping everything down with that lemony cleaner my partner hates. Felt… lighter? Maybe just the fumes.

Next tip was seriously strategically connecting with just one key person. Not spamming everyone. Okay. Scrolled through my contacts list feeling kinda awkward. Not exactly a networker here. Remembered that project lead from last quarter’s awkward Zoom meeting. Found his email draft I never sent about a potential follow-up idea. Hit send before chickening out. Didn’t expect much, honestly.

Midday Weirdness & Unexpected Wins

The horoscope kept harping on listening carefully, like intensely listening, today. During the usual boring team sync call, Sarah from Marketing droned on about Q4 metrics for the hundredth time. Almost zoned out completely like always. Then actually listened. She mentioned this tiny pain point about data formatting that always wastes their team hours each month. Ding ding! Remembered a quick script I’d messed around with ages ago that might just automate exactly that crap. Spent my lunch break dusting it off.

Sent it to Sarah saying “Thought this might help, no worries if useless”. She emailed back TWO minutes later with a caps-locked “OMG THIS SAVES US SO MUCH TIME?!?!” Felt pretty chuffed, not gonna lie. Small win.

Biggest Shock: Remember that email to the project lead? The guy I figured blew me off? He replied late afternoon asking for a quick chat tomorrow! Apparently my old idea suddenly fits a gap they just identified. Pure luck? Horoscope magic? Who knows.

Wrapping Up the Day & Real Talk

Final horoscope push was visually reaffirming goals. Cheesy. Still did it. Stuck a big, ugly yellow post-it right on my freshly cleaned monitor that just said “CONTRIBUTE CLEVER STUFF NOT JUST MORE WORK”. Glared at it all evening shift. Helped maybe? Filtered out two noise emails asking for busywork I normally would’ve just said “sure” to.

• Cleaning the desk? Felt good. Actual impact? Unclear, but space felt less chaotic.
• Targeted email? Actually worked shockingly well. Meeting set!
• Listening actively? Paid off big with the script win. Sarah owes me coffee now.
• Visual goal crap? Okay fine, maybe stopped me from taking on pointless tasks. Maybe.

Overall? Weirdly solid day career-wise. Coincidence? Planets aligning? Placebo effect kicking in? Dunno, honestly. Doesn’t matter. Followed the stars’ weirdly specific career tips for today, did the actual actions, got measurable results. Worth trying again tomorrow? Maybe. We’ll see what the horoscope says at dawn.