December 2011
14 posts
Horoscope for Saturday, December 17, 2011
Today is a good day for starting new things. Choose something new that you’ve been putting off, and spend at least an hour working on it. Yesterday’s horoscope was: The time for a lucid appraisal of your own abilities is prior to action, not in the middle of it. Once you find yourself engaged in real-time application of some skill or other, act as if your mastery of that skill...
Dec 17th
Horoscope for Friday, December 16, 2011
The time for a lucid appraisal of your own abilities is prior to action, not in the middle of it. Once you find yourself engaged in real-time application of some skill or other, act as if your mastery of that skill isn’t at issue at all, rather than let yourself be distracted by assessments of the likelihood of failure, because they are likely to be self-fulfilling prophecies. ...
Dec 16th
Horoscope for Thursday, December 15, 2011
Today, before you ask for someone’s opinion, consider the answers that they might give. What kind of answer would you consider useful? If their answer is not the one you want to hear, what will you do? Yesterday’s horoscope was: Today, give moment-by-moment attention to something you usually do. I found yesterday’s horoscope: harmful | not useful | sort-of useful | useful |...
Dec 15th
Horoscope for Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Today, give moment-by-moment attention to something you usually do. Yesterday’s horoscope was: Take the time today to put some important information in a more intuitive format. For example, you might make a pie chart or other visual representation of how you spent your money last month, or how you spent your time yesterday. I found yesterday’s horoscope: harmful | not useful |...
Dec 14th
Horoscope for Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Take the time today to put some important information in a more intuitive format. For example, you might make a pie chart or other visual representation of how you spent your money last month, or how you spent your time yesterday. Yesterday’s horoscope was: Today, indulge your curiosity. Find the answers to three interesting questions not directly related to your current projects....
Dec 13th
Horoscope for Monday, December 12, 2011
Today, indulge your curiosity. Find the answers to three interesting questions not directly related to your current projects. (Bonus points for finding answers to questions that can’t be answered via Google or Wikipedia, like the name of that cute person you see in the library every so often, or what’s sold in that odd little shop.) Yesterday’s horoscope was: Make a specific...
Dec 12th
Horoscope for Sunday, December 11, 2011
Make a specific commitment today that you’re confident you can follow through on. Write it down and post it somewhere where you’ll see it regularly until it’s done. Yesterday’s horoscope was: Focus on granularizing your goals. When something you want to do seems impossible, try to break it down into a series of smaller steps. I found yesterday’s horoscope:...
Dec 11th
Horoscope for Saturday, December 10, 2011
Focus on granularizing your goals. When something you want to do seems impossible, try to break it down into a series of smaller steps. Yesterday’s horoscope was: Take some time to optimize the things you pay attention to for signal to noise ratio. Remove boring RSS feeds from your reader; find out how to stop receiving junk mail or getting calls from telemarketers; get rid of objects...
Dec 10th
Horoscope for Friday, December 9, 2011
Take some time to optimize the things you pay attention to for signal to noise ratio. Remove boring RSS feeds from your reader; find out how to stop receiving junk mail or getting calls from telemarketers; get rid of objects that clutter your living space or work space; perhaps even have a heart-to-heart with that friend you’ve been growing away from. Yesterday’s horoscope was:...
Dec 9th
Horoscope for Thursday, December 8, 2011
One of the things that you’re told today, which you’ve heard a thousand times before, will be false. Find it. Yesterday’s horoscope was: Take the time to evaluate your default responses to questions. They may not be as good as you think they are. I found yesterday’s horoscope: harmful | not useful | sort-of useful | useful | awesome
Dec 8th
Horoscope for Monday, December 5, 2011
What do you want? What are you doing to get it? Yesterday’s horoscope was: Resist the temptation to tell white lies or let convenient misunderstandings stand, today. Keep in mind that even if the truth is never discovered, you’ll still have to put in the effort of keeping up the appearance that the lie is true. I found yesterday’s horoscope: harmful | not useful | sort-of...
Dec 5th
Horoscope for Sunday, December 4, 2011
Resist the temptation to tell white lies or let convenient misunderstandings stand, today. Keep in mind that even if the truth is never discovered, you’ll still have to put in the effort of keeping up the appearance that the lie is true. Yesterday’s horoscope was: When you notice yourself procrastinating about something, figure out the first step, count down from 10, and then do...
Dec 4th
Horoscope for Saturday, December 3, 2011
When you notice yourself procrastinating about something, figure out the first step, count down from 10, and then do it. Yesterday’s horoscope was: If you think about it carefully, the universe has recently shown you several examples of people working together successfully. What common principle can you see at work in these events? I found yesterday’s horoscope: harmful | not...
Dec 3rd
Horoscope for Friday, December 2, 2011
If you think about it carefully, the universe has recently shown you several examples of people working together successfully. What common principle can you see at work in these events? Yesterday’s horoscope was: Take some time to test your beliefs today. Devise and carry out at least one experiment. I found yesterday’s horoscope: harmful | not useful | sort-of useful | useful |...
Dec 2nd