Do You Believe In Magic OR What's in Your Horoscope?

I wrote about my new energy earlier today and, after hitting the publish tab for that post, left to go to a neighborhood New Year's Day gathering.  I was/am admittedly feeling pretty good today because I've turned intentions into actions, not only writing a new post but also writing out and mailing some of those holiday cards I'd mentioned earlier. 

While I don't tend to check my horoscope, I saw a link on AOL, after I got back from the gathering and decided to click it.  Here's what it read...

You have some serious magic working in your favor today, but you must figure out how to harness it. If you cannot find something constructive to do with all your energy, your frustration could build until you lose your temper at someone who probably isn't even the real source of your annoyance. Remember that others are relaxing on this holiday, so don't try to impose your ambitious plans on them just yet.

Again, I don't anticipate or judge my day based on a horoscope, but here's what happened at this neighborhood event.  

I chatted with a few people and then ran into a woman for whom my daughter had worked as a babysitter at least 5 years ago.  We started to talk and I mentioned that my son is a freshman at Rutgers University.  She said, "You must talk to my husband.  He started working at Rutgers several months ago."  She told me to wait where I was and said she'd bring him over.  We'd been about to leave when I ran into her, and after waiting for her to return for 10 minutes or so, decided to head out.  On our way out, I found her talking with her husband, wished her a happy New Year and let her know we had to leave.  Her husband introduced himself and we started to talk.  Small world, or a reflection of the first line in the horoscope, you have some serious magic working in your favor today, he works in an area directly related to my job search target.  

As to the last line of the horoscope, remember that others are relaxing on this holiday, so don't try to impose your ambitious plans on them just yet, I know that you don't come on heavy with networking at a social event, rather you try to make the connection and ask if it's OK for you to call during the week to continue the conversation.  In this case, after I mentioned career transition and the areas I'm exploring, he offered his card and his help.  I will contact him next week to expand our conversation and take him up on his offer to connect me with some of his colleagues both at Rutgers and at his former school.

Now that other line about taking out frustrations on others, if you cannot find something constructive to do with all your energy, your frustration could build until you lose your temper at someone who probably isn't even the real source of your annoyance, there is no question that the stress of this process can make one testy and impact relationships.  I know there are times my frustration has led me to be impatient and short with those around me.  While this is not nice and not fair, this is a frustrating, stressful process that doesn't always bring out the best in us.  Next time you feel down, go back to the first post on this blog and do something to lift your spirits.  Share how you're feeling with the people you spend most of your time with and give them permission to call you on your behavior when you're out of line.  Be sure to keep the frustration out of your job search.  Attitude is critical to a successful job search, so find a way to deal with the frustration and remain positive.


All in all, day one of 2010 was pretty terrific.  Now it's up to me to figure out how to harness the magic and move into the year with confidence that I can make good things happen.