If you need to get a better grip on forces around you or activities you’re involved with right now, take the time to do so. Don’t let anyone intimidate you or pressure you to meet a certain arbitrary timetable. Schedules are meant to be revised, and it’s more important that you understand what you’re doing (and why you’re doing it) than it is to go along with the crowd. Constantly trying to keep the peace is futile. Conflict happens, and it usually causes smarter solutions.

Tired of the dating merry-go-round? Try spending some serious one-on-one time with yourself. If you can, go to a museum or botanical garden. You’ll have so much fun you’ll want to do it again.

Do you really need all kinds of expensive advice and self-help books for your relationship? Give yourself just the fix you need. How? It’s time to figure out what’s nonnegotiable and what you can compromise on.

You’ve had enough action. What you need today is to be nothing but a couch potato. Plates perched on your lap is just what the doctor ordered to restore your energy for better things tomorrow.