Your future is yours and yours alone. So don’t let anyone else influence your hopes and wishes or tell you what goals you should start making for yourself. These people don’t know better than you, no matter how smart they are. And while the fact that they’re trying to tell you how to run your life annoys the heck out of you, you can’t fly off the handle and tell them off. Be sympathetic. They want to boss you around because they feel powerless over their own life.

Little things count right now. Whether you’re talking to a new cutie or checking out your prospects online, pay attention to the tiniest details. You should learn plenty about how compatible you two may be.

Even if there’s nothing big you want to say, now is the time for you to speak up. You can express yourself easily, and you should be able to get things moving in a direction that pleases you both.

If you’ve put off paying attention to your feelings, it’s never too late to give them some attention. They’re not as scary as you’ve led yourself to believe, as long as you avoid anything to do with money.