To enhance your chances of succeeding, choose sensible and smart goals. Ask yourself some questions before embarking on anything new for instance: are your aims realistic and attainable in terms of expected time of completion. Although the start of the year is typically a time for making resolutions, avoid chasing too many dreams at once. Remember, self control is a limited resource. Do too much and you will end up achieving nothing.

A friend or colleague who is generally noted for their energy and headstrong nature is surprisingly listless today. Because they've never been very good at communicating, it's hard to get them to open up to you. In turn, you've never been too bothered about how they feel. But you're changing all the rules today when you might make an all out effort to encourage others to share their feelings, worries and uncertainties.

Prepare yourselves for problems if you are travelling; you're likely to face several delays and hold ups. There will be some useful information shared in conversations. Work on your listening skills or you might talk past someone in your eagerness to move on. Your patience will be severely tested as you need to curb your restlessness and accept that not everything is going to go your way.

A self help project teaches you more about yourself than you had first anticipated or bargained for. Not only are you starting to realise how determined you can be when something is important to you, you are respecting others who have talents or abilities you always took for granted. Once you start acknowledging the value of their skills, they will help you with yours. Finally you are starting to get the credit you deserve.

Keep track of every move you make today, just in case you have to retrace your steps. Writing anything important down could be useful if ever you have to supply answers or justify reasons over the days ahead. You're reminded of something that occurred in your childhood and this colours how you feel about current events. Stop letting an old memory control your thinking. Ignoring fears helps you approach a daunting task with confidence.

Isn't it about time you let someone close know how you feel about them? If it has suddenly struck you how much you've been taking a loved one for granted, or how critical you've been towards them lately, it might be a good idea to let them know you haven't done this intentionally. Someone with a sensitive nature needs some reassurance you still care for them and somehow, you can understand this now.

You've never been happy with discord; avoid power struggles with people around you today. Getting dragged into a toxic, conflicting environment will not only cause you inconvenience, it's likely to upset you too. It's important to someone to win a contest you aren't bothered about and have no interest in. Because of this it might be easier to let them have their own way. At least this way you can keep things sweet between you.

You're ready now to listen to the thoughts and opinions of someone you've recently been ignoring. This isn't going against the grain; you just want to get ahead and compromise is the only way to move forward. Time spent trying to keep on another person's good side should be your guarantee that projects will go well in the future. In romance, let your feelings show and this will enhance a relationship which has been getting tense.

Your thoughtful and considerate mood prevents you from steamrollering your way through the day's events. Being more cautious also gives you a better chance to learn more about the people around you. You might notice a side to someone you'd previously not appreciated and you need to think more about this. Your partner wants to know what you are feeling, thinking and planning to do in the near future.

Keep a close eye on your personal finances; you may have overlooked something in the small print of a recent transaction. Problems will arrive on your doorstep if you carelessly ignore the need to be more vigilant today. Any difficulties you do encounter should be reasonably easy to resolve if you accept the help and advice of someone who's more experienced. In the evening, a text message or phone call from a friend could cause quite a stir.

Hovering in the background will give you a valuable perspective on current relationship differences. It's never too late to correct past mistakes. If you realise you've not been fair on someone, admit it now and apologise. By changing your approach towards a stubborn friend or relative, your relationship could take on dimensions you never imagined. It's time to let others in on your feelings.

Hopes and wishes can and will come true if you really believe in them. Many things are changing in your life now. This will bring a degree of excitement mixed with some nervousness too. You can sometimes be resistant to change; ignore such doubts or at least push them into the back of your mind. These days you should be open and ready to accept anything interesting and new.