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JI EARTH AND THE 2024 YEAR OF THE WOOD DRAGON

For the Ji Earth Day Master, the 2024 Year of the Wood Dragon or Jia Chen, comes bearing gifts of authority, leadership and reputation. In this post, I outline the broad level strategies that can be derived from the arrival of this Annual Pillar, in the all important first year of Period 9.

DIRECT OFFICER YEAR: THE OUTCOME OF MY PRODUCTIVITY AND RESOURCEFULNESS

In Bazi, the Ji Earth is visualized as a fertile plot of land. Hence, Ji Earth Day Masters are often described as productive and resourceful.

Along comes the 2024 Jia Chen (甲辰) or Wood Dragon, plonking a tree right on your land.

The energies are almost saying, “Look everyone! This is what my land can grow. Here is the outcome of my productivity and resourcefulness. See how lush and beautiful this tree is? There’s room for more!”

In essence this tree represents a visual testament to your skills, talents and abilities. So how do we apply this scenario into real world strategies?

THE FLAGSHIP EFFECT

Direct Officer at the Heavenly Stem can be interpreted as your Reputation. Your Reputation sitting on, or controlling, the competition represented by your Rob Wealth, here is the opportunity to create a flagship product or service. This flagship product or service must offer powerful brand experiences that will leave a strong impact on brand attitude, brand attachment and brand equity. In short, flagships create a halo effect that trickles down to your other businesses or projects.

Alternatively, Direct Officer is Authority, while Rob Wealth represents teamwork or leadership. For career professionals, there is a possibility to grow your career by taking a lead part in a turnkey project. Your job, would be to find that turnkey project.

On a personal development level, there is a clear caution against adopting a ‘win-at-all-costs’ mindset. In this scenario, from the Ji Earth Day Master’s point of view, the benevolent Direct Officer energy is controlling or suppressing three aggressive energies represented by your Rob Wealth, 7 Killings and Indirect Wealth. Hence, the emphasis on more diplomacy to tone down the fireworks.

Obviously, there is nothing wrong with wanting to win! However, this win-at-all-cost mindset (DO on RW) may create more unnecessary problems. Winning at all cost may work in the short term. But could be costly for long-term success. Like athletes who over-trains to the point of destroying their bodies just for one trophy. No meaning!

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Disclaimer: Paulynne is NOT a Medical, Legal, Financial advisor or Councilor. She is a Bazi and Feng Shui Consultant who utilises her knowledge of Bazi, Qimendunjia and Feng Shui to look at the energy imprint surrounding events, situations or people. These readings are for ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSES ONLY and should NOT BE TAKEN as absolute proof or concrete evidence or advice. Please treat them as such and enjoy your time on the blog.

JANUARY 2024 | WU EARTH DAY MASTER

Rules and regulations are an inevitable part of any civilized society. There’s a Chinese saying that goes, “A nation has its laws, a home has its rules.” These rules are intended to maintain order. But sometimes, they can create barriers that seem to hinder personal or professional aspirations. For the Wu Earth Day Master, January 2024’s Yi Chou (乙丑) could be just such a month.

DIRECT OFFICER MONTH: RULES? OR JUST PLAIN RESTRICTIONS?

From the perspective of the Wu Earth Day Master, January 2024’s Yi Chou (乙丑) represents your Direct Officer countering your Rob Wealth. On the negative spectrum, it can mean sabotage or being undermined by the actions of others.

But wait a minute! If we see Rob Wealth as competition, having the competition suppressed by rules and regulations (Direct Officer), presents the Wu Earth Day Master with an opportunity to gain a competitive advantage.

While others are still struggling with the ‘unreasonableness’ of the rules and regulations, here’s your chance to grow by navigating within the system. Learning to work with the rules and innovate within the bounds of compliance.

If you are restricted, so are everyone else! The first to get on with the job will be the one to gain the market share. A couple of years ago, the Malaysian government imposed licensing rules on ride-sharing service providers. Oh! The howls of protests! But while some were loudly lamenting, others just shrugged and quietly submitted their documentation. Guess who got back on the road sooner? Today, not a whimper to be heard, as the licensing rule was universally accepted especially by the passengers.

Externally, this Direct Officer sitting on the Rob Wealth can present with opportunities. But it can also carry some setbacks on the psychological front.

AMBITIONS STYMIED BY SELF-IMPOSED RULES?

Since this is a month’s energy we are working with, it is highly unlikely that we are going to start moving heaven and earth to advocate for regulatory changes. But a month is just enough time to challenge some inner assumptions about ourselves.

The Rob Wealth can also represent our ambitions, while the Direct Officer represents our self-discipline. Alternatively, the Direct Officer can also represent the rules of society that we internalize sub-consciously.

Therefore, apart from using the month of January 2024 to learn to navigate within a set of rules, it is also an opportunity for the Wu Earth Day Master to challenge some of our self-imposed rules and assumptions.

After all, the Wu Earth Day Master is facing a 7 Killings year in 2024. What better way to start the process than by first challenging our internal assumptions before breaking out to the bigger things ahead?

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JANUARY 2024 | DING FIRE DAY MASTER

When the night is dark, a candle in the window guides your way home. 2024 seems to be getting off to a reflective note for the Ding Fire Day Master. January 2024’s Yi Chou (乙丑) month carries the energy of your Indirect Resource and Eating God. Yes, it’s a dreamy combination. But in life, everything begins with a dream. For dreams turn into visions. And visions become action.

INDIRECT RESOURCE MONTH: DREAMS? OR JUST PLAIN PIPE DREAMS?

For the Ding Fire Day Master, January 2024’s Yi Chou (乙丑) month sees your Indirect Resource controlling your Eating God star. This is known as the Owl Stealing Food formation. To explain, the Indirect Resource and Eating God stars are both day-dreamer stars. They are idealistic, creative, way out there! When the two come together in a formation, it suggests that the individual is full of impractical ideas and improbable dreams.

The ancient Chinese society has little patience for dreamers. It’s the same like during the Victorian times. If you don’t work, you don’t eat. Which is ironic, for a people that had dreamt big enough to establish empires. Hence, this negative connotation of the Owl Stealing Food formation.

DARE TO DREAM

But living life without a dream is akin to navigating a ship without a compass. Without dreams, where is our compelling narrative? Dreams infuse our life with passion, aspiration, belief in possibilities, drive and determination.

So for the Ding Fire Day Master, come January 2024, it’s time to harness the power of your imagination. This is a great month for intention setting. It’s a time to sit down in front of a mirror, and ask yourself what you want from the year ahead. It’s a time to imagine or better yet, re-imagine the future.

And with that vision set in front of you, draft out a rough plan of action to be refined as you begin to take action. So in the famous words of Norman Vincent Peale (author of the Power of Intense Belief), “Shoot for the moon! Even if you miss, you’ll land among the stars.”

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JANUARY 2024 | BING FIRE DAY MASTER

If the month of the Ox (January) represents the last month of Winter, then there will be one element that plays the role of the Useful God. The one that kickstarts the coming transformation process. This would be the Bing Fire Day Master. In January 2024’s Yi Chou (乙丑) month, we see your Direct Resource energy controlling your Hurting Officer. It’s time to focus on some active listening.

DIRECT RESOURCE MONTH: SELF-ESTEEM? OR JUST PLAIN EGO?

Where self-esteem is concerned, January 2024’s Yi Chou (乙丑) month is likely to be pretty good for the Bing Fire Day Master. After all, the Bing Fire is the literal Useful God of the month. It is the element that sets the stage for the transformation to come.

The Bing Fire is the one who defrosts the Ji Earth, makes it easier for the Geng Metal to conduct their winter ploughing, and nurtures the seeds of opportunities for the Xin Metal Day Master. The Bing Fire raises the temperature, enough to set the Ren Water and Gui Water free from their state of inactivity. Finally, the Bing Fire also provides warmth for the Jia Wood and Yi Wood Day Master to revel in their first bloom. What an ego-boost! At this point, the sun would be feeling mighty pleased about itself!

Indiscriminate use of this energy may be a boost to the ego, but problems arise when you start offering unsolicited advice to all and sundry.

A MONTH FOR OPEN-ENDED QUESTIONS

The Bing Fire Day Master is known to be one of the most generous of the 10 Day Masters. Like the sunlight that bathes the world in its warm embrace, Bing Fire Day Masters tend to be generous with their advice – regardless if that advice is wanted or otherwise. A little like what I am doing now – writing a blog article that may be of no interest to anyone else.

But the sun doesn’t care if its sunlight is welcomed or rejected. It gives anyway. In most instances, the Bing Fire Day Masters tend to behave the same way. But in January 2024’s Yi Chou (乙丑) energy, some additional self-awareness may be coming in.

Why is that so? And in what form does this self-awareness manifest? When Direct Resource which represents wisdom, counters or controls the Hurting Officer which represents attention, this energy can be translated as an opportunity to gain the wisdom to adapt your communication style to your audience. To seek permission before advice is tendered.

For one month, in January 2024, the Bing Fire Day Master can use this energy to practice some active listening. To stop listening to respond, and instead, put aside the ego and listen to understand.

This will be quite challenging for most Bing Fire Day Masters. We are, if nothing else, surface skimmers who tend to take things on face value. The sun covers the surface of the earth but cannot penetrate to the depths of the hidden and shadowed corners in the hearts of others.

But active listening is such a vague concept, isn’t it? So, let’s make this easier for the Bing Fire Day Master. Let’s start our month of ‘active listening’ by reminding ourselves to ask open-ended questions before we rush in with our advice and suggestions. Practice this every day, and you may find it ingrained into our programming. A new skill to complement the Bing Fire!

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JANUARY 2024 | YI WOOD DAY MASTER

In the study of the 60 Pillars, the Yi Chou (乙丑) is often described as a winter-blooming flower. Tiny, hardy green shrubs that poke their early leaves through the white pristine snow. That magical first bloom! For the Yi Wood Day Master, January 2024’s Yi Chou (乙丑) month is an opportunity for a ‘first bloom’ – a metaphor for your continued individual growth and development.

FRIEND MONTH: TO SERVE? OR BE SERVED?

In Bazi, the Friend star is often associated with networking and teamwork. When the Friend star comes sitting on the Indirect Wealth, 7 Killings, and Indirect Resource, you may find yourself with a hectic month where you are busy solving other people’s problems. Because what affects one, affects all. Which means that January 2024’s Yi Chou (乙丑) month is a great month for a breakthrough achievement in the area of teamwork.

Certainly, a good leader always serves. But there must be boundaries – something that the Yi Wood Day Master sometimes need to be reminded of. Let’s not lose ourselves in service to others, to the extent that our own personal growth and development are neglected. While selflessness is a commendable trait, it is essential to strike a balance between the needs of others and taking care of oneself.

Because in January 2024’s Yi Chou (乙丑) month, beyond the possibilities of teamwork, the Yi Wood Day Master has a month’s energy to create a personal breakthrough – that magical spark of first bloom within you.

THE FIRST BLOOM

Since you are reading this blog, I guess it would be safe to assume that my readers were not born yesterday. When we were young, that personal breakthrough was more easily apparent. For example, the first time we learned to tie up our own shoelaces! That was a pretty big breakthrough! But as we grow older, the magic of that first bloom is often buried by our list of important things to do.

Yet, this personal breakthrough is so important to keep that spark within us going forward. This elusive ‘first bloom’ concept that I am (clearly) struggling to describe, is an internal feeling. Something akin to an ‘aha moment’. That moment of clarity, understanding, or discovery. When something clicks, and you gain a new perspective or understanding.

We’ve all experienced this moment in the past. Think back. Can you describe your last first bloom or ‘aha moment’? I can. Mine is deeply etched in my memory – that first time when, after struggling to apply the complex layers of Bazi for almost a year, suddenly, the Bazi unfolded before my eyes and I realized that I could read a Bazi chart. To be honest, at that moment, I felt like King Kong on crack. That ‘first bloom’, that first realization that I really could read a Bazi chart, gave me the confidence to pursue the path of a Bazi practitioner. Without that ‘first bloom’, this blog wouldn’t even exist.

So I’m asking you, the Yi Wood Day Master, to make time in January 2024 for that ‘aha moment’ or ‘first bloom’ to happen. This ‘aha moment’ can come in many ways. It could be a problem that you need to solve. Perhaps, a certain relationship you are trying to establish. Maybe, a topic of knowledge that you are trying to learn. Or could it be a physical boundary that you are trying to surpass? Or even a spiritual ‘first bloom’ that symbolizes the beginning of your journey towards self-awareness, enlightenment or a deeper understanding of self.

Whichever areas of life your ‘first bloom’ occurs, I hope that it gives you that spark of confidence that will propel you towards greater achievements in 2024 – your Rob Wealth year.

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JANUARY 2024 | JIA WOOD DAY MASTER

For the Jia Wood Day Master, January 2024’s Yi Chou month (乙丑) signifies the arrival of your Rob Wealth sitting on Direct Wealth. Hey, big spender! 😊But there are many ways to make positive use of the Rob Wealth energy. Interested? Read on!

ROB WEALTH MONTH: INVESTMENTS? OR JUST PLAIN SPENDING

Of the many Bazi formations, this could possibly be one of the most extravagant! Some spending seems to be in order. Keeping a budget is a must! But instead of reciting “keep me from temptation” daily, there is another way to make use of this particular energy. Instead of spending, why not investing? Either way, money’s going out. But in the latter scenario, there is a possibility of money coming back in!

But what can you be investing towards? Let’s start by taking a slightly longer view. The entire 2024 Wood Dragon year is a year of personal breakthrough for the Jia Wood Day Master. So in the final month before we officially we officially enter the year of the Wood Dragon, a strategy that comes immediately to mind, is to invest in yourself. Upskill, upgrade your knowledge, take a look at what your competitors are doing, and keep up?

THE FIRST MOVER ADVANTAGE

In Bazi analogies, the month of the Ox (January) represents the end of winter. The final freeze before the spring thaw. This is typically a time when trees and plants are at their most dormant. The leaves have been shed. The tree is conserving resources for the months ahead.

But as the thaw approaches, the ice melts and the resulting water becomes precious resource for the trees. Come spring, the tree that had best conserved resource, will probably be the first to throw out young leaves to catch the rays of the sun.

Playing out on that analogy, the Jia Wood Day Master could also consider investing in resources to ensure that you gain the first mover’s advantage over your competitors. In other words, you want to be the first tree to cloak your bare branches with pretty leaves.

In this scenario, perhaps you could invest some resources to improve on the quality of your product or service? Alternatively, consider investing resources to improve your speed to market? If the first two suggestions are too difficult to achieve for a one-month period, why not invest some money into buying market research?

You would be asking, why is this necessary? The suggestions above are calculated to help you make better decisions while navigating a month where your Rob Wealth is sitting on Direct Wealth. Depending on the stability of the chart, Rob Wealth on Direct Wealth creates a possible compulsion to speculate. So the suggestions are in the nature of ‘speed bumps’ to help you make better decisions without slowing you down too much.

But what if you don’t intend to use this energy for your career or business? In that case, you could be spending money to invest in your family’s health, education or even well-being. As long as there is a purpose behind the spending that could reap benefits for you in the future. After all, a healthy financial strategy often involves a balance between spending and investing.

Let’s sum it up this way. Rob Wealth represents spending. Direct Wealth represents income. When the two come together, it spells ‘spending your hard-earned money’. Therefore, if you are going to spend anyway, might as well invest. But of course, you could just be hell-bent on spending. In that case… 😊

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JANUARY 2024 | GUI WATER DAY MASTER

One of the beauties of ice is its ephemeral nature. There is always a certain poignancy when viewing a beautiful ice sculpture. At the back of our minds, we all know that while we can keep a photographic memory of the sculpture, the object itself, may soon disappear.

For the Gui Water Day Master, January 2024’s Yi Chou month (乙丑) represents that time of transformation – when your ideas meet impetus.

EATING GOD MONTH: THE THING ABOUT IDEAS

We have many ideas throughout the day. Well, at least, I do! Sometimes, we have more ideas than we have time for! And very often, those ideas remain nothing more than ideas. We talk about them, ruminate about them, doodle them on our notebooks, sometimes even dream about them. But without the impetus for action, ideas remain ideas until that first step is taken.

But here’s the thing about ideas. I’m sure you have experienced it as well. Once an idea pops into existence, it becomes a form of energy. Which means, that it may not belong exclusively to you. How many times have we heard someone (or maybe even ourselves) say, “I’ve thought of that idea long ago, but…”

Hence, ideas are nothing without impetus. And in January 2024’s Yi Chou month (乙丑), the Gui Water has both ideas and impetus on your side.

WHEN IDEAS MEET IMPETUS

During the winter months, Gui Water is often seen as snow or ice – frozen in place, locked in with other snowflakes to form a beautiful but impermanent structure. And you know, that in order for you to grow, you cannot stay in stasis forever.

Perhaps, you have been toying with an idea for quite some time, and in January 2024, the urge to do something about it is getting stronger. Or perhaps, a certain lingering obstacle, one which had bothered you for quite some time, is really beginning to annoy you. Either way, when ideas meet impetus, it’s time to move.

For the Gui Water Day Master, this may require a willingness to end something old to start something new. If we were to liken the situation to the AI-generated art that I have used as illustration, you may need to dismantle that existing structure, to free yourself for the process of transformation to come.

But since this is just a month’s energy, let’s not burn down the house, ok? It’s just asking for small steps to start turning ideas into reality. And since we need to ‘end’ something for something new to start, how about we end the distractions, diversions, interruptions, and excuses? After all, if we’re going to end something, we might as well end the negative. Why on earth would anyone end the positive, right?

For example, if you have always aspired to be an artist, perhaps January is the right time to block uninterrupted time for art, instead of Netflix? Something… some small baby step that puts you in gear towards the realization or even the fruition of your idea.

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JANUARY 2024 | REN WATER DAY MASTER

Ren Water Day Masters may be feeling the first stirrings of restlessness in January 2024’s month of the Wood Ox (乙丑). Let’s dissect that feeling right here.

In Chinese Metaphysics, February, the month of the Tiger (寅) heralds the coming of spring when the snow starts to melt. January, or the month of the Ox (丑), represents the final month of winter. While it is still cold in January, imperceptibly, the temperature starts to increase before it dips back down again. This phenomenon is called the January Thaw. A temporary warming that can lead to a partial or temporary thawing of ice and snow.

But what does this mean for the Ren Water Day Master? Very likely, you feel the first ripples of unsettledness. How you respond to this feeling, is how we can make the most of January 2024’s energy for you, the Ren Water Day Master.

HURTING OFFICER MONTH: STREET-SMART? OR JUST PLAIN REBEL?

While a Hurting Officer month on the surface, the energy of the Yi Chou (乙丑) begins with your Ji Earth (己) Direct Officer star. Of the 5 Yang Day Masters, the Ren Water alone has an interesting reaction to your Direct Officer star. Ren Water, meeting its Ji Earth Direct Officer, has the capacity to erode the Ji Earth. Think of how powerful bodies of water can change coastal lines. At the surface level, this is the Ren Water Day Master’s reputation for being adventurous and free-spirited. Look a little deeper, and we can appreciate that this is the Ren Water Day Master’s ability to change systems and break down barriers.

But the Hurting Officer sitting on Direct Officer is a negative formation! In the classic texts, that is. It’s considered a negative because the Hurting Officer tends to be argumentative by nature. This argumentative streak causes problems when you run up against direct authority. But again, this assumes that we have no control over our own behaviour.

Hence, in January 2024, the need to channel that Hurting Officer energy into street-smart resourcefulness instead of being a rebel who disrupts just for the sake of disruptions. Street-smart individuals are able to navigate changes within existing systems. This is a smart use of the Hurting Officer energy. Rebels, on the other hand, are just resisting for no reason. That would be a silly use of the Hurting Officer.

BREAKING DOWN BARRIERS

We all face different types of barriers in our everyday lives – income, time, health, psychological, gender, race, language, resources, and more! Granted, some barriers are easier to overcome than others.

You see, referring to the analogy earlier in this post about the January thaw, this phenomenon carries a lot of power. It can break up the ice and frozen ground, allowing the water to run free. So how can the Ren Water Day Master use this effectively? With a month’s energy, let’s try to overcome the smaller barriers first.

And since it is a Hurting Officer month, which also represents sales, why not spend some time focusing on honing your sales pitch to overcome sales objections? That’s a very literal interpretation of the Yi Chou energy. There are many courses online designed to give you an answer to every possible form of sales objection. These are frequently quick workshops that don’t cost a lot of money nor time.

But what if you are not working in sales? At the end of the day, we are all selling something, aren’t we? Again, the goal is to identify that small step which can help you start to break down certain barriers that are standing in your way. Who knows? This one small step could lead to another opportunity, and then another, and yet another as 2024 progresses.

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JANUARY 2024 | XIN METAL DAY MASTER

For the Xin Metal Day Master, January 2024’s Yi Chou month (乙丑), is a time for the germination of ideas. To prepare the grounds and nurture your internal self in such a way that you recognize the seeds of new opportunities popping up on the landscape.

INDIRECT WEALTH MONTH: OPTIMISTIC? OR JUST PLAIN OPPORTUNISTIC?

Back in the day, the Indirect Wealth star was viewed as a negative. In that feudal society thousands of years ago, the noble, military and scholastic classes were considered the cream of the crop. The merchant class? Frequently seen as a necessary evil.

Today, that view has been completely turned around. Entrepreneurs are now being treated like royalty, and there is a general acceptance that the Indirect Wealth is a very useful star. But still, there are some lingering prejudices surrounding that opportunistic streak that is imbued by the Indirect Wealth star. In January 2024, the time is ripe for the Xin Metal Day Master to work past that prejudice and train yourself to spot the gaps.

After all, the term ‘opportunistic’ is merely a human label. We are the ones who give positive or negative connotations to a term. If you are giving back value in return, are you really being opportunistic?

The ability to spot opportunities is very important for business owners. It’s doubly important for the career professional. Why? Because many career professionals (hopefully not you), are often so consumed by the tasks that they have been hired for, that it leaves little time to think of your career as a business. Sometimes, we all could do with a little reminder.

THE ART OF SPOTTING THE GAP: STAY CURIOUS

A monthly Bazi forecast is always about the small, little things we can do with a month’s energy to keep propelling ourselves forward. It’s not about a complete change of strategy every month. Our daily tasks of our businesses or careers must still be completed.

But for the Xin Metal Day Master, in January 2024, while we have the energy of the Yi Chou (乙丑), remind yourself to make time to stay informed and updated on industry trends, market changes, and emerging technologies. Expose yourself to different perspectives and ideas. In short, stay curious!

Curiosity is often a prerequisite for recognizing opportunities. Amongst other benefits, it drives you to explore and investigate. But sometimes, curiosity can lead us up a dead-end road. Be okay with that! You’ve just found another way that doesn’t work, that’s all.

Somewhere along the way, we’ve all somehow learned that every tiny effort must yield results by a thousand times. Probably because we’ve all been exposed to too many overnight success stories. It doesn’t always work that way. Sometimes, explorations do lead us to a dead-end. The trick is to have the curiosity to keep pursuing.

So for the Xin Metal Day Master, January 2024 is a month to stay curious and challenge yourself to constantly find the opportunities in any given situation. This is how we train our abilities. And don’t worry, curiosity did not really kill the cat.

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JANUARY 2024 | GENG METAL DAY MASTER

In the study of Bazi, January or the month of the Ox (丑) represents the end of Winter. A time before the great thaw. When the world is still encased in ice. In the hands of a Geng Metal Day Master, January 2024’s Yi Chou month (乙丑) represents a chance to get a head start on your winter ploughing.

DIRECT WEALTH MONTH: DILIGENCE? OR JUST PLAIN SLOG?

To be honest, the Direct Wealth has never been one my favourites among the 10 Gods. Yes, it’s a wealth star. But this is wealth that commensurates to the level of your hard work. In other words, the harder you work, the better you earn. And as a weak Day Master, I’m allergic to hard work. 😊

But even within the connotation of hard work, there is a difference in perception. Do we view this as diligence? Or just plain slog? Slogging implies work that is tedious, monotonous, purposeless, and conveys a sense of weariness.

Meanwhile, diligence is more purposeful in nature. It implies consistent and steady application of effort over time, in pursuit of a particular goal.

So how then, can a Geng Metal Day Master use January 2024’s energy in a more diligent and purposeful manner?

WINTER PLOUGHING

If we were to visualize the Yi Chou as the frozen winter soil, then metaphorically, the actions taken by the Geng Metal Day Master in January 2024 is literally akin to winter ploughing. The intention of winter ploughing is to loosen the soil, making it more porous so that rainwater can seep in or infiltrate instead of flowing away as runoff without being accessible to roots of the plants or crops.

Winter ploughing is really hard work. Imagine trying to dig into frozen earth with a spade! This is where intentional diligence comes in for the Geng Metal Day Master – approaching your projects with mindset of a farmer, where each deliberate furrow symbolizes not just effort, but the cultivation of fertile ground for the seeds of success to flourish in the seasons to come.

Therefore, for the Geng Metal Day Master, January 2024 can be a time where you are literally preparing the foundations. This goes beyond surface-level completion of tasks. It involves the thoughtful preparation of the ‘soil’ in your professional and personal life.

The surface-level tasks will always be there. They still need to be dealt with. Frequently, these are tasks equated to our workaday. But expanding on this idea of winter ploughing for the Geng Metal Day Master, January 2024 requires you to be intentional about where you expand your energy towards beyond the surface-level, check-in-the-box tasks. Because where we direct energy, is where we receive the benefits.

Let’s hang this metaphor around an example. Let’s say you are a career professional looking to expand your career path. The winter ploughing metaphor is you finding pockets of time to complete the tasks directly related to your goal of expanding your career path. Because in our busy and overwhelming lives, it is these important yet non-urgent tasks that often get relegated to the bottom of the to-do list.

So let’s use the month of January 2024 to put those important future-related tasks to the forefront of your priority. And this is how you plough the ground to prepare for future success to come.