Original Advice
“DO: Set clear timelines and written deliverables.”
Deadlines Cure Your Quiet Resentment
You aren’t being polite. You’re punishing. The sighs, the re-drafts, the elegant delay—passive aggression in cashmere. You call it high standards, but it’s control without fingerprints. People can’t meet expectations you hide. Name the timeline. Name the deliverable. Put it where everyone can see it. Time, scope, owner. No winks. No hints. Replace the slow bleed with a clock.
Putting it in writing isn’t bureaucracy; it’s a truce with reality. Deadlines expose scope creep. Deliverables end the halo of "almost." The page makes accountability boring, which is the point. When you commit in ink, you stop managing with temperature and tone. People move. You get to rest. Precision is kinder than suggestion. Send the doc. Stamp the date. Breathe after.
Cosmic Context
Mercury rules you; language is your instrument. Earth anchors it, so your words become infrastructure.
Action
──────Send a timestamped brief: owner, scope, deadline, success criteria.
✨ You are allowed to choose clarity over charm. ✨