What's going to happen to you? You have woke up too soon. And the world's rearranged. And now your feelings have changed. Say goodbye to before. You are not welcome anymore. 

"Bye Bye Bye" - Plants and Animals, Parc Avenue, 2008

I'm pretty sure the book/movie "Fight Club" was about one man's Saturn return. What is it? Well, it's the period between the ages of 27-29, when the planet Saturn moves through your chart, ushering in a painful transition to a new phase in life. It can be a time of great upheavel in our lives, when many chapters close and new ones begin.

 "O.K" - Ani DiFranco, off Reckoning and Revelling (2 CDs), 2001

My friends are smack in the middle of their Saturn return, and I'm staring squarely at mine. I think the real terror set in when I purchased a book called "Managing Oneself". It's a Harvard Business Review classic, and it was the only book I purchased that day. When I got home, I realized that buying that book was quite possibly the most depressing thing I've ever done.

"Whether a business should be run for short-term results or with a focus on the long term is likewise a question of values. Financial analysts believe that businesses can be run for both simultaneously. Successful business people know better."

And it goes on and on like that.

"Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before" - The Smiths

I'm finding that the smooth contours of my career don't leave much room for gritty self-reflection. Here I am, perched on my little star. Knowing full well what will lead me to prosperity. I know my passions. My strengths. What it will take to get to the top. And the longer I'm in motion, the farther away from myself I feel. Like, I'm leaving myself behind.

"Electric Feel" - MGMT, off Oracular Spectacular, 2007