Category: Career & Purpose | Reading Time: 4 Minutes
Let’s retrace your week, shall we?
You bought a domain name last Tuesday. It was a brilliant idea. A million-dollar idea. But by Friday, you had completely forgotten it existed because you were too busy researching how to start a mushroom farm.
Your digital life is a graveyard of good intentions.
You have three half-written novels rotting in your Google Docs. You have a yoga mat collecting dust in the corner, mocking you. You have five different “passive income” strategies bookmarked across TikTok, YouTube, and Facebook.
You feel incredibly busy. You are exhausted every day.
Yet, if you look at your bank account or your life, nothing has actually changed.
The diagnosis is clear: You are suffering from Laser Pointer Syndrome. (The clinical term is Shiny Object Syndrome, but we prefer the feline terminology).
The Dopamine Hunter (The Seven of Cups)
You might tell yourself you are “multi-passionate.” You might say you are a “visionary.”
Let’s look closer: You are actually addicted to the start.
In Tarot, this isn’t just The Fool. This is the Seven of Cups.
This card shows a figure staring at seven floating cups filled with snakes, jewels, and dragons. It is the card of “Option Paralysis.” It feels electric because it is pure fantasy.
Starting gives you a hit of dopamine that tricks your brain into thinking you accomplished something. You get the high of the result without the sweat of the process.
But the moment the excitement fades and the work gets boring—the second The Emperor (Discipline) shows up and asks for a spreadsheet or a second draft—you quit. You immediately look for the next red dot.
You are running in circles, panting, chasing a light that you can never actually catch.
Be the Beast, Not the Kitten
Have you ever watched a kitten play?
They are chaotic. They jump at dust motes. They run until they pass out. While they are undeniably cute, they are inefficient hunters. If a cat hunted like that in the wild, it would starve.
Compare that to Bane (my 12-year-old white cat).
When He saw his target, Bane doesn’t waste his time chasing dust. He doesn’t run around the room screaming. He sits perfectly still. He watches. He calibrates. He waits for the one fat moth to land on the window sill.
And then? One strike.
He doesn’t waste energy. He gets the prize.
Right now, you are acting like the kitten. You are burning all your vital energy chasing the idea of success without ever catching the actual success.
The Solution: Bat It Off the Table
You might find TarotPaw annoying, but we are that way on purpose. We don’t let you pull 10 cards. We force you to pick ONE.
Why? Because magic needs compression.
If you spray water in a mist, you get damp. If you force water through a tiny nozzle, you can cut steel.
You need to stop adding goals. You need to start killing them.
Here is the exercise you need to do:
- Write your top 3 goals on a piece of paper.
- Act like a cat and bat two of them off the table.
- Literally cross them out with a sharpie.
You are not allowed to touch them until the first one is ‘dead’ (completed).
The Challenge
Stop chasing the red dot. It’s not real. It’s just light on the wall.
Ask the Pawracle the only question that matters right now. Not “What could I do?” but: “What is the one thing I must hunt today?”
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