If you find that you're handing out lots of unsolicited advice during the first half of the week, it's time to dial down your 'Dear Abby' side and ask if there's some business of your own you're perhaps ignoring. True, you are very wise, but you have to remember that people have their own lives and realities, and you don't know everything about them. Once you internalize that knowledge, your path becomes much clearer by Thursday. Friday and the weekend are filled with emotion, but consider those feelings as a kind of information that deserves just as much respect as rationality and logic.

For most people, it's easy to think (and worry) about what they don't have. Your cosmic assignment during the first two days of the week is to instead think about what you do have. When you do an inventory of your life, you see that your riches go far beyond material wealth. By midweek, you realize that laughter, experience and enthusiasm are more valuable than blue chip stocks. Friday and the weekend give you some marvelous opportunities to experience a full range of emotions without becoming attached to any of them.

Setting boundaries in relationships actually allows them to flourish, especially on Monday and Tuesday. When you're clear about what you are and aren't comfortable doing, you give yourself permission to be natural and honest. Paradoxically, over the next couple of days you find that you're actually much more at ease and making more progress than you initially thought possible. Ain't life funny? Friday, Saturday and Sunday are good times for you to be alone with your thoughts. A session with your journal or a long walk helps you process your emotions.

It's awfully tempting to take some shortcuts during the first couple days of the week, but be sure to take the opposite tack instead. The more care and diligence you put into the project at hand, the more it will pay off. In fact, all that discipline pays off on Wednesday or Thursday when you find that you're able to be more creative in all parts of your life. Who knew hard work could feel so good? Friday, events are a little more slow-going, but find a way to enjoy the pace all the way into the weekend. The relaxation will do you good.

Not every thought or feeling has to be expressed, but all your emotions and mental patterns do need to be acknowledged and examined by one very important person: you. Use the first half of the week to practice mindfulness. Yes, you'll slip in and out of it, but that's not a problem. It's the process that counts -- there's no end point on this journey. By Friday, you'll be tired, but in a good way that is the result of honest and sincere effort. Over the weekend, don't take any guilt trips, especially the ones you issue for yourself.

You do hand out very good advice, but watch yourself if you find that you're handing it out unsolicited to anyone who crosses your path on Monday and Tuesday. Most likely you're telling these people information that you actually need in your own life. By Thursday, you see that the best way to provide help is to be an example of stellar behavior -- and doing a few good deeds behind the scenes doesn't hurt either. Friday and the weekend, don't let yourself be a martyr for someone else's cause. You have your own garden, which needs attending.

Living too much in the future can mean that you might be neglecting everything in your present. Use Monday and Tuesday to be honest about your life as it is, not about how life will be once a certain event takes place. The middle of the week is a good time to practice both being in the now and laying the groundwork for your future. Friday through Sunday, pay attention to how you're feeling. Learning to fully acknowledge and then handle emotions is a skill that will always improve your current situation, no matter what it is.

Every circumstance contains gifts -- some more obvious than others. Instead of longing for what could be on Monday and Tuesday, be grateful for what is. Even if it doesn't look easy or fun on the surface, there are things that can enrich you as a person if you pay close enough attention. Your community needs you on Wednesday and Thursday. When they ask for your help, be ready to say yes if it's within your power to do so. Alone time helps you recharge your batteries on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. You don't need an elaborate getaway, but do take some time off.

Sometimes putting too much effort into seeking a certain kind of payoff can actually have the opposite effect -- as is the case on Monday and Tuesday. So give yourself a rest, or otherwise you'll end up chasing down the same leads that go nowhere and feeling exhausted. By Thursday, that period of rest has been very fruitful -- your brain has skipped ahead and found a way to get what you want with the least amount of effort. Hurray! Friday and Saturday, go ahead and rest on your laurels, while Sunday is a great time for starting new endeavors.

Money -- and the ways in which you do or don't deal with it -- is a fact of life. But it doesn't have to rule your life. Being realistic about your budget helps you see that and, in fact, gives you more freedom once you know where your financial boundaries are, especially at the week's start. By Wednesday and Thursday, you have some pretty unorthodox realizations about cash, cash flow and ways to make it work for your needs. The weekend is a great time to let yourself dream. Follow your intuition and listen to your heart.

If you're feeling lukewarm about something at the beginning of the week, give yourself some time before you say yea or nay. It could be that what you really need is a different perspective. Be patient and willing to listen to all kinds of inspiration and that's just what you'll get by Thursday, at the latest. Now that you have this point of view, you're ready to move one way or the other. Friday, Saturday and Sunday are filled with feeling -- both yours and those of your loved ones. Talk, listen and laugh with each other.

Slow and steady does the trick during the first two days of the week. Don't push yourself if you're not ready. You're raring to plunge into something new and daring during the middle of the week. This swashbuckling side feels new, yet familiar. Congratulate yourself on accessing it. Use Friday and the weekend to examine your inner life. You don't want to get stuck in a pattern of acting out unconscious urges and being unhappy with the consequences. Remember that your martyrdom isn't part of the agenda, cosmic or otherwise.