Progress could require cooperation, which may trigger your urge to do everything alone. Before you dismiss an opportunity, examine the arrangement. Who contributes what? Who controls the money? How do you leave if it stops working? Compare those answers with the actual problems in your previous experience. Your independence matters, and clear terms help you retain it. Whatever you do, don't let one bad partnership veto a future one.

Does what excited or inspired you in the past still give you goosebumps? Before investing more cash or effort, check that you still want the prize. A mind-broadening opportunity in the form of learning or travel could bring a fresh perspective to this goal or ambition. If achievement boosts your mojo, then keep it going by allowing more leisure and pleasure into your world. What and who make your heart beat faster need and deserve just as much attention.