Some say there's no gain without pain. Perhaps there's an element of truth in this statement - but some gains in life are most definitely painless - and that doesn't make them any the less valuable. Likewise, you can't guarantee yourself a gain, just by creating a source of pain! You don't need to suffer. Nor need you endlessly 'put up' with something that's creating discomfort. Remember that you are entitled to enjoyment and happiness. If you act in this new year as if you expect it, you'll get it. Your short-term plans, your long-term goals and your need to allow yourself to evolve as an individual are all gloriously well aligned. Small adjustments in attitude have started to add up to a bright vision of what's attainable. In following your intuition so closely, you have taken significant steps. Now, as you continue to distinguish the inner voice of wisdom from the inner voice of fear, you can free yourself from a problem that needs to be seen as part of the past, not the future.