“Fine.” Luna crossed her arms, staring at the strange, floating screen before her. “I’ll admit it — my life is a disaster right now. But, that doesn’t mean it won’t get better.”

  [It won’t.]

  Luna flinched, then glared at the cat. “Can you just…”

  [If you were going to get your life back on track anytime soon, I would not have been called. I am here to save you, from yourself.]

  Luna rolled her eyes and collapsed onto her chair. “Sure.”

  [Now, it is time to set your [GLOW UP HOLY GRAIL].]

  As the cat said those words, the letters on the screen disappeared and were replaced by a few new lines:

  [[GLOW UP HOLY GRAIL] — Set your glow up goals and watch them get fulfilled!]

  “Watch them get fulfilled”? Yeah right, Luna thought, raising an eyebrow skeptically.

  [So, what parts of your dreadful life do you want to improve?]

  “...” Luna heaved a deep sigh. “Fine. How about… not being so tired all the time?”

  [HOLY GRAIL #1: Energy Management]

  As the string of words appeared under the heading on the screen, Luna blinked at it, then turned to the cat. “What’s energy management? Don’t you mean time management?”

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  The black cat yawned and waved one paw as it said:

  [Time management is overrated.]

  Just as Luna was about to refute it incredulously, the cat continued:

  [You’ve tried to improve your time management skills before, haven’t you?]

  Luna paused.

  [You would create detailed schedules, organizing all your events and activities, then trying to follow them to the dot. But, you always gave up before it even lasted a day, isn’t that right?]

  “...Have you been spying on me?”

  The cat decisively continued, ignoring her.

  [All of your organization failed because you organized your tasks and your time, but not your energy.]

  “...Huh.”

  [You also procrastinate before completing your homework because school drains you of your energy, so you have to re-charge by procrastinating.]

  The cat leapt into the air, seemingly for dramatic effect, and landed on thin air as if there was an invisible perch there.

  [But if you master energy management, you will have energy to pay attention and actually LEARN in school instead of SLEEPING in class everyday.]

  Luna flinched. So this cat had been spying on her…

  [And since you actually learn in school, it takes you half the time to do homework, and you won’t need to study as much because you already know the material. Then, because doing schoolwork takes up less of your time, you will have more time left over to do the things you like to do!]

  “Okay, okay! I see how important energy management is! But my question is: how do you actually do it?”

  [It’s very simple actually. Just wake up at the same time every day — no matter if it is a weekend or a break.]

  A chill ran down Luna’s spine. “You’re saying I have to wake up at 6 AM… every. single. day…???”

  [If you wake up early every day, it will cause you to also go to sleep early because you will be tired. This will set your biological clock in the right time frame.]

  Luna pondered it over. “Then what if I have to sleep late one day? Like… if I have to perform in a concert?”

  [You must still wake up at the same time as usual. If you wake up late, you will consequently want to go to sleep late afterwards, messing up your biological clock once again — similar to your condition right now.]

  Luna hated to admit it, but what this cat was saying sounded pretty reasonable.

  However, she took it back very quickly the next day when — on a perfectly nice weekend when she would have slept in — the meowing of a stupid cat and the sudden absence of her warm, comfortable blanket abruptly awoke her at 6 AM in the morning, when not even the sun itself was awake yet.