It’s time to initiate those hard conversations you’ve swept under the rug. Whether it’s advocating for more creative freedom within a collaboration or hashing out a chore roster with your roommates, dare to go there in your most sensitive entanglements. In fact, parsing out the details together will help diffuse hurt feelings. Name what’s working — and what isn’t — and then get your game plan down in writing. Call a spade a spade. When everyone’s needs are on the table, the real work can begin.