In my readings the Page of Pentacles is all about either talking about the curiosity of wanting to get to know someone or focus. What your focus should be on is usually decided by the card sitting next to the Page.
Let's talk about getting to know someone first. A lot of us like to skip over the importance of this step - especially in dating. We get caught up in what we want things to be and wondering what things will be like in the future, or if they will be anything at all. This thinking is based in fear (and sometimes fiendish curiosity) and is a symptom of not being connected to ourselves in a way where we feel strong enough to allow things to unfold as they are. When we are secure within ourselves, we are more able to take the time to get to know someone else.
Outside of romance though, sometimes it's important to remember to get to know other people as well. As we get older and want things to be solid immediately, we want to rush into new friendships too. It's all too easy to make a snap judgment of someone. This card indicates that we need to take the time to get to know who others really are.
In her new book Braving the Wilderness, Brene Brown talks about how it's hard to hate people when you get up close. So move in. Does this mean you should do this at the detriment of your own personal boundaries? Nope! But in some circumstances, this may help you understand motivations more.
In novelist David Foster Wallace's commencement speech at Kenyon University, he talks about how you always have a choice in your surroundings to either think the world's priorities revolve around you, or that maybe the way a particular person acts - like a woman who yells at her child in public - does not always act that way and had just a horrible day. Or that people who cut you off on the road are speeding because they have an emergency at home.
In short, he asks you to extend yourself to understand others more, and this is what the Page of Pentacles asks you to do here.
As far as focus goes, we live in a culture that is overly tuned into everything, where so many things are at our fingertips that if we don't seriously regulate ourselves, we can get overwhelmed and lose concentration.
I find it's sometimes easier before bed, or in the afternoon, to make a list of things that need to be done the next day or over the week. This way, there is always a touchstone in case I get caught falling down a rabbit hole on twitter, or Facebook, or Instagram, or random articles. The more we put ourselves in the position of having information coming at us, the less we listen to our guts on what we should choose to consume.
I think it's okay to want to be aware of what's going on in the world with the news, or cultural happenings etc, but maybe it's better to list the sources that you can go to, so that you can be more in control of your day and your time.
Focus on what you are passionate about, focus on what you want to and need to accomplish, make sure that you are honoring those things by carving out uninterrupted time for them in whatever way works for you. Time management (which takes focus) is the key to success.
