the best thing you can do for yourself is actively increase your surface area for luck to hit you. go outside, try new cafes, museums, events, take a new route home, speak to people, ask questions, side quest. the more you do, the more serendipity and synchronicity will find you.
In case you've never heard the howl of an arctic wolf, here it is, it's worth listening to it.
[original video before the musical adaptation: azhennac]
🐶: are u okay? 🐶: are u okay? 🐶: are u okay? 🐶: are u okay? 🐶: are u okay? 🐶: are u okay? 🐶: are u okay? 🐶: are u okay? 🐶: are u okay? 🐶: are u okay? 🐶: are u okay? 🐶: are u okay? 🐶: are u okay?
Major cheat code for life: Master the art of the fresh start. From a bad morning. From a bad interaction. From a missed workout. From a poor decision. The goal isn't to avoid the fall. It's to shorten the time between the fall and the reset. Fast recovery compounds.
I finally understand what Machiavelli meant when he said, “Never play fair in a game where others cheat.” It doesn’t mean become evil. It means stop being naive. Stop bringing honesty to people who study manipulation, stop giving access to people who weaponize closeness, and stop expecting clean hands from people who already showed you they’ll throw dirt. Sometimes wisdom is not revenge. Sometimes wisdom is learning the rules of the room before the room uses your goodness against you.