A Little Experiment of Mine
So, May 10th, right? I usually don’t pay much mind to horoscopes. Most days, I just scroll past ’em. But that morning, for some reason, I stopped. Maybe it was the coffee, maybe I was just looking for a distraction. I decided, okay, let’s see what the stars have cooked up for me today. This was going to be my little experiment, my practice for the day.
I pulled up one of those free horoscope sites on my phone. Swiped around till I found my sign. And the prediction for May 10th? It was something like, “An unexpected encounter could lead to new opportunities. Keep an open mind.” Pretty standard vague stuff, you know? The kind that could mean anything or nothing at all. I made a mental note, that was my “record” to check against.
So, I started my day. My “practice” for the day was simple: just live my life, but keep that little prediction in the back of my head. See if anything clicked. I went to the grocery store. Was the cashier the “unexpected encounter”? We exchanged pleasantries, the usual “have a nice day” stuff, but no “new opportunities” popped up from behind the till. Paid for my stuff, went home. Nothing major there.
Later, I got a call. An old colleague, someone I hadn’t spoken to in ages. Now, that felt a bit unexpected. We chatted for a bit, caught up on what we’d both been doing. He then mentioned his company was looking for someone with my kind of skills. “Aha!” I thought, “Here it is! The encounter! The opportunity!” Sounded like the horoscope was onto something. He said he’d send over the details. So far, so good for the stars, right?
But here’s the thing, the real test of my practice. I got the email with the job details. The “opportunity”? Well, it was for a role I was wildly overqualified for, and the pay was, let’s just say, not exactly a “new opportunity” I’d jump at. It felt more like a step back, to be honest. So, an encounter, yes. Unexpected, sure. Opportunity? Debatable. Definitely needed an “open mind” to even consider it for a second before I politely decided it wasn’t for me.
- Checked horoscope first thing: Done.
- Noted prediction in my head: Done. “Unexpected encounter, new opportunities.”
- Lived my day, kept an eye out: Done.
- Encounter happened: Kind of. Old colleague called out of the blue.
- Opportunity presented: Technically, yes. But not a good or fitting one.
So, what did my little May 10th experiment, my documented practice, teach me? Well, it’s like this. These horoscopes, they’re masters of suggestion. They throw out these broad, fuzzy statements. You’re almost bound to find something in your day that kinda fits if you’re looking for it hard enough. That call from my colleague? It probably would’ve happened anyway, horoscope or not. I might have just thought, “Oh, nice to hear from him,” and moved on without trying to shoehorn it into a prediction.
It’s like they give you a pair of rose-tinted, or maybe just blurry, glasses, and you start seeing shapes in the clouds that look like what they told you to expect. My “record” for the day, if I was being honest, showed the prediction was, like, 20% accurate, and only if you squinted real hard and were feeling generous. It didn’t magically change my day or unlock some cosmic secret. It just made me overthink a random phone call for a bit.
I guess that’s my takeaway from this whole May 10th horoscope business. It’s fun for a bit of a laugh, maybe a conversation starter when you’re bored. But basing any real decisions on it, or expecting profound insights? Nah. I went back to just scrolling past them the next day. My May 10th experiment was conclusive enough for me. Back to dealing with actual, tangible stuff.