Comments on: Monday Morning Question: superstition

By: AnotherFaceintheCrowd

AnotherFaceintheCrowd — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:57:49 +0000

I get you on the stated intent one! I feel that it has a more mundane reason: once I say I’m going to do something, part of the tension to get it done is gone. Especially potent with writing projects.

Yeah, I get terrified of runs of smooth sailing. Feel as if some disaster is just round the corner. Which, statistically, it is — as my driving instructor used to say when I’d stop at a clear junction, peering cautiously around to see if it was safe, if you wait long enough, something will come. It just feels as if doing well calls challenges into being.

By: philangelus

philangelus — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 16:33:48 +0000

My Patient Husband and I always have the same reaction when we’re doing good financially: that you don’t have money without needing it for some terrible reason. It hasn’t happened that way in a while, but we still feel that way.

By: Wendy

Wendy — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 16:06:40 +0000

If I share impending good news before it happens, it won’t happen. If I state intent, the intended job won’t get done.

By: Capt Cardor

Capt Cardor — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 21:13:51 +0000

I feel that every time I stop and consciously think that things are going well in my life, then suddenly things go wrong. Its very silly, but its something I live with.

Conversely, if I stop and consciously think that things are going bad in my life, then they continue to go bad.

By: Ivy

Ivy — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 18:56:21 +0000

I’m a Friggatriskaideckaphobe and a triskaideckaphobe. I’m not looking forward to Friday.

By: whiskers

whiskers — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 17:39:00 +0000

Mine is if I talk about doing okay financially, I will immediately have something happen that takes away that security I feel. It happens every single time. So I really try not to say, “well, we’re doing fine, we can do xxxxx.” I just don’t give the thought voice.