Fortune Telling

Day 122 of writing every day.

Fortune tellers seem to be pretty common in Japan compared to where I grew up in the states. I recall TV as having branded some as scammers who just make things up as they go, professionals at telling people what they want to hear, and so on. Nothing good comes of believing in superstitions peddled by these people and their tarot cards and zodiac sign readings or whatever else they can come up with.

I was never one to dismiss the idea of there being things beyond our current ability to understand purely with logic and reasoning. Often people will just write those types of things ending up being accurate as just dumb luck. But perhaps there are forces at work such as at the quantum level that affects things on a much smaller scale that’s simply beyond our ability to comprehend as of yet.

Quantum entanglement allows subatomic particles to become linked to one another even if they are physically separated and set apart by great distances. There’s no computer manipulating radio signals or anything to make it happen to my understanding. It’s some kind of binding property that makes entangled particles spin at the same time and in the same direction.

On a more relatable level, there’s the idea of karma and what goes around comes around. There’s no measuring how much good or bad one does in life and quantifying into some kind of energy that can be manipulated like electricity. We just believe that certain actions will lead to reward or punishment. It’s popularly accepted as happening in this life, but religious beliefs would also include the afterlife or the next life as well in the equation.

Although there’s no way that my visa status could have been taken into consideration, the advice based on my date of birth did seem pretty spot-on for what I had come to see as the best strategy going forward for me, though I had to experience a lot of negative things to reach the conclusion the reading offered.

I’m not going to be feeling desperate trying to find a job within three months, but rather plan on taking April and May as a time to really focus on myself and for learning. The fortuneteller had no way of knowing my plans but the reading felt like it was good if not encouraging advice. If I have the luxury of being able to get by for a while without having to work, there’s no reason to not make time for myself.

Once you start working for a company, no one seems to care about you. You give your time for the company, not the way around. What you get is money in return, and maybe some sense of being valued and doing something that has meaning if lucky.

The fortuneteller also said I can do just about anything, and I find that to be agreeable. It wasn’t meant in the sense that I can do everything, just that I’m always up for the challenge and with training I can do just about any task as I’m not too vocal or picky as a hard-working person. They gave the contrast to someone who thinks they can only do certain things and refuse to take on other work.

The downside of being able to do anything is that as a person I’d find little meaning in the things I do. Because I’m so handy and useful, higher-ups will just use me however they please because they think I’ll have it all handled and won’t care to check what I want to do like people who are either nit-picky or very specific about what they’re willing to do. That explanation kind of sums up how I’ve been feeling like I’m not being utilized properly by people running things all the time as a working adult.

Because of that it seems that I’d be better suited to be leading things as I’m the type of person who could be said to be considerate and agreeable with people even if they’re of opposite spectrums while keeping my own views down on the low. That or where I freelance and run things myself without submitting to tendencies to let others run things simply because they refuse to be the one following orders.

I could go on but it feels like a good place for me to stop. Just writing on feels more like a task than a hobby. I’ll be keeping the fortune reading in mind as I go. It might not be true, but I think it’s a form of motivation I needed to jump start my life towards a more successful position.

Thanks for reading!