When I worked in the theatre in my early 20s, I attended a talk where the speaker began by posing a question: are you a lucky person? We were given a moment to consider our response and I decided that, yes, I am a lucky person. The speaker went on to explain that people who consider themselves lucky are in fact lucky, because this belief makes them more likely to take chances and create opportunities that will result in the manifestation of their goals. As I reflected on this, I could see that while there is an element of chance involved in all things, perhaps I had been more of an active participant in my achievements than I had previously given myself credit for.
I recently found myself thinking back to that talk when I stumbled upon the TikTok trend ‘Lucky
