Can we talk about the week where everything just clicked, versus the week it all fell apart?

Last month I had two totally opposite weeks back to back. First week: Monday I finished a project a day early, Tuesday my kid got the school award he wanted, Wednesday I found $20 in an old jacket, and by Friday I had energy to cook dinner every night. It felt like the universe was on my side. Then the next week: Monday my car battery died in the parking lot at Target, Tuesday I forgot my mom's birthday until 9pm, Wednesday I spilled coffee on my laptop, and Thursday I got a flat tire on I-75. Nothing huge, but all of it piled up and I felt like I couldn't catch a break. What makes a good week good? Is it just luck, or do we set ourselves up for it somehow? Did I do something different that first Monday that I didn't repeat? Or is it random and we just tell ourselves stories about the pattern? Anyone else notice their good stretches and bad stretches come in clumps, or is it just me?

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patricia_wright16d ago

Funny how those stretches always come in clumps, right? I swear the good weeks feel like a reward for nothing and the bad ones feel like a punishment for the same nothing, so maybe we just notice the pattern more when we're already looking for it.