Are Some People Just Born Lucky?
Or do we create our own luck?
Every since I was little, my sister always told me that I was a lucky kid. This is not to brag, but things just often came naturally and effortlessly for me. This came in the form of sport, school, and being an overall “likable” person. It even came in the form of pure dumb luck.
Take for example, my first time going to a casino. I won $300 on the first machine that I played. It was a silly Wheel of Fortune game and it was my first time gambling. Beginner’s luck as some would call it — I was 18. And to an 18-year-old, that seemed like a lot of money at the moment. Even to this day, I somehow frequently find money on the ground (This past Saturday, to be honest.)
In school, I made friends rather quickly and I never interviewed for a job that I didn’t get. Things always somehow just worked out for me. I never had to try very hard. But, that’s not to say that I didn’t put in the work to go along with it. I did.
But, to say that I’m a lucky person is a matter of perspective. And a matter of comparison analysis.
To me, I’d attribute my luck to my bubbly personality and being blessed with the ability to learn quickly and get things done right away. I also rarely deviated from…
