It’s July 24 on the calendar.

But first a little disclaimer:

👀 I see signs. I notice coincidences.

A witch? — you might think.

Well, maybe… but only a witch with critical thinking.

It happens to me all the time:

23:07 on the clock (which also happens to be my birthday). Coincidences. Repeating phrases. Dreams that come true. Sometimes I notice the tiniest things and feel it in my bones: that’s a sign!

But I fully understand how it works.

It’s not magic. There’s actually a very logical explanation — apophenia.

*That’s when your brain sees meaning and connections where there objectively aren’t any.

Basically, your neurons go:

“Hey, two events just happened one after another — they must be connected, right?”

But it’s just life, bаby. Chaotic, illogical, and stubbornly refusing to follow a script.

And even if it’s just a glitch in perception, even if it’s not a sign but a bug … I like it. It gives me this weird little feeling that I’m on the right path. That something (or someone) is guiding me. That there’s meaning to it all. It doesn’t stop me from using my brain , but it definitely fuels my heart.

🦌 My personal sign is a deer.

Not a butterfly, not a cricket, not some glowing mandala — nope, a deer.

The first time it appeared to me was during a yoga retreat a meditation where we were supposed to “meet our guardian”.

I honestly expected something small and modest — like a bird. Or maybe a forest mouse. Maybe, if we really push it a hedgehog.

But no. A deer showed up. Majestic. With antlers.

Since then whenever I feel like absolute shit, scared, lost, or stuck in my own mental maze ,I ask for a sign. And suddenly (or not so suddenly), I start seeing deer.

On the street. In pictures. In videos. They just show up, as if they’re winking at me:

“Yeah, you’re on your path. Stop whining.”

Maybe it gives me strength.

Maybe it’s just a ritual. But it works.

On this trip, right before my birthday ,I asked for a sign again. Because lately, things have been… unsettling. You know 🫠 I needed something to hold on to.

And yep I saw deer. In the most unexpected place.

I even pet one.

(No spoilers you’ll see it all in the next part)

So here’s what I really wanted to say: It doesn’t
matter whether it’s apophenia or magic. Both can be true in my coordinate system. What matters isn’t whether there’s some “objective truth” to it but what it gives me.

A sense of meaning?

Maybe peace.

A feeling that I’m on the right path?

This weird, sometimes ridiculous mosaic of coincidences gives at least some illusion of structure as if the universe isn’t just chaos at the speed of light, but a novel full of clues.

Clues written just for me.

Like a love letter 🤭

And if you have something like that too — use it.

Just remember about boundaries 🤓