I’m updating this blog post from 2017 because John Finnemore illustrated one of my favorite sketches (I think of it as Alchemy) and shared it on YouTube!
Who is John Finnemore, you may ask?
Oh, you know, he’s Neil Gaiman’s writing partner for Season 2 of Good Omens. (If you have to ask who Gaiman is, or what Good Omens is, you have a lot of good stuff ahead of you, you lucky devil!)
ORIGINAL POST:
We don’t talk about this kind of thing in our culture, but back in 2017, I made a bit of money. The way I did it was very 2000’s, terribly old-fashioned: I “won” the startup lottery – a small bet I placed on a company I worked for in one of my past lives.
Good thing too, because the living room remodel was over budget, leaving the kitchen remodel with a shortfall. My unexpected windfall plugged the financial gap between projects, for which I am extremely thankful. The money was needed, it arrived, it is spent, like it never happened.
This does happen in the world sometimes: You get exactly what you need when you need it. There’s no knowing when, no control, no way to include it in planning or the risk/benefit analysis. You have to jump and hope.
Or, believe that a grand and glorious conspiracy of Alchemy is on your side. Sometimes I believe this, but I know it will only serve me if I do good in the world.
So to all the friends I’ve ever loaned or given money to, all the causes I’ve donated for: Thank you so much for the opportunity to serve. It makes it easier to say, “I deserve this good financial luck. I did good, and it always comes back around.”
Series 2, Track 4, 13:00
What do you think?