Man, life just throws you curveballs sometimes, doesn’t it? Last year, felt like I was stuck in quicksand, trying to figure out what was what. My job wasn’t clicking, home stuff felt up in the air, just generally felt like I was bumping into walls trying to find a way forward.
I was just scrolling through stuff late one night, probably avoiding sleep, when I stumbled onto this whole “Gong Hee Fot Choy” thing. Sounded totally out there, like something from an old fortune cookie box. But the heading said “free readings,” and well, free is a pretty good price when you’re feeling a bit lost and broke, right?
How I Even Got Into This Mess
I wasn’t looking for some deep spiritual awakening, honestly. Just a nudge, maybe a hint about which way was up. My buddy, Mark, he’d been bugging me about trying some meditation app, but my brain just wouldn’t shut up. So, when I saw this card thing popping up, it looked… different. Less about emptying your mind, more about getting a direct message, even if it was just weird old cards.
So, I clicked. Found a site. It was pretty basic, no fancy graphics or anything. Just said “Welcome to your Gong Hee Fot Choy Reading.” It asked me to pick some numbers, like you’d pick lottery numbers. I thought, “Alright, whatever.” Just punched in my birthday and a couple of other random digits that popped into my head. After that, it told me to click to “shuffle” the cards. Not a real shuffle, obviously, just a button on the screen making a little digital swoosh sound.
Then, boom, four cards appeared. Big, kinda elaborate pictures, nothing I recognized. And underneath each one, a short sentence or two, like a little fortune. The first time, I just blinked at it. What was I even looking at? It felt a bit like reading really vague horoscopes, you know? Like, “A journey awaits” or “Seek wisdom.” Pretty generic stuff.
But then I read the whole thing together, the four sentences. And one of them, something about “a hidden opportunity disguised as an ending,” actually pinged in my head. I’d just lost a client at work, and I was feeling pretty down about it. This reading, in its own weird way, made me stop and think, “What if that’s true? What if losing that client actually frees me up for something better?”
My Real Practice and Recording Process
That little flicker of an idea got me hooked, just enough to try it again. And again. I didn’t get all serious with candles and incense, none of that. My practice was way simpler:
- Every few days, usually after work: I’d head back to that same site. I picked different numbers each time, just whatever felt right in the moment. Sometimes it was a date, sometimes just random digits.
- Snapping Screenshots: At first, I just read it and forgot. But then I started feeling like I was missing something. So, I just started taking a screenshot of the whole reading – the four cards, the sentences.
- My “Logbook”: I opened a simple text file on my computer. Nothing fancy, just a plain old notepad file. I’d paste the screenshot in there.
- Writing down what was going on: Underneath the screenshot, I’d quickly type a couple of bullet points. “Feeling stressed about X project.” “Had a weird argument with Y.” “Thinking about quitting Z.” Just raw, unedited thoughts about what was rattling around in my brain at that moment.
- Reading it a second time: After I wrote down my thoughts, I’d re-read the Gong Hee Fot Choy sentences. This was the key. Now, with my current life stuff dumped out, the sentences started to make a bit more sense, or at least they’d spark a new thought.
For example, one time I got a card that talked about “finding strength in quiet contemplation.” And I’d just written down how I was feeling overwhelmed by all these different opinions from co-workers on a decision I had to make. Suddenly, it clicked. Maybe I just needed to shut out the noise and think for myself for a bit, not try to please everyone.
It wasn’t about the cards telling me exactly what to do. Not like, “Go buy stock in XYZ company.” It was more about giving me a framework, a different angle to look at my own tangled thoughts. My logbook filled up over a few months. It was a messy collection of screenshots and short, sometimes grumpy, notes.
What I Got Out of It
Looking back at that logbook now, it’s pretty wild. You can see how my worries shifted, how some of the “predictions” (or nudges, really) actually did sort of play out, not because they were magic, but because they helped me adjust my own thinking and actions.
I realized it’s not about being told your future. It’s more like a really subtle mirror. You look into it, and you see reflections of your own situation, but framed in a way that helps you untangle the mess. It forces you to pause, to connect some dots between vague old card meanings and the very specific, messy reality of your life.
Did it solve all my problems? Nah. But it gave me a quiet space to process things when I felt like I had no other outlets. It was a weird, free, digital hand-holding exercise that actually helped me navigate a rough patch. If you’re feeling lost, sometimes just a strange little trick like this can help you sort your head out.
