That Time I Got Reincarnated As A Slime With Amy Klobuchar?

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Dream 1

This dream took place during the day and it involved most of my family except for my brother CC and his family, I can not remember why, but we ended up walking across the field to the now abandoned Action Packed House.

We went inside the house, I can not remember why or what we did, I just remember wanting to leave as soon as possibly before someone saw us.

We entered the house from a fictional door on the left side of the house, and then I remember being the first to leave and walk back to my parents house.

Oddly, inside of my parents house was a door on the wall facing the field that was connected to the Action Packed House, which makes no sense because the house is across the field in real life and it was in the dream.

Somehow I did not notice how this did not make any sense, I only worried about someone using that door to enter our house, and so I started trying to adjust and close the door and block it with something.

The door was old and messed up with no door knob / door handle, I managed to close it as secure as I could, and then I used a large wooden board to cover some of it from our side while trying to put some heavy objects behind the wood to hold it in place.

My family returned while I was doing this and I explained the situation and they started to help, but that is all that I can remember of this dream.

Dream 2

This dream was inspired by the anime television show That Time I Got Reincarnated As A Slime, that I am watching with my brother GC, and a video that someone sent me called This Is The Question Amy Klobuchar Says She’d Ask Trump:

This is not clear but I think that the dream involved maybe me being a slime monster from the anime television show That Time That I Got Reincarnated As A Slime or I was just a head or something strange like that, and I had a special ability that was like the ability Predator that the character Rimuru Tempest has except weaker.

I could touch an object (living and non-living) and scan / analyse it, and fix or heal it too if I wanted to and if I had the resources to.

I remember using this ability to help people by scanning / analyzing them for health problems, and then healing them; and so people would come to me for diagnosing and healing health problems.

Either in this dream or another dream I ended up interacting with some politicians who were campaigning in The United States I assume (maybe The 2020 United States Presidential Election, but I am not sure), one of the politicians was The United States senator Amy Klobuchar, and the other was a male politician but I can not remember who he was.

I am not sure if they had asked me for help or not at first, I just remember wanting to scan / analyze them to test their truthfulness et cetera, but I am not sure if I got to do this or not; I just know that I remember thinking that some of them were probably afraid of what I might find if I used my ability to scan / analyze them.

I am not sure if this ability would also allow me to access some of their memories or not, I just know that some of them wanted me to use my ability to scan / analyze them for health problems so that I could heal them if there were any health problems, and maybe some of them wanted me to improve them and / or make adjustments to them if that was possible.

Senator Klobuchar was probably one of the politicians who wanted me to check them for health problems et cetera, so I talked with her, and I probably went to use my ability on her.

We were at an indoor / outdoor area with marble pillars like a government building, and so I assume we were at The United States Capitol.

But I that is all that I can remember of this dream.

Dream 3

After work today I watched an episode of the television show The Punisher (Season 2) and then I took a nap, and I had one or more dreams and I woke up remembering part of a dream that was fading quickly but I did not record it.

The dream was possibly partly inspired by The Punisher (Season 2), but I can not remember.

There was something going on that I can not remember now, but I decided to type this anyway even though that is all that I can remember now.

The end,

-John Jr

Can You Learn To Be Lucky?: Why Some People Seem To Win More Often Than Others

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What is it?

The 2018 book Can You Learn To Be Lucky?: Why Some People Seem To Win More Often Than Others by Karla Starr.

What is it about?

This is how Goodreads describes this book:

“I don’t know when I’ve been so wowed by a new author”
-Chip Health, co-author of The Power of Moments and Switch

A talented journalist reveals the hidden patterns behind what we call “luck” — and shows us how we can all improve outcomes despite life’s inevitable randomness.

“Do you believe in luck?” is a polarizing question, one you might ask on a first date.

Some of us believe that we make our own luck.

Others see inequality everywhere and think that everyone’s fate is at the whim of the cosmos.

Karla Starr has a third answer: unlucky, “random” outcomes have predictable effects on our behavior that often make us act in self-defeating ways without even realizing it.

In this groundbreaking book, Starr traces wealth, health, and happiness back to subconscious neurological processes, blind cultural assumptions, and tiny details you’re in the habit of overlooking.

Each chapter reveals how we can cultivate personal strengths to overcome life’s unlucky patterns.

For instance:

Everyone has free access to that magic productivity app–motivation.

The problem?

It isn’t evenly distributed.

What lucky accidents of history explain patterns behind why certain groups of people are more motivated in some situations than others?

If you look like an underperforming employee, your resume can’t override the gut-level assumptions that a potential boss will make from your LinkedIn photo.

How can we make sure that someone’s first impression is favorable?

Just as people use irrelevant traits to make assumptions about your intelligence, kindness, and trustworthiness, we also make inaccurate snap judgments.

How do these judgments affect our interactions, and what should we assume about others to maximize our odds of having lucky encounters?

We don’t always realize when the world’s invisible biases work to our advantage or recognize how much of a role we play in our own lack of luck.

By ending the guessing game about how luck works, Starr allows you to improve your fortunes while expending minimal effort.

Final Thoughts

I was working one Saturday in December 2018 at my job at The BP Library at the very end of the work day when a book flew off the shelf from being on display in the beginning of the adult non-fiction section after I had already passed by on my way back to the shelving room because it was about time to go.

I was confused by how this book had flown / flew off the shelf like that, I picked the book up and it was the book Can You Learn To Be Lucky?: Why Some People Seem To Win More Often Than Others (which I did not bother even looking at the title of at the time), and I put the book back on display when I noticed the book next to it on display which was the book Mastering Fear: A Navy SEAL’s Guide.

The book Mastering Fear: A Navy SEAL’s Guide caught my attention even though it was not the book that flew from the self, I did not even bother looking at the title for that book, and I decided to check out Mastering Fear: A Navy SEAL’s Guide because the topic seemed like something that could help me and the other book flying from the shelf was almost like a sign.

My female coworker JB checked the book Mastering Fear: A Navy SEAL’s Guide out for me at the front desk, I told her about how the other book had flew off the shelf but it was the book on display next to it that caught my attention, and she suggested that I go back and get the book that flew off the shelf like it was some kind of sign (which was the book Can You Learn To Be Lucky?: Why Some People Seem To Win More Often Than Others) so I did.

I checked out both books, I finished reading the book Eye that my male coworker Mr. JF let me borrow, then I read the book Mastering Fear: A Navy SEAL’s Guide, and then I read the book Can You Learn To Be Lucky?: Why Some People Seem To Win More Often Than Others.

This book Can You Learn To Be Lucky?: Why Some People Seem To Win More Often Than Others started as an easy read and it covered more topics in relation to luck than I had expected, which was nice and it reminded me of a more entertaining Sociology lecture from my college days when my favorite college professor Mrs. C taught the Sociology classes that I attended, but near the end this book got a bit repetitive and it felt like it was padded out a bit to make it a bit longer than it should have been.

Even with it becoming more difficult to read at the end, it was still a short book, and overall it was still a pretty easy read with some helpful mentions of some scientific research along with some helpful life advice.

This book basically gives you some life advice that anyone can apply to their lives to increase their luck / chances et cetera in life, and Ms. Starr added a bit of her own personality and style to it.

I am glad that I read this book too like my coworker JB suggested, and so thank you JB for the advice.

The end,

-John Jr