Never underestimate its’ power. Ever.
My intuition hooked me up two separate times yesterday. First, as I was walking to my car last night in the rain and the dark, I came across an envelope lying on the sidewalk. When I first saw it I just stepped over it and went on, but when I got to my car I started thinking, “what if there’s money in that envelope?” or “what if it’s something important someone dropped?” I shrugged these thoughts off at first, thinking that if it was money I would not want to feel the guilt involved with finding someone else’s cash, so it would be better if someone else found it. I actually got in my car and started driving out of the lot and something in me was like, pick up that envelope! So I literally stopped my car and got out and shoved the dripping thing in my coat pocket.
Inside my car I tore it open (it pretty much fell apart it was so wet), and there were 3 checks inside written out to the same person, totaling over $900. Dang. I had no idea who the person was that the checks were written to, but one of them did have a phone number on it. So I called the number and left a message explaining who I was and that I found a check they had written to this certain person. Like 2 hours later a college kid called me back and said he had gotten my message from his mom, and he asked me if there were any other checks there. I told him about the two others, and it turns out they were the rent checks these students were going to drop off for their landlord. He was super relieved and said, “Thanks for being a good person.” I am kind of glad I got out of my car!
Second, we are writing this “critical literature review” paper in my Vocational class. It is supposed to be on some area of diversity as related to vocational psychology. That’s all the instructions for the assignment say; 15 pages of critical lit review. Naturally, I was assuming that a “literature review” means a thorough sweep of the existing literature on the topic; kind of like the “literature review” (cough cough) that you write for your thesis or for any journal article. So I have spent hours going through and reading articles on sexual orientation as it relates to vocational psychology. The paper is due tomorrow.
On a whim, I decided to stop by my professor’s office yesterday to see how broad of a literature review she wants us to do. I have thought about checking in with her many times before and always been like, “nah,” but yesterday something inside of me was like, “Go check!” So I did… and it turns out she takes “literature review” to mean 5-6 articles but deeply critiquing each of them. Hm. Now I have to pretty much start over. What a waste of all those hours! At least I checked though. I told her what I was in the process of doing and she was like, “Yeah… no…” Sigh. It might be a really late night (again) for me to get this right but at least I know now I won’t fail!