Your Thoughts Do Not Create Your Reality, Stupid.

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to be honest, it's when I stopped thinking about it that the cheque came

That's a technique chaos magicians use in regards to sigils. Apparently forgetting the desire empowers it for whatever reason. It's something I'm still trying to figure out.

it's because the attachment to the idea of having your desire met paradoxically serves as an obstacle to your desire being met, because that attachment comes with the worry that it will not be met.