I really, honestly, and genuinely thought that 2018 was going to be my year. But then again, I’ve been saying that every year since, like, forever. Unfortunately, 2018 is no different than any other year which means that I can’t seem to catch a break from bad luck.

“A Series of Unfortunate Events” is real, and I’m living it.

There have been days when I’ve slipped on ice, spilled my coffee, and missed an assignment deadline within a time span of an hour. If that isn’t bad luck, then I’m not sure I know what bad luck is. I have even gone as far as trying every superstition possible to rid myself of this curse. I’ve gone as far to avoid black cats, walking under ladders, and I've consistently annoyed my roommate every time I threw a dash of salt over my shoulder.

Luck is simply the experience of notably positive, negative, or improbable events. So being "lucky" or "unlucky” is irrelevant in the grand scheme of things. It is just simply a descriptive label that points out an event's positivity, negativity, or improbability.

Which brings me to Murphy’s Law: anything that can go wrong, will go wrong. It’s essentially the same thing as bad luck — there simply is no probability factor.

However, if there is a pessimistic side, then there also must be an optimistic take: Yphrum’s Law states, "Anything that can go right, will go right."

Since physicists have been dragged into the conversation, I might as well include Newton. Isaac Newton named three laws of physics. No need to worry, I only want to focus on the third law, which is as follows: for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.

You may not have realized, but Newton’s third law is also the law of karma. Who would have thought physics would hold so much meaning?

To break things down a little bit further, the law of karma teaches us that all of our thoughts, words, and actions begin a chain of cause and effect and that we will personally experience the effects of everything we cause.

We may not experience the effect (the returning karma) right away, and it may not even be in this lifetime, but you can count on it just the same. It is a cosmic law, which means that it applies to everyone, everywhere, all the time.

I’m throwing out all superstitions and abiding by the law of karma in an attempt to get rid of my nasty luck.