I keep having these experiences where I feel compelled to do something with no logical explanation, then afterwards it leads to some serendipitous (and unlikely) event.

Does anyone know of any scientific or not so scientific explanations for this sort of thing? Maybe its a psychological hindsight bias but the feeling is different from a coincidence. It’s a very real “I should do this but I have no idea why”.

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when you feel compelled, do you feel in that moment "this is going to lead to something, I just know it..."

or do you not realize you had that feeling initially until after the serendipitous event?

It doesn’t feel like it will lead to something but I do recognize that I’m feeling some sort of pull in the moment

reminds me of Jung's idea of synchronicity

Hearing this a lot, time to read some Jung