Every year there is a two-week period when I become a superstitious Chinese person. I am Chinese year-round but my belief in superstitions ramps up around lunar new year.
It is irrational, I know, to believe that I – a regular person with no magical powers – can control how much good luck or bad luck I receive, by doing things like not washing my hair or sweeping at particular times. And yet. Am I living with such an abundance of luck right now that I want to risk washing or sweeping it all away? No, which is why I won’t do these things on the first day of the lunar year (that’s this Saturday, in case you feel similarly). Also, bonus: clean hair and a clean home to start the year. Is this … self-care?
