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Always Felt Unlucky With Money? In 1 Minute, See Which Weight You've Been Carrying, and Why It Was Never Your Fault

Ten easy taps, nothing to type. At the end, what women like you set down right where the worry sits.

Where does the money worry sit in your house?

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"Thank you for a quiz that didn't make me feel stupid. That's rare." Ann T., 67

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When do you first look at your bank balance?

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An envelope comes that looks like a bill. You…

A British professor, Richard Wiseman, spent about ten years studying people who called themselves unlucky. They weren't short on luck. They were carrying so much worry, they couldn't see what was right in front of them.

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What have you already tried? Tap all that apply.

Tap at least one, or "Nothing yet".

Most of what's sold for this asks something more of you: wear it the right way, say it every night, track every cent, pay again next month. Nothing was wrong with you for trying. The women who've stopped counting found a different kind of thing, and you'll see it at the end.

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"Knowing my luck, nothing will work for me." Does that sound like you?

If any part of you said yes, you're not alone. In Wiseman's test, the people who called themselves unlucky counted the photographs in a newspaper for two minutes. On page two, in letters two inches tall, it said: "Stop counting. There are 43 photographs in this newspaper." They never saw it. Nothing was wrong with their luck. Their eyes were on the counting.

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Has anyone ever told you the money didn't come because you didn't believe enough?

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Almost done. Which age group are you in? So the women you hear from at the end are your age.

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Does your faith matter in what you keep in your home? Some readers ask whether a stone belongs in a Christian home. If it matters to you, we'll answer it.

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Who else at your table carries this?

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If a piece of real stone sat right where the worry sits, would you give it 60 days on your table?

Reading your answers…

  • Where the worry sits
  • What you've already tried
  • Which weight you've been carrying

"It doesn't ask me to do anything. That's the point." Dolores M., 61

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Your weight

The numbers.

Your eyes have been on the app, the sums, the receipts, for a long time. Not because you're careless. Because you're careful, and nobody has been careful alongside you.

It's not that you're cursed. You've been counting.

Your weight

Doing it alone.

Every bill, every balance, every what-if has been yours to carry. You didn't ask for help, or you asked and it didn't come. That's heavy, and it shows up as "knowing my luck."

It's not that you're cursed. You've been carrying it all by yourself.

Your weight

Waiting.

Somebody promised you it would come if you thought the right thoughts, wore the right bracelet, said the right affirmations. You did. You're still waiting, and somewhere along the way you started to think the problem was you.

It's not that you're cursed. It was never your faith.

Because you said

  • The worry sits at the kitchen table, where you do the sums.
  • You've already tried a money bracelet: something you had to keep wearing, saying, tracking or paying for.
  • You haven't tried anything yet. Good: you're starting with nothing to undo.
  • Just you at your table. Most readers still take the 2 + 1: one for their table, two for the people they think of when the bills come. The third is free.
  • Others carry it too. That's the 2 + 1: you pay for two, the third is free. One for your table, two to give.
  • A whole family carrying it. That's the 3 + 2: you pay for three, two are free. One for your table, one for each of them.
  • Not sure yet? On the 2 + 1 the third is free, so you'll have one ready when you know who it's for.

What women like you keep there instead

So whatever sits at the kitchen table, where you do the sums has to do three things. Be there before the phone is. Ask nothing of you: nothing to wear, say, charge or get wrong. And be something your eyes want to land on every morning, for years, not a note you stop seeing in a week.

The one thing women like you found that does all three is the Sovereign Abundance Pyramid. Real stone, about four ounces: a lapis lazuli sphere with gold flecks, genuine gold flakes, malachite, amethyst and copper, sealed in a clear setting. You set it down once and leave it there. It's the one thing in that spot made for money coming in, not going out.

"It's there before the phone is. It asks nothing of me. Most mornings I pick it up first."

Joan A., 64, Knoxville, the reader whose letter about the newspaper test started this quiz

Why there, of all places. Wiseman wrote that the people who called themselves unlucky were more tense, and that worry narrows what you notice. The lucky ones looked up. Joan put hers in front of the chair where she used to open the bank app: "It's the first thing I see in the morning that isn't a number."

Your first 60 days

  1. Day 1. Take it out of its pouch and set it down at the kitchen table, where you do the sums. That's all you do.
  2. Week 3. Joan: "Some mornings I still check the app. But not five times a day anymore. Once. Sometimes not at all."
  3. Day 60. The end of your 60-Day Table Trial. Glad? Keep it. Not glad? They send the label, pay the return and refund every cent.

Your set-up

Each piece comes in its own pouch, in a gift box. On the 2 + 1 and the 3 + 2, the free pieces are added for you automatically: you'll see them at $0.00 in your cart.

Three pieces, three pouches, one gift box.

Send me the 2 + 1 →

The next page opens on your set-up, with every side, the inside and the pouch.

You wanted to see it up close first: that's the next page.

What women like you wrote back

★★★★★ 4.8 · 486 reviews · 2,700+ women keep one on their table [to obtain]

"Grandma's blue rock."

"I'm 78. I've done the sums at that table since before my grandson was born. Mine sits by the sugar bowl now, and I look at it before the checkbook. My granddaughter calls it Grandma's blue rock. I let her."

Mae L., 78, Florence, AL · Customer story [to obtain]

"The numbers."

"I took Diane's quiz and got the numbers, and I laughed because I'd checked my balance twice before I finished it. Mine sits by the coffee maker now. I look at it first."

Elaine W., 66, Lexington, KY · Customer story

"Doing it alone."

"Thirty-one years married and I'd never paid a bill until he passed. My daughter got me the three and kept one. We both keep ours by the mail."

Ruthanne B., 72, Chattanooga, TN · Customer story

"Waiting."

"Five years of affirmations and a bracelet that turned my wrist green. I'm done waiting for a sign. This just sits there and it's real. That's enough for me."

Dolores M., 61, Mobile, AL · Customer story

"Nothing with money. Still glad."

"No windfalls here. But I stopped opening the bank app in bed. I'll take it."

Peggy H., 69, Springfield, MO · Customer story

You said your faith matters

Many of the women who keep one pray with it on the table. Lapis is the blue the Bible calls "sapphire" under God's feet (Exodus 24:10). It's a stone, not an idol. Joan: "I still pray every morning, with my coffee. The stone sits on the table while I do. It doesn't replace anything." If it doesn't sit right with you, you have 60 days, and they pay the return.

Questions women ask

Is it a lucky charm?

No. It's real stone you set down once where the worry sits. It doesn't ask you to wear it, charge it or believe anything.

Why not just turn my phone face-down?

You can. Most of us turn it right back over. A note on the fridge stops being seen in a week. This is real stone that sits where you reach first, asks nothing of you, and is the one thing there you want to look at. If it doesn't earn its place, you have 60 days.

Will it bring money?

Nobody honest can promise that, and they don't. It's real stone, sealed, made to last, and it sits where you look every day. What women do with that is their own story.

Are the stones real? Isn't the clear part plastic?

Lapis lazuli, amethyst and malachite, with genuine gold flakes. The clear resin is the setting: it holds the stones and seals them in for good. The weight you feel is the stone and metal: about 4 ounces in a piece that fits your palm.

Is the free piece really free?

Yes, and nothing to check. Choose 2 + 1 and the third is added for you at $0.00 in your cart. FALL25 is applied for you and takes 25% off what you pay. Every piece ships together, each in its own pouch.

What if I don't like it?

Write to them within 60 days. They email a return label, pay for it, and refund every cent, opened or not. You're charged once; there is no subscription.

Send me the 2 + 1 →

This quiz is a paid advertisement for Spirad. Back Porch Letters publishes reader stories, edited for length. The quiz runs in your browser and saves nothing. Results described are personal experiences. This is a decorative intention object and does not guarantee financial outcomes. The newspaper experiment is described from Richard Wiseman, The Luck Factor (2003).

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