Field Report: I Asked the Universe for a Sign (It Did Not Go to Plan)

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Field Report: Psychic Signs, Spirit Messages & When “Woo-Woo” Gets a Bit Much

This week’s Field Report is the follow-up to Monday’s episode on signs from the universe, mediumship, and whether humans secretly need meaning to function.

I promised to test it myself.

So naturally, I:

✔ Went to a celebrity psychic

✔ Asked the universe (and possibly my dead dad) for a very specific sign

✔ Emotionally spiralled slightly

✔ Learned an unexpectedly useful life lesson

This episode contains psychic predictions, Ocado logistics, grief anthropology, and the first ever Guru & Granny agony aunt segment — which immediately descends into curtain-related chaos.

You’ve been warned.

🔮 PART 1 — The Psychic Visit

I revisit the psychic reading I had while pregnant and unpack:

• The eerily accurate pregnancy and birth prediction

• The very weird pocket watch story

• The food/content creation prediction that aged… suspiciously well

• The possibility my mum believes psychics just hire private investigators

• The big question: coincidence, cold reading, or something stranger?

👻 PART 2 — Asking the Universe (and My Dad) for a Sign

I tested the theory properly by requesting one specific sign:

👉 The name “Tim”

👉 Offline only

👉 Within three days

The results include:

• Stick-based desperation

• Ocado driver Timothy (plum van edition)

• The Reticular Activating System explained in real life

• Why looking for signs made grief feel… louder, not lighter

💔 FAIL OF THE WEEK

Why deliberately searching for spiritual reassurance actually made my mental state worse — including:

• Emotional dwelling

• Grief resurfacing

• Incense-fuelled crying sessions

Not exactly the influencer wellness journey promised.

💡 FIND OF THE WEEK

Turns out:

👉 Asking actual living humans for support works surprisingly well

Featuring:

• Asking Old Ma for help

• Adult children still wanting their mum to tidy their room

• The emotional science of support vs isolation

👵 NEW SEGMENT — Guru & Granny

Our first listener dilemma arrives:

“How do I persuade my husband to fund bespoke home renovations without murdering him?”

Expect:

• Alarmingly traditional advice

• Weaponised porridge window insulation

• Manipulation strategies that should absolutely not be peer reviewed

🧠 Bigger Takeaway

Looking for signs might comfort some people.

But this experiment raised bigger questions about:

• Grief processing

• Pattern-seeking human brains

• Why meaning matters psychologically

• And when “self-help spirituality” quietly becomes avoidance

✉️ WRITE INTO GURU & GRANNY

Send your dilemmas, chaos, or questionable life decisions via DM or to my instagram @rosehoneymorgan or @field.notes.pod

You can remain anonymous. Highly encouraged after this episode.

🎙 ABOUT FIELD NOTES

A self-improvement podcast for people who are:

• Chronically online

• Mildly overwhelmed

• Trying to improve their lives without becoming insufferable

Each week I test internet advice so you don’t have to.

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• Googled angel numbers at 2am

• Booked a psychic once “just for fun”

• Or owns at least three types of incense

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