Make a Wish! An epic 11-11-11 11:11

Look at a clock and the time reads 11:11 then you should make a wish.

I heard it first on Tumblr last year. It was just one of those things that appeared in my consciousness after enough people mentioned it. Of course I initially dismissed it as irrational. But whenever I would catch the time at 11:11 I’d make a wish just for the fun of it. In the last couple of months I have had a strange number of 11:11 wishes come true. Most of my 11:11 wishes are external. I’d like certain things to happen. I’d like particular problems to be resolved.

It is curious to me how often I randomly catch that particular time on the clock. I wonder if it only seems that way because the four similar digits make it easier to remember.

Today is one of the epic 11:11 phenomenon, its 11th of November 2011. Make a wish at exactly 11-11-11 11:11!!! Goodluck!

The Rules...

First, seeing 11:11 must be spontaneous. One cannot see 11:08 on the clock and then wait for 11:11 to appear. Seeing it on a digital clock seems to have more power than an analog. It works with either a.m. or p.m. but the latter seems to have a bit more strength. The wish must be made right away and can be either verbalized or simply a part of one's inner monologue. If the wish is made on a room in which multiple clocks are in view, one clock must be made the focus of your wish. What you wish for must not only be fairly specific but within the realm of 11:11 possibility. You cannot think "I wish for world peace" and expect it to happen. However, you might wish to receive a financial windfall within the next two months and then have it happen.

Of course, once you spontaneously look at your digital clock and see it is on 11:11 you must immediately look away while you are making your wish. If you look back at it, or any other clock, before it has turned to 11:12 then the wish is blown. Likewise, after looking away and making your wish you cannot count down the seconds. You must wait for what you determine to be a reasonable amount of time before looking back at the same clock to see the time has changed.