Do It For The Plot (Is Good Advice)

Do It For The Plot (Is Good Advice)

From Rune Soup by Gordon

January 3, 2026 · 35 min

About this episode

Gordon explores the concept of 'do it for the plot' as a framework for taking risks and activating synchronicity in achieving goals.

There's a meme that's been evolving since 2021, and in its current chaotic incarnation, it's become accidentally magical—even if the people using it don't realise it. In this episode, I'm unpacking "do it for the plot" as a practical framework for the year ahead. Not just as permission to take risks, but as a way of activating synchronicity and maintaining agency when things inevitably go sideways on the way to your goals. I'll walk you through how to use this alongside your existing magical toolkit—your amulets, your enchantments, your divination practice—and share the diagnostic story I keep coming back to for checking where I'm actually at versus where I think I am. I'm also introducing a new project I've been wrestling with: hospicing modernity's magic. Because the late twentieth century gave us some genuinely powerful techniques wrapped in a frame that insists magic isn't real. I want to find a way to respectfully retain the useful stuff and jettison the less-than-useful. There's practical advice here for interrogating your intentions for 2026, plus some thoughts on why the slacker-era re-enchantment is officially over and what needs to replace it. Happy new year, kids!

People in this episode

Host: Gordon

Topics covered

  • risk-taking
  • synchronicity
  • magical practices
  • intentions
  • modernity's magic

Keywords

  • do it for the plot
  • synchronicity
  • magical toolkit
  • intentions
  • modernity's magic

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