Good consequences exist too. They just show up so quietly people mistake them for luck.

Consequences get talked about like they only run one direction, but the arithmetic works both ways. The homework you did in September becomes a test you are not scared of in November. The time you were decent to someone becomes an invitation you did not know was possible. None of that announces itself; it just shows up looking like a good day you happened to get.

Look back at something that went well this month and trace it backward until you find the boring thing you did. Naming that link is how you stop calling your own work luck.