I was walking my dog (wow, I only had one back then!) in the San Francisco Marina one day when I decided I 'had' to go down to Carmel to see a friend. That minute. Someone I hadn't seen in a while came up and asked me out to lunch, I said no thanks, going to visit somebody now. Got in the car and went.
An hour later that bigass earthquake happened and the Marina was a mess and half on fire, the bridge had a partial collapse, etc.
Were these two things connected? Nope. But I was pretty happy I wasn't in the Marina when it fell apart.
Sometimes, it doesn't matter why something causes you to do something---leave town, save for retirement, whatever---it just matters that you do it.
MMM ain't a conspiracy. But there are things on here that can help your financial situation, big time.