In pre-industrial times craft people paid tribute to minor gods with power over their craft. The craftsmen were ritualistic about certain process. The ritual not only ensured the process was done correctly, but it also appeased the petty god connected with it.
I misplaced a PCB that I was about to populate. Now the only way to find it is to work on another project. That should reduce the importance of the PCB and the petty god hiding it will move on to something more interesting. Then in a few hours or days, I will stumble across it, just where I left it.
Sigh.....
EDIT: Found it !