Well, I talk to myself a lot. Does that count?

I pray for a death worthy of being remembered in song in bars and around campfires for generations. Odin I hope you are listening.

I usually have a banana with my breakfast. If I called that 'praying' then I would pray most mornings. Private languages serve no purpose in public discourse.

Don't know if what I do is prayer. It may be more like quiet reflection/meditation. But I do still call it prayer. Can't get past my indoctrination.

There are two kinds of prayer -- one that asks for favors or grace or particular outcomes, and one that represents a meditative surrendering of ones attachments to ... for lack of a better term ... "that which is". This could take the form of an interventionist god or could be entirely non-personified in nature.

So ... what you're describing, while I would disagree that "prayerful" is maybe the best label .. is a form of mediation and surrender and lack of resistance. And it has value. And it has things in common with meditative prayer ("not my will, but Thine, be done" ).

As an agnostic, I may not worship a deity, but I don't rule out the existence of a power and intelligence greater then my own. I don't think any such entities would be truly comprehensible to us, but that doesn't mean we aren't comprehensible to them. They may or may not be able or willing to help, but in those moments that there is nothing else I can do to affect the outcome I will petition these possibly nonexistent beings for their aid. If that is the only tool left in my box, I'll give it a shot.

I don’t believe there is anything to hear a prayer. I do like prayer flags though. A physical expression of well wishes made DIY and they are cute.
I also have been known to practice positive affirmations. Sometimes we get bogged down with negative self talk in our heads. So repeating the positive that I am or aspire to be helps drown out the negative thoughts. Like a mantra

I pray every single day. Sometimes multiple times. Never in an outward or showy way. It’s not meant for anyone but me. I’m not into big outward displays and especially if I am in public, I don’t want to disrupt anyone else.

I was with a fellow agnostic member yesterday and specifically prayed three times and I’m pretty sure he never knew or noticed.

I have no prayers..I might have wishes, hopes, dreams, aspirations to muse and ponder over..
But Prayer.. No..I leave that to the great herds of true believers..who plead to deaf heaven to cut them a break..or give them direction..

What you are saying sounds like a form of meditation. I am trying to integrate meditation in my life. To me this is the opposite of praying to some invisible sky thing. It is interconnecting with my own mind.