

Expectations and Reality
When I was younger, something my Dad always told me was to “expect the worst, and hope for the best,” in effort to tame my expectations. Despite this sentiment, I have lived most of my life very attached to my high expectations of situations, others, and myself. “This is going to be the best vacation ever, it’s going to be sunny every day!”; “My partner should be home, waiting for me to get there and hear about my day.”; “I need to have everything organized and ready before m