Do you have someone in your life that opens your mind to ideas you didnβt understand or, more often, βwerenβt open to?β Itβs hard to give someone like that credit sometimes; for-sure, I have struggled with it once or twice. Well, this oneβs for them.
You see, I used to link expectations with hoping. So I would hope for the best, and then if it fell short or I thought too far ahead, it would lead to some kind of disappointment. We are talking the big picture related items here, not your day to day trivial series of unfortunate events. So I realized that it would be better for me as a whole to not expect anything out of a single year of my life. Yes, Iβm all for personal goals- if you know me well even had a running joke about me being β2020 Sydβ early on in the year. Aka a newer version of myself.
But what is the need for so much pressure? Pressure on all kinds of relationships, where you are in life, whatβs next? Having constant conversations about these topics with people can be exhausting.
Thereβs no doubt in my mind that if you got this far on the blog post, you have learned something about yourself, family, friends, job, etc., during 2020. And maybe those lessons you needed, and perhaps you felt you didnβt. So as far as expectations go, if they arenβt present, there wouldnβt be room for you to feel let down by situations or people as much as humanly possible. Itβs not a cure-all, but it seems more and more to me like some pretty solid advice I wish listened to more.
I do wish all the best for each and everyone who reads this; this world is definitely due some great months/years ahead. Happy New Year.
