I finally learnt my lesson it's not worth it to always plan out everything.
I usually like to plan everything before it happens. Whether its something important like a speech or something trivial like a social event. I would spend my night thinking about what I'm going to wear or who I'm going to talk to or what I'm going to say etc. I've come to realize that sometimes not everything can go my way and sometimes I just need to go with the flow. Everything that's meant to happen will take place at its own time.
Sometimes life has its own plans whether good or bad and planing things out in my head isn't really a good idea since it usually leads to disappointments.
Yes it's good to have high expectations but it's also good to be realistic. So I think this summer I'll try to go with the flow and not get my hopes up too high that way I'll have less disappointments and be able to accept situations the way life has planned them out for me.
Life and the way we view it can be a real balancing act. As you say, there is absolutely nothing wrong with having expectations (in relation to a whole heap of things) - the key is to be able to deal with the curve balls and the unexpected happenings which seem to also be an inevitable part of the journey. To continue to see ourselves in a positive light, irrespective of what comes our way is something worth striving for. No matter how old we are we continue to learn lessons - it's what we do with this knowledge that often determines who we become (and continue to become), and how we see the world.
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