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How to Manage Your Expectations
And Turn Hope Into Reality
Can you still recall the beginning of 2020?
Were you thinking something like this:
The economy is doing pretty well, employment is high, I might see if there are opportunities for a raise or promotion, maybe even pursue switching to a better position. I have been saving and maybe it’s time to look for a house. Interest rates are low and the FED just said they would remain low and the economy will do well in 2020. I expect a pretty good year.
Does that sound like it could have been you about 14 months ago, or so?
Most people expected 2020 to be a good year. That expectation turned into disappointment for many people.
It wasn’t just the economy: The lockdowns, the health crisis, the inability to travel, go out, do much of anything was hard on everyone. It is, still to this day, the unknown.
We all do pretty well when we have a good grasp of the now, a vivid imagination of what could be, and a realistic set of expectations that are based on what we can influence.
Most of that grasp of what we really have now and what the future might hold vanished or turned very murky in the last 12 months.
