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How do you manage to have more satisfaction in your expectations?

by P. João
11th Sep 2025
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How do you manage to have more satisfaction in your expectations?
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Sep 11, 2025

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For me, the best I can do is remind myself of the dangers of expectations and try to be thankful when it works outs. 

For people, I remind myself that they don’t owe me anything, and I try to focus on what I have rather than what I might otherwise like. 

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this is important to me too, And what would you say is your level of success?

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I read Elizer's Fun Theory, I thought, "It's better to have no expectations than to disappointing me." So my expectation would be to have no expectations... at all... all the time. It seems difficult. On the other hand, I also have less pleasure in being surprised.

Another option might be to clearly define my expectations, how do you manage your expectations?