#expectations

You are a productive person, and from the outside your results look good. You deliver and meet the expectations of those around you. But if you are honest, your thinking feels duller than it used to, as

People get very uncomfortable and argumentative when people challenge the "generally accepted" norms!

While growing up, many of us have a clear picture of what our life will look like when we grow up or what we've pictured our lives to be like; however, that isn't always the case for everyone. The truth

Fuente Muchas veces olvidamos algo bastante elemental: solamente tenemos una vida, al menos una vida material, comprobable, física. Después pueden existir la metafísica, la religión, la reencarnación,

source Public Holidays is something I look out for and only know the very obvious ones like Christmas Day. This week we have Heritage Day on Thursday and being a public holiday has kind of wrecked my entire

You finally close in on the goal that has been pulling at you for years, the promotion, the number on the account, the project everyone said you would never finish. You expect it to feel like arriving

What if the reason so many people feel short-changed by life is actually due to unrealistic expectations?

source The much anticipated 4 match rugby test series between the Springboks and All Blacks kicks off tomorrow . The first match is at Ellis Park which is in Johannesburg and is roughly 30 minutes from

When thinking of remote work one would say that is the best thing possible as you can simply work a bit and enjoy your day afterwards or even during work hours. That's the expectation at least or even

You realized you spent years chasing a lifestyle designed to impress others rather than living according to your own values. This is a pattern I see constantly, collecting milestones to satisfy external

The Vegetarian by Han Kang Left Me Wondering Whether Freedom Always Has a Price Han Kang's The Vegetarian was one of those books I kept hearing about long before I actually picked it up. Between the praise,

Most broken promises tend to be the result of overblown ideas that were never feasible, to begin with...

source Have you ever been a victim of disappointment in expectations before somehow I feel it is something common amongst people especially when you expect some certain things from them and they end up

Passing by the neighbor's yard today, a well caught my attention. It is not the simple stone, open well that we have the opportunity to see in medieval fortified cities. This well has its own roof, a concrete

We tend to spend a LOT of time visualizing a brighter future, but what if RIGHT NOW is as good as it gets?

Life as a student is not really easy,it’s like in every stage of our lives we think it’s going to get better in the next stage,it’s going to change,it going to be upgraded but it might not be like that

Just like any other day , I set myself into putting in the work in the gym like I always do. Lift weight, go back home, sleep and repeat. But today I had a peculiar plan. A plan I had come up with months

Inside the cold-stone prison gates of Nigerias most infamous jailhouse stood Rick moreno. A Congolese-British fugitive who had no doubt in mind his safe heaven was here. Prison. The dump house where him

“Expectation” they say, “is the mother of disappointment.” In essence, you shouldn't expect anything to avoid disappointment. We've learnt to go by that principle in this part of the world. This is because

source Over the last few years we have seen the younger generation in our society not understand or appreciate the value of money. From an outsider looking in or an observer it seems that money is too