806: Managing Your Expectations vs Your Reality
5 years ago, my husband and I celebrated our 10-year wedding anniversary in New Orleans. It was a ton of fun. It was near the end of that trip that we started talking about, \u201cWhat will we do for 15 years??\u201d\nOf course, 15 years felt like decades away at the time. And it kind of was. While 5 years is 5 years no matter how you measure it, the way the world has changed over the last 5 years feels like a lifetime of change at breakneck speed.\xa0\xa0\n5 years ago, we talked about how it would be so fun to celebrate our 15-year anniversary in Napa, with dinner at the French Laundry (a super fancy restaurant we had heard about through our restaurant industry friends.)\xa0\xa0\nThis plan seems silly now. Spending that kind of money on a meal when my husband has been unemployed for months. And, even before his layoff, our priorities have shifted and evolved as the world has shifted and evolved.\xa0\xa0\nWith so many unknowns, we had decided we would just go out to dinner at a modest local restaurant.\xa0\xa0\nAnd, it was perfect! It was exactly what we needed on that day. We didn\u2019t need the thing we thought we wanted 5 years ago.\xa0\xa0\nWhile we once had these lavish expectations for this occasion, our reality called for something else. And that something else was exactly what we needed.\xa0\xa0\nThat doesn\u2019t mean that the lavish expectation isn\u2019t still sitting with me. It is. But I have trained myself to let go of expectations because reality has shown up to laugh in my face so many times over the last few years. I know I\u2019m not alone in this. I know most (all?) of you have also experienced this!\xa0\nSo, as we navigate this world of managing our expectations vs. our realities, how do we sit with outcomes?\xa0In this episode, I share 6 outcomes I\u2019ve experienced from sitting in reality when my expectations have been stolen, shifted, or flipped upside down.\nLinks mentioned:\n\nJoin My September Retreat for Women Leaders at Work: Influence & Ignite: Be the Boss Your People Have Been Waiting For: shamelessmom.com/leaders\n\n\nJoin my October Retreat for Women Entrepreneurs: Influence & Ignite: Be the CEO and Thought Leader You Were Born to Be: shamelessmom.com/bizretreat\n\n\nWe love the sponsors that make this show possible! You can always find all the special deals and codes for all our current sponsors on our website: https://shamelessmom.com/sponsor\nInterested in becoming a sponsor of the Shameless Mom Academy? Email our sales team at sales@adalystmedia.com\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices