Have you ever noticed how life can swing from utter joy to sheer disappointment in the blink of an eye? These emotional pendulum swings often hinge on the gap between our expectations and reality. When our expectations are low, but reality delivers a high, we're elated. Yet, when expectations run high, and reality falls short, disappointment quickly sets in.
But here's an important truth: neither high nor low expectations are inherently good or bad. What truly matters is their impact on our emotional state. What complicates matters is our remarkable adaptability to our circumstances.
The good or bad about our emotions is that they are fleeting. We become extremely adaptable with our current lot in life.
In high school or college, any car would do; today, we want a Tesla or a huge SUV.
Our first paycheck from our first career job probably felt like a lot of money; today, it may not even cover the monthly rent or mortgage.
As Morgan House put it, "When you realize how powerful expectations are, you put as much effort into keeping them low as you do into improving your circumstances. Happiness, contentment, joy … all of those things come from experiencing a gap between expectations and reality."
Money is a lot like these examples as well. Reaching $100,000 in your retirement account probably felt more amazing than reaching $500,000. Going from nothing to something is so much more powerful than going from a lot to super a lot.
The contrast, not the amount, is what makes you happy.
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