Stopping Expectation Overload

We’ve all been there. You’re alone, looking at texts you haven’t replied to and chores that need doing. You hear someone’s disappointed voice in your head. It feels like the room is shrinking.

Here’s the truth: a ripped grocery bag or rude email doesn’t wreck you. What really hurts is thinking you have to handle every demand flawlessly. Old Stoics taught this plainly – you control your reactions, not the world’s demands. (1/2)