Are you (accidentally) sabotaging yourself?

There is something many of us are doing that's negatively affecting our lives and we often don't even realize it!

Expectations!

Those insidious gremlins will get you good if you let 'em!

✨ Scene:
Beautiful, picture-perfect beaches filled with golden-glazed models sleeping in the sun after dancing their hearts out til the moon gave way to the morning light.

Multi-colored waves of hues of blue splashing against the flour white sands of the sea shore as the electric vibes waft through the salty air.

Wide eyed servers with huge smiles deliver freshly squeezed orange juice to the loungers mingling on the island famous for it's complete, outstanding charm.

A swanky, "must-visit" hotel, the perfect place to relax and work after swimming in the crystal clear sea, walking down the bustling boulevard hand in hand, sharing creamy vegan gelato and falling deeply in love under the famous Ibiza sunshine. ✨

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Okay monkey mind... That dreamy all-too-perfect vision of paradise is going to get you in trouble!

Real life:

👉I DID NOT look into calendar seasons so I arrived in "off season."
👉The sea was rocking with waves as the winter wind pushed and pulled the white caps in a battle, crashing into shore with force.
👉It was not hot and sunny, it was rainy and cold.
👉The "super swanky" hotel gave me a downgrade because they didn't have enough rooms available.
👉Barely anything was open... The restaurants on the boulevard were barred up for the winter.

📢 This isn't a "poor me" post. It's a "DON'T LET YOUR EXPECTATIONS RUIN YOUR REALITY POST!" 📢

Guys, our mind is capable of incredible things and dreaming up fantasies is one of its favorite jobs.

Just look at my example above! The contrast between what my mind had planned out for me and what happened is so drastically different! 🙈

We can stress and obsess over HOW WE WANT THINGS TO BE and when (inevitably at some point) they DON'T GO THAT WAY, we can get super-duper disappointed and that can transform into a magnitude of problems that snowball into disaster quick!

👉We can't always predict how things will go.

👉We don't always know why things don't work out the way we planned.

👉The most important thing to remember is to be grateful regardless of what life throws your way! 💜 Perspective is everything!

For example, ☃️ means more time inside, wrapped up in warm blankets and having extra time to work/create. Maybe a super busy beach town in the heat of busy season would have thrown me off track... Who knows?

✨✨No matter what happens, it's happening FOR YOU, not to you!💜✌️

Love,
Cece 😘

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