User blog:Nedly/Expectation Vs Reality

I think we all as human beings have been duped by the Expectation factor, assuming one thing becuase it's the good option. We don't Expect when we open a box of cereal for there to be a normal amount of cereal when we got the one that said "50% more". The process in which we apply Optimistic thought is very weird to say the least. Everyone has Optimistic thoughts about things that are obviously going to turn out bad. For example, you get up and go to school and you forgot to study for a test. You can do 1 of 3 things Mentally.

1. Don't care about it, don't focas on it. Ignore it.

2. Get really mad at yourself.

3. Lower your Expectations.

We tend to do the 3rd and 2nd options, and you may find that I say Expectations are lowered so that you can be Optimistic very contradictory. I assure you that we do this not becuase we don't want to feel bad, but becuase it's the "Good" option, becuase when you lower your expectations, you get the grade that you did not originally want, but you get the grade that you expected. This is not good or bad, but I found it worth mentioning this fact about us as humans.

P.S If you are a exception and you don't think like this? Great.