Navigating Expectations and Our Map of Reality

And what stress has got to do with it

“Dreamy clouds,” gouache painting by the author.

Welcome to part 2 of The Calm Path, a series on doing hard things with less stress. In the first part, I discussed how, since we don’t have direct control over most things in life, trying to make other people or situations do or be what we want can create unnecessary stress and conflict. So what can we do if we still want…