Slicing apart the difference between hope and expectations is where I think the work needs to be right now.
When I have an interaction and my mind starts racing about all the possibilities (questions about OM, motivation for saying or doing something, anything really, etc), a technique I use to curb expectation is to think about everything as a range of possibilities. Think about the worst possible outcome and the best possible outcome and realize that both are possible. This is a way to come to terms with the possible reality and any expectations associated with it.
Me: 32 W: 29 T:8 M: 6 D4 S2 M - 8/2008 W is not happy - 1/2014 W wants D - 9/2014 W moved out - 11/2014 D filed - 1/23/2015 D'ed - 2/25/2015 Gave X the Letter - 11/10/2015
