"we are more optimistic than realistic"
And I agree.
Sometimes we try to be realistic, but it is only when we can consciously control our emotions and expectations that we do. Sub-consciously, we all expect things to turn out better.
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I always tell my friends that my future marriage will be one where I'll "get married, divorced, then find myself another companion; and perhaps, repeat"
I've never wanted to get First Class honours even though I wanna do Double; Second-Uppers are good enough.
And I never expect my children next time to be half as smart as my brother.
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I always think that I'm a "regrettist": Set myself low standard and achieve above this mark, only to feel after that I could have done better than the actual results (example: my A's)
