Do you ever have a count down to something you are looking forward to?  Or maybe not looking forward to?  Anticipation seems to work both ways, both with dread and excitement.  What is it about waiting that gets to us?  Is it because we living in an instant culture where everything is based on how fast you can accomplish the task?  Fast Food, Fast Lanes, Freeway, Drive thrus, etc. Or is it because we are simply impatient people when it comes to things that we are looking forward to and therefore time seems to go sooo slow.  Where as, when we are dreading something every moment seems to be torture or goes by so quickly that you have to simply deal with whatever it is.

Counting down can be your own personal hell or can be the most exciting thing that has happened to you in a long time.  Expecting the best and looking forward to all of the possibilities.  Playing out the scenarios of the perfect situations or the wonderful surprises that might end up happening.  Wanting the moment to come so that you could enjoy the real thing, instead of imaging all of the different situations.

Counting down the days, can me long and tiresome, or short and exciting.  Sometimes it’s better to just let things come as they will.  Forget the anticipation and the dread.  We get ourselves so syked up about something, sometimes in a good way and sometimes in a bad way.  Which can result in a good thing or a bad thing.  Sometimes we get ourselves so excited about something that we are let down when it actually happens, or it could result in a great attitude going into an event and having a great time.  On the other hand, you could dread something and build it up in your head so bad that nothing could possibly be that bad and you get a sense of relief when it actually happens, or you could end up making yourself sick from nervousness and having it be much worse than it needed to be.

Anyway you look at it, do you risk the anticipation of an event and flip the coin to see if it turns out good?  Or should you just let things happen and enjoy what is happening now?

Tags: anticipation, bad, Feelings, Good
Filed under: Life