parents end up with at least one. And this thought process can be applied to our adult relationships too. When we get married or meet our partners, we are one person. But life changes us—waves against the sand—and what we think relationships will look like often doesn’t match up. We need to allow ourselves to adjust expectations. To change our minds about what’s working. To look at our life, ask ourselves what we need now, not what we needed five, ten, fifteen years ago, and go with it. We can either go with the flow and make purposeful adjustments or build dams and block progress.
