We’ve all our fair share of disappointments in our lives.

This usually happens when we set our expectations too high. Some moments disappointed us more than others, but we learn to overcome these disappointments as we age.

School

Nobody ever told me high school wasn’t actually completely fun and required a lot more work than I expected.  All the movies and shows based on high school are such lies. The underdog rarely defeats the jock, and the status quo and the social cliques are never as stereotypical as they are made to look like.

Not all of our school dances are formal … or fun. They don’t usually have great music or a great atmosphere, but they will get the job done at entertaining such a small school. All school dances in shows and movies make it seem like such a big deal. Guys always have to find a girl to ask and girls are always worried if they are going to even be asked.

Around here though if you do ask someone to things like Homecoming or Snowcoming it is very out of the norm and seen as useless. Dances here aren’t taken seriously.

SpringBreak

This is seen as a week-long vacation to a beach or just to a different town. In reality most of us spend it at home or at work all day and don’t come out until having to come back to school. I spent my days working, repeatedly cleaning and tanning outside in the windy weather (of the sun is even out).

Outfits

Sometimes when you imagine an outfit in your head it looks good, but in reality when you try it on it’s not as good as expected. That overall dress with that oversized shirt isn’t as cute as you imagined or those flared jeans with a retro shirt doesn’t exactly always suit you like you’d hoped.

When you think of trying a new style but you end up looking like Phoebe from friends – I mean no hate, but really not my style – or you end up looking like even more of an angsty teenager. That scary thought makes me shudder.

Life Hacks

Pinterest. Many girls or guys go-to life hack app at one point in their life. I have tried every life hack available.

Teeth whitening, organizational hacks, hair styles, you name it. Did they all work out? Heck no.

The cute little desserts I’ve tried to make always end up looking like I smashed it into the wall. My nail designs? They look like I dunked my fingers into a horribly done abstract painting and all these decorative DIY’s never actually end up useful or cute.

All in all set your expectations low and embrace the mistakes you make along your life path. With practice maybe some of these can get better. Some don’t, but learning from them is what matters.