Why You Feel So Unsettled When Your Big Dream Comes True

It comes down to how you manage your expectations

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“If I could publish just one book, I’ll die happy.”

This was my mantra for most of my adult life, and a good part of my adolescence, too. It’s what kept me going through years of rejection, failure, and those dark stretches when I considered throwing in the…