When bad things happen, one of the things that makes them even worse is how much we had expected something different to happen.
Other times, bad things happen just the way we expected.
Write about one or more unfortunate things that have happened to you. But leave out all the details of what happened. Write what you had expected to happen. Begin each sentence with, “I expected…”
On a second page, write what you notice about your expectations.
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