Enjoy Your Fantasy!

Originally published on the Huffington Post; reposted here for your convenience!

I was recently chatting with someone in my tai chi class, and she made a reference to my perfect life. I actually laughed out loud. Don’t get me wrong, I have a greatlife; our kids are healthy and get along more than they fight, and I still enjoy being married to my husband (most days!) but...perfect? I don’t think so!

What made it even more laughable was that she said this to me right after I finished telling her what a difficult year 2015 had been, with the extended recovery from my elbow dislocation to the failure of our business, and all the chaos that ensued after that and how difficult the process was, and how stressful and upsetting it all had been.

Then I realized...her fantasy about my life was so much more inspiring to her than my reality. And then I realized that I fantasized about how perfect I thought other people’s lives were, too.

For example, I know a woman who is super wealthy, married with great kids. It would be pretty easy to get caught up in the fantasy around this one, except that both she and her husband have had pretty significant health challenges over the past two years, and are also having legal troubles. Or the woman I know who...

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