Happiness depends on the discrepancy between expectations and reality. Your mind has a simulated copy of reality. The more you develop opinions about the futur

Happiness depends on the discrepancy between expectations and reality. Your mind has a simulated copy of reality. The more you develop opinions about the future based on this copy, the more likely that they are out of sync by the time the future comes. Seeing these two as separate, and their distance as something that hurts, has made me wary of elaborating my expectations. I dream about stuff I consider important and this category shrinks with age. I’m not saying don’t plan/dream/hope. Just pick your battles and focus your efforts on the ones you decide to keep. Otherwise, just go with the flow.