There are seasons in life when you can see clearly months – even a year – ahead. The path feels steady.
And then there are other times when clarity shrinks to a few weeks, a few days, or even just the next 24 hours.
It just depends on the nature of uncertainty you’re dealing with.
When you or someone close to you faces a health challenge, your world narrows to getting through today or tomorrow.
During transitions – a job change, a move, a loss – you might only see what needs to get done this week. If you’ve just had a baby, you might not be thinking beyond the month.
The key is knowing which zone you’re in and setting expectations accordingly. Frustration often comes from expecting a long horizon of clarity when your circumstances only allow a short one.
The important thing is to calibrate our expectations – low enough that we always give reality a shot at exceeding them.
