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The Illusion of Control and Why it's Wearing You Out

Helllooooooooooooooooo, my friends, how are you doing today? It's the day before Valentine's Day! I hope you have a fun day regardless of your relationship status. (And remember, single people, it's always better to be single than be one of the people that's trapped in a bad relationship so count your blessings!) I just wanted to touch base with you on the idea of control, because this is something I used to exhaust myself with and didn't even realize it. I see so many people claiming they aren't control freaks and they're oblivious that they're helplessly white-knuckling the steering wheel of life from the time they get up to the time they go to bed. It's such an instilled thing in our culture that people don't even realize that they're consuming half their own emotional energy each day trying to control everything in their life (professionally, personally, financially, relationship-wise [romantic or otherwise]) all by themselves. My bes