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How Do You Date With Intention and Let Go of Expectations?
They’re not the same thing and one of them sets you up for disappointment
Dating can be rough. You know what you want and you have this image in your head of exactly what it looks like. Unfortunately, the people you go out with never seem to that perfect piece of the jigsaw puzzle to fit into that image. So you’re constantly going out on yet another first date in the hopes that this will be the one.
Or maybe you keep finding people who do seem to be that perfect fit. But after investing months or even years into a relationship with them, you still don’t have what you want. And then you find out they don’t actually want the same thing you do. Or you get tired of waiting for them to be ready and end things so you can move on to find someone who is ready.
Maybe it’s even a combination of both. Whatever the case, finding someone who wants the same thing you do from dating can be hard.
But a lot of the time, we make it hard. We make it hard because we’re holding the people we’re dating up to expectations they may not even know they’re supposed to be meeting and not being clear enough about our dating intentions.
And that’s why it’s important to date with intention while also letting go of any…
