Are usually worse than reality.
Take a job interview.
You build it up in your head.
They’re going to grill you about every detail of your life.
They’ll hit you with trick questions and riddles.
They’ll comb through your entire past, highlight everything you’ve ever done wrong, laugh in your face, ask why you even applied, and call security to escort you out.
But then you get there…
And it’s usually just two humans talking.
About the job. How you might fit. What you’ve done in the past. Where you want to go.
We’re good at making up stories.
Worst-case scenarios. Awkward conversations. Complete disasters.
That instinct may have helped keep us alive when danger was lurking around every corner.
But today?
It often creates danger where none exists.
Sometimes, it’s smart to prepare for the worst.
But most of the time, the worst outcome exists only in the story you’re telling yourself.
Go find out what’s real.