A draft of a thought

I just found the below in my drafts folder.  I think I wanted to expand on it, but now I’m not so sure it would benefit.  So here it is:

So I just had a thought while I was in the shower (where all my most thoughtful thoughts are thunk) – what if all human anxiety could be alleviated with a simple tweaking of expectations?

Allow me to explain.  My theory is that anxiety stems from expectations that failed to be met.  Like, I expected a promotion and didn’t get it, so now I hate myself, want to kill my boss, etc.   What happens if we simply tweak the expectation?