To manage expectations, you need to organise your thoughts into three categories. The first category is something that "you must have".  This is an absolute necessity. On hindsight, one of my absolute necessities is to complete my legal training. This means going through a lengthy practice training and skipping out on a fairly decent job offer. Positioning something as a necessity can be extremely limiting. Only time will tell whether I made a right move in insisting that I be called to the Bar before moving on. For readers, I strongly suggest you keep these limitations to a bare minimum. Pride and ego is expensive. The second category are desires. Life is not worth living if you have no desires. I desire a Creative Super XFi Air. I also desire a Pixel 3 XL. Since APTV tanked, I have dropped my desire for a new iPad Pro Tablet preferring ...