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Why achieving long-held dreams can trigger unexpected anxiety

I finally have enough money to take the European trip I have been dreaming about for years but now I am paralyzed by trying to plan the perfect itinerary.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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The burden of making something perfect prevents us from allowing it to simply be.

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