It's OK, These 6 Life Expectations Really Are As Unreasonable As You Believe
We all hold to the notion that we must achieve something great in life. And candidly, we should. Life would be worthless if we sat around doing nothing at all to make a difference in the place we have been blessed to occupy.
But sometimes, in our attempt to achieve, we place too many expectations on ourselves and fail in our pursuing. We permit our expectations to set us up for disappointment.
Most of these expectations are self-imposed, thus leaving us with the choice to carry them as weights or release ourselves from their chains.
Imagination can be a dangerous thing. When we stop imagining ourselves to be who we are not, we make room to learn, grow and achieve.
Here are six things to stop expecting from yourself so you can move forward in life 😛 TAGEND
1. Stop expecting yourself to be perfect.
Perfection the perfect house, the perfect marriage, the perfect career, the perfect school, the perfect exercise routine, the perfect meals, the perfect weight, the perfect cause and the perfect you it seriously does not exist.
You are the way you are for a reason. While you should improve in areas you have control over, there are just some things you cannot change. The pressure to be perfect destroys self-esteem and ruins confidence.
2. Stop expecting yourself to operate the world.
No matter how great you think you are, you will never be able to be in charge of the universe. Beyonc might be a queen who can run her own kingdom, but even she cant run the whole world.
You are responsible for the life you live , not how other people choose to live “peoples lives”. Running ones self and ones own micro world is enough work to keep anybody busy.
3. Stop expecting brilliant behavior from other people.
We all have these expectations. We want our friends, familyand co-workers to respond and react to us in a certain way. We want people to treat us with perfect kindness and genuine concern.
But lets merely be honest: Ordinarily, this isnt how people behave. And when they dont, it is our responsibility to not let our disappointment and fury get the best of us.
You cannot control the behavior of other people. You can only control the behavior you are interested in display.
4. Stop expecting success the first time around.
We have morphed into a society of impatient and vacated spirits who quit the first time something doesnt go well. The key to mastering anything is to fail at it dozens of days before getting it right.
Stop supposing everything you touch will magically turn into gold. It may turn into dust first, and then, after several tries, out pops gold.
If things worked out the first time around , nobody would have any problems and all of the worlds problems would be solved. But they dont, so you must keep trying.
5. Stop expecting excuses to save your life.
You know, we can give some really great, legitimate excuses when we want to. And some people will actually believe us and even sympathize with us. But heres the bargain: Excuses will never save your life.
Most days in fact, all the time if you dont do the run , nothing is going to happen.
If you dont analyse, you wont pass the test. If you dont complete objectives, youll likely lose your job. No excuse is worth delaying your dreams.
6. Stop expecting yourself to be powerful.
We all want to be supermen and superwomen, juggling hundreds of thousands of different things perfectly in our brains without transgressing a sweat. Were the best at everything, and we always attain things happen. Thats the dream.
Well, that dream is not true.
You are sometimes weak and faulty , not because youre a bad person, but because youre human. Stop trying to impress yourself, and surely forget about impressing other people. Do the best you can, and it will all work out.
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It's OK, These 6 Life Expectations Really Are As Unreasonable As You Believe
It's OK, These 6 Life Expectations Really Are As Unreasonable As You Believe
It's OK, These 6 Life Expectations Really Are As Unreasonable As You Believe
It's OK, These 6 Life Expectations Really Are As Unreasonable As You Believe
It's OK, These 6 Life Expectations Really Are As Unreasonable As You Believe