You can’t base your life on other people’s expectations. – Stevie Wonder

Remember those report cards back in school when you got the comment that said “Isn’t working up to expectations?” Well maybe you never got then, but  I did.  I was forever not working up the level they expected of me.  We don’t meet our teacher’s expectations, don’t meet our parents expectations, or our bosses, our the expectations of our spouse or significant other. Everybody has expectations of how we should act, talk, dress, think and be.  It’s utterly exhausting!

The only expectations we should worry about meeting are those that belong to us! Dress the way you want to, talk the way you want to, think they way you want to and act the way you want to. This is your life, and you should get to live it the way you want.  So what’s stopping you?  Don’t worry so much about what other people think of you, and most of all, don’t worry about meeting their expectations.  Set your own goals, make your own plans and most of all, have your own expectations for your own life, and do whatever you have to do to make sure you live up to them.  They are the only expectations that truly matter.