Expectations

Day 4 of Effy’s Artfully Wild Blog Along:

For me expectations have always been a double-edged sword. In the past, I would have a mountain of expectations AND not communicate around them. You can imagine how that worked out for me. After working with a very good therapist, I have gotten much better about communicating my needs. I prefer now to focus on what I NEED, rather than a pile of expectations that society at large has dictated to me. I try to work on this in a realistic, step- by- step way rather than a spiritually bypassing, martyrdom type of way. It has really helped when I make the time, preferably every day, to sit in meditation. It isn’t always a sit cross-legged, chanting mantras kind of way(sometimes it is), but a showing up and giving myself some space for quiet, reflection, and just being. When I’m able to practice this, it allows me to release the programmed expectations and be very intentional about what I do want for myself. What is your relationship with expectation?