Renegotiating expectations

When you’re working on a task, all the way through it ... right to the end, you can change your mind, anytime. 

We are allowed to renegotiate expectations, particularly the expectations we hold for ourselves. 

When I was researching the topic of perfectionism for my book “ish”, I learned about the different types of perfectionism we humans experience. 

One sort of perfectionism is about the standards we hold for ourselves, as we push on and on trying to reach an elusive perfect. 

These expectations may be invisible to others yet there they are, a standard we are constantly measuring ourselves against. 

The good news is, we can change these expectations. 

And it need not take long. We can do it almost instantly ... immediately!

We just need to ease some of the pressure we put on ourselves. 

Then our focus can go to the progress made, the achievements and the step by step we take, rather than how we’ve not met our expectations. 

You can release a pressure and expectation you hold for yourself. 

And this can become a healthy, helpful habit in the care of our selves.