As we are growing up, we start to encounter more and more things we need to do, and we become even busier than one can imagine. Most of us though, feel like it is our responsibility to complete these things to meet other people’s expectations. Meeting other people’s expectations seems so trivial, and yet it is so important. In my life I feel that I have met and failed to meet expectations, as well as felt that something did not meet up to my expectations.
A time where I felt that I had met with other people’s expectations is when I volunteer and help other people out. Not only am I able to help other people and make a difference for them in a positive way, I feel that I also meet my own expectations, and feel good about myself afterward.
I believe that everyone wants to meet other people’s expectations; however it is never quite easy. One thing that I believe almost everyone can relate to is with our parents. More often than not, I feel that I have not met up with my parent’s expectations. Being at the time of my life where I need to start worrying about college, my parents care very much about my grades in school, and the ACT test scores. They are often discouraged by my grades or test scores, making me quite bothered by failing to meet with my parent’s standards.Something that I believe did not quite meet my expectations is having a dog. Before I had one, I very much wanted one. Upon adopting one from the humanity society, I found that it was very much different than what I had previously expected. My dog would be impossible to take on walks as he had way too much strength, and he would often run off after seeing a bunny. What I had first assumed would be fun and games, turned out to be more trouble than I had first expected it to be. However I still very much love my dog.
Not everything can ever go as smoothly as we want, so from all this I have understood that you just have to feel good about yourself, and there is not much else too it. As long as you meet your own expectations, in some ways you have already succeeded.
You make some very good points here. I think a lot of Uni students struggle with trying to live up to their parents' expectations. But it's interesting that so much of life (like having a dog) doesn't match our expectations. Perhaps as we mature, we have to figure out how to recalibrate our expectations so that we can still be happy, even when things turn out differently than we anticipated. Hopefully parents can do that, too. As their children grow and develop, they can take pride in the successes their children achieve, even if those successes are not the ones they may have imagined.
ReplyDeleteOn a writing note, it's interesting how much smoother, clearer, and more confident the prose for your first post was compared to this one. There, you're writing casually about a show you enjoy; Here, you're writing a much more essay-like post about a significant issue and your ideas regarding that issue. Perhaps try to take the relaxed approach you took in the first post, even when you write on more serious topics. See if that helps you write more clearly and with greater ease.