I’m not in this world to live up to your expectations and you’re not in this world to live up to mine.
While I was researching this topic I found that people have very different ideas of what defying expectations means. Some think of defying expectations as not expecting a lot from life so that you won’t be disappointed and others think it means proving others wrong by doing what they say you can’t.
I don’t agree with the first, I think you should expect a lot from your life and I agree with the second one. Anyways… I’m talking about defying expectations as in doing you and not giving a f*ck about what anybody says.
From a young age, our parents, our teachers and everybody in our family have an idea of what we’ll become. They have amazing ideas of what they want us to be. They have great expectations for us and we know it. They want us to be the smartest kid in school, they want us to get a great traditional, stable job and they want us to follow societal rules and be perfect.
I mean it’s great having parents who expect a lot from you but it’s also not so great having parents and everyone else expecting a lot from you. It’s emotionally draining and you’ll find yourself chasing dreams that you do not care about and that weren’t yours in the first place.
What defying expectations means :
🌻 Defying expectations means :
🖤 Dropping out of school to start that business (I’m not encouraging dropping out of school but if you feel that that is what you want right now and you’re 100% sure of it then go for it.)
🖤 Quitting your day job to follow your dream job(again I’m not encouraging quitting but if you feel that that is your destiny then go for it)
🖤 Studying fashion instead of medicine.
🖤 Dying your hair red.
🖤 Getting a tattoo.
Okay, that went a little out of hand. Just to be clear defying expectations doesn’t mean doing the things mentioned above unless that is what your heart wants. Those are just the things from the top of my head which I think might be forbidden.
Defying expectations is all about taking an unexpected turn in your life. Throwing in a little surprise in your life and not caring what others think. It’s about following your heart and just dancing to the beat of your own tune. It’s about living your life for you and not for anybody else.
Defying expectations means letting go of the idea of what you should be and what you should be doing and start focusing on the idea of who you are. I know there is a lot of external pressure and I know that you don’t want to disappoint your parents by not living up to their expectations of who they think you should be. I know that not listening to what people say you should be and instead listening to your heart and being yourself is hard but I’m here for emotional support, seriously.
Remember that this is your life and you’re totally responsible for all the decisions you make. When writing your life story, do not let anyone else hold the pen. This is your story to tell. Don’t be tryna please everybody yo. You only live once, make the most of it and stop taking advice and listening to people who won’t be there to deal with the consequences.
Everybody seems to have a clear idea of how people should live their lives but they have no idea of how to live their own lives.
Great people defy expectations because obedient people rarely make history.
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