As soon as I started to set them in other people, I felt a weight lifted. Depending on who I was speaking with, meeting, playing tennis with, etc. It is a part of all parts of life. Obviously setting expectations for yourself is the biggest segment of this, but an entirely different context for this note's purposes.
Simple expectation: I'm meeting Joe at 10am for coffee. I know that he is consistently late, so I show up on time or not. Either way, I am not stressed about it, nor annoyed. It is Joe. I have placed him in this expectation and all good.
One of the hardest ones for me was to realize as I was speaking to a loved one about something important [to me, but could be about helping them or any myriad of other thoughts]. "Hell, they aren't listening to me at all."
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