Hope eagerly, only to maybe be let down
Or just have no expectations
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That’s what I prefer.
Edit: As my username suggests 
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Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.
When trying something new I remind myself that I will still get something out of it even if it goes wrong. You can always apply what you learn from a failure today to a success tomorrow. It helps when you reframe a failure as a necessary step on a journey to that next win.
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No expectations
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I hope eagerly that @shutterbug becomes my slave chef and cooks me his juicy steaks while I lay back on my recliner with my “whip velociraptor” button
And sometimes @LevelJ1 will stop by to use the button and we’ll both laugh as velociraptor cries
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I’m trying to hope, but sometimes I give up on myself. I guess I need to change my mindset and have more confidence, not just in myself, but in life as well.
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Have no expectations. Im just trying to be a body that perceives and doesnt think.
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I wouldn’t say I hope eagerly but I have hope that I can stay on disability so I can keep buying food.
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Yea @shutterbug s food looks such quality, it’s true
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I find this to be difficult. My sister used to tell me the same, have no expectations… But idk hw. Lol
Its a good practice for me because most of my expectations of the future are negative. I just go with the flow without expecting much
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I feel it’s unfair to people to hold them to a personal idea.
I also feel stronger as a person now I expect little to nothing of people. I think it’s healthier than filling yourself up with hope.
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Perhaps it is better to be curious about a person as opposed to hope something regarding the person.
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Sometimes I like to visualise a positive outcome. Like for example my last date I went on, I visualised having a good time. And I did. And I think the visualisation helped. Do you iyo think that was being unfair?
No, but I think we’re talking about something else now.
Expecting things of yourself is one thing, holding others to expectations is another.
Hoping and visualizing yourself having a good time is fine, being overly concerned whether someone else is having a good time is another.
To me, expectations have a lot to do with someone else’s personal freedoms, which is what I mean by unfair.
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Ah okays. I tend to hope my brother does well in life. Is that bad?
I would have guessed no because it is a common hope between me and him
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Maybe hoping and expecting something for another are two different things. I’m not really sure
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Usually I have no expectations, but once in a while i let hope get the best of me
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Yea same here. I need to work on that.
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My Dad is kinda cool.
It is not hope he has for me.
He apparently knows I will be fine
I am moved by his confidence in me.
But at the same time, I wonder whether it would make a positive difference if he just had 0 expectations or knowing .
I’m not really sure.
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