What Did You Expect When you became…
- a parent – sleep disruption and your clothes as napkins
- a chef – long hours on your feet
- a customer service rep – customers being disrespectful
Are those the things you thought of or was it holding that precious baby, the fabulous dishes you were going to create and how you were going to help people. We all have certain expectations when we chose a career, relationship, lifestyle and hobbies. The big and life changing choices definitely get more brain time than the small ones but we don’t always see all that comes with our choices. The small ones get even less consideration but can have a compound effect on how we live our lives.
Visualize you are walking through Macy’s (or your favorite store) and you see the perfect outfit for you on a mannequin. You exam it more closely, feel the fabric, maybe check the price. You have decided that you must have it. Now you stroll into the shoe department to find the perfect pair for your new fabulous outfit. Next the jewelry department because it needs the perfect earrings.
Did it cross your mind where you were going to store these new purchases? Therefore our expectations on a new outfit usually only focuses on the positive features of our gaining a new outfit, not on the flip side. Your closet is already bulging, your shoe collection is sizable and your jewelry is all over the place. It takes you a while to get ready in the morning because you can’t find what you want or you forgot what you have. This is the compound effect of you shopping thought process and not making the decision to eliminate things that no longer fit or no longer serve your lifestyle.
Daily Choices
The choices you make daily determine your lifestyle. What is the expectation if you decide not to fold and put the laundry away in a timely fashion, then your choice is to dig wrinkled clothes out of the laundry basket and have the laundry basket remind you of something you need to do. What is the expectation if you decide not to do the dishes, at least on a daily basis, then you are inviting bugs, mold, order and a more unpleasant job of doing the dishes later. These are not the expectations that are considered. Think about the flip side you your daily choices and the compound effect they can have on the way you live and work.