Be aware of your expectations

If you’re answering “yes” to any of those, you’re not alone! The solopreneur journey is a challenging one. It can be a winding path that seems to be littered with these potholes of various negative emotions. You set yourself right again and then, wham, another setback. Is it really going to be like this all the way?

Good News: It doesn’t have to be!

While you can’t control all of your outcomes and successes, the good news is that you can control what you think about them. More specifically, you can control what you expect.

You can reduce the emotional rollercoaster if you become aware of what you are expecting. Having expectations about things means having a view of the way we think things will play out. If things don’t play out the way we expect, we’re suddenly disappointed and it takes us by surprise. It sounds crazy when you put it in black and white like this. But yes, we humans expect things to go a certain way (somehow predicting the future?) and then we beat ourselves up when we are wrong. In this way we suffer the emotional ups and downs acutely.

By becoming aware and acknowledging our expectations about things, we can take responsibility for any emotions that may result. Basically, we can create less drama when we look at the expectations that we have of our goals, our relationships and ourselves. Become very aware of what you’re expecting and notice how that influences your emotions.