Expectations and Accomplishments

So I have been meeting the past month with an awesome counselor named Tricia through LDS Family Services. The past school year has been a LITTLE too much to handle! Not only with school but with all aspects of life. Kinda like whoa!

Anyways! Tricia told me to write down my expectations I have for myself. Well I thought, "Yeah no problem piece of cake!" HA that was until I actually started to write them down. HAVE YOU EVER DONE THIS! My expectations I have of myself, and how I was living ... well you would of thought they were polar opposites. Tricia told me how amazed every single person is who does this. THEN... every night before you go to sleep, grab a sticky note and write down your expectations for the day tomorrow. Even if it's your to-do list, write them down too! It's been a major change for me, I get so so so so so much more done in my day.

An example of mine are...

• I expect myself to get up and shower and get dressed by 8am on M,W,F
  (I don't have class until 1:30pm.... yet I NEVER get any homework done on M,W,F... my pillow and I FIGHT till around 11am when it wins...haha)
  
  
• I expect myself to read my scriptures before I leave for work today.
  

It's kind of funny how through out the day all I can think about is my expectations of myself. Then at night after I finish writing my expectations, I write what I'm proud of....

• I'm so proud that you have been reading your scriptures every single day.

• I'm so proud of you that you got out of your PJ's by 8am today!

I know it sounds totally childish, but it's helping!! I'm not as stressed*!
(*ok the stress part's maybe a little bit of a stretch. I still feel stressed but I feel like I can handle it more now!)

Just entertain me and do it tonight. List out your expectations -- and tomorrow keep it in your wallet so every time you use your credit/debit card you see your expectations. Let me know if it helped you at all.... I'm curious if it's just me!