There are so many times in life when people put expectations on you but have you ever stopped to think about what you really want for yourself?

Since time travel is not a reality yet, you do not get a chance to go back and change things in your life. You only have today to try to figure out who you are and what is most important to you. My question for you: what would you change about yourself today if you wanted to thrive tomorrow?

For starters, I am here to tell you to stop living someone else's version of YOUR personal life.

At a young age, adults are constantly asking you what you want to be when you grow older. They only let you have your wild dreams to some extent before they make you start to think more "seriously". You say rockstar; they say doctor. You say acrobatic circus performer; they say veterinarian. You say LET ME BE MYSELF; they say reality is not easy.

You are allowed to have big dreams and wild thoughts. If you are lucky enough to live a long life, you should be living it 100% as yourself instead of as a fake version of you.

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Set your own expectations and then try to exceed them.

You know yourself better than anyone else ever could. You know who is important in your life. You know what you need to place in your life to make you feel safe and secure.

It could be your family, whether they have supported you all these years or not. It could be your siblings who may have fought with you at one point, but now you could never picture life without them.

It could be your friends, old or new, who would stick by your side even at the hardest of times.

It could be your teachers and faculty members who inspired and motivated you to continue your studies.

They all have their own expectations for you, but at the end of the day, you have to decide what matters.

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Yesterday may have been tough. Tomorrow is unknown what may lie ahead for you. All you can control is right now today. You have the power to change yourself for the better.

If you ever had the chance to relive your day over and over again, what would you do differently? Use that as your motivation to make that change now.

Constantly I tell myself things that I want to start doing, but sometimes I never make an actual plan to achieve them. Life is full of empty promises, which can really hurt you at times. Put things into action if you want to reach your goals. That may be easier said than done, but it is possible.

Go out and do all those crazy and adventurous ideas you have in your head. If it helps you feel happy, go for it. If it helps you feel safe and secure, go for it. If it helps you feel more in control of your life, go for it. Get where I am going with this? Just go for it!

Expectations should make you want to just reach beyond them. Go be that acrobatic circus performer already! Someone has to start this plan, and it can only be you.

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