Expectations

Welcome to my blog. My wife and I created our blog accounts over a year ago, we expected to blog each day to build a common hobby and help with each others blog. Fast forward a year, and I have blogged less than my fingers can count. I love to read and write, I enjoy it.....but I never did devote the full commitment to fulfill this expectation to blog. Perhaps it stems from being a grantwriter.

By day I am reading lengthy RFP's (request for proposals) and writing sometimes up to 20+pages per proposal. Expectation and the pressure to fulfill the expectations are always present as a grantwriter. Expectation loom like vultures in my office, they disguise themselves as my boss, my Board of Directors, or the families we serve. Asking did you complete the proposal on time? Will we get funded? Did you write a strong proposal? We must get funded or will have to cut services and/or jobs? Have we raised the $1million from our yearly goal?

Having expectations is always great toward propelling us forward to achieving our goals, however making the commitment to fulfill and surpass your expectations is even better. In conclusion, expectations don't mean much without the commitment to follow through on those expectations - expectation without the commitment to follow through is simply a daydream.