I apologized to my friend for not getting to the prayer meeting and her response was so gracious, "That's okay, there were no expectations." 

I want to serve in so many ways, add to that all the ways others think I should serve then I am overwhelmed. I cannot do it all.  I know this, and yet, I still put unreasonable expectations on myself.

Behold, what I have seen to be good and fitting is to eat and drink and find enjoyment in all the toil with which one toils under the sun the few days of his life that God has given him, for this is his lot. Everyone also to whom God has given wealth and possessions and power to enjoy them, and to accept his lot and rejoice in his toil—this is the gift of God.  For he will not much remember the days of his life because God keeps him occupied with joy in his heart. Ecclesiastes 5:18-20 (emphasis mine)

How would that transform your day? One battle with joy, is that we think we have to "perform" to make God love us more. Maybe that thought is put there by others' expectations.  We discount the gospel when we get on our treadmill and run a little faster, trying to perform.

But let all who take refuge in you rejoice;  let them ever sing for joy, and spread your protection over them, that those who love your name may exult in you. Psalm 5:11

We can rejoice! We can take pleasure in the work that God has called us to do. And those expectations - self-imposed or not? 

Everyone also to whom God has given wealth and possessions and power to enjoy them, and to accept his lot and rejoice in his toil—this is the gift of God.  Ecclesiastes 5:19 (emphasis mine)