Self Care Monday-Managing Expectations

 I saw this recently and saved it to my phone. And wow, I feel called out! It's not, I think, that I have unreasonable expectations. 

But when you work on something and are proud of it, you expect it will be well received. Or do well, sell well. Perhaps not accolades with confetti and glitter pouring in, but joy in your endeavor and happiness that YOU accomplished this!

No, I think that it's that I raise my expectations based on work put into a thing. The harder I work, the more well received a thing should be, right? Because if I work hard then I reap should the rewards, right?

Is that really reasonable? 

I don't know. And no, I'm not sure how to manage expectations or even if I should.

Any thoughts or ideas on how to do that?