these people are usually the ones to really motivate you to get where you want to go. If your parents (for example) didn't expect high grades or a job, do you think you would really be motivated? Except, of course, if they have high expectations of you about things you don't want to do (and don't affect you negatively if you haven't done them*), then that's a different story. And if it's just people and society expecting things from you, then that's what you don't have to pay much attention to, because generally they won't maintain these expectations for your own good, they'll maintain them because that's what society wants or something like that. type. It would be making them pressure you to do things they simply want you to do