I expect to fold

[Demana]

I realized something rather surprising last night:

When I play, I expect to fold.

This is surprising because for the longest time, I expected to play every hand and I've now gone to the other extreme.

When I first realized this, I thought that it was a good thing. Playing tight is good and being willing to fold is an important part of that. But then I thought about the expectation itself. By expecting to fold, I am creating an emotional attachment to any hand that I do play because it is now out of the ordinary (beyond expectation).

How have other people gotten over the expectation of folding?
Is the key to simply look at each hand individually and consider the alternatives when it is my turn to act?
Or is simply a matter of putting in the time necessary for this expectation to go away?