I am a born pessimist. I always expect the worse outcome and therefore prepare for it. I think it is a better philosophy than optimism. If you expect the best, when it happens you are “okay, that is what I expected” but if something worse happens then you are disappointed. When I expect the worse and it happens then I am “okay, that is what I expected and I am prepared for it” but when something better happens then I am “Great, something good!” and therefore happy. Since the better stuff happens more often than not, I am a pretty happy person. In my mind, I equate optimism to perfectionism and I’ve never met a perfectionist that was happy with the way things turned out unless it was 100% to their expectations. Can’t say this philosophy will work for everyone but it works for me.
Plods with ...™ over 4 years ago
Only fools are positive…
Are you sure?
Positive… dammit!
pchemcat over 4 years ago
I am a born pessimist. I always expect the worse outcome and therefore prepare for it. I think it is a better philosophy than optimism. If you expect the best, when it happens you are “okay, that is what I expected” but if something worse happens then you are disappointed. When I expect the worse and it happens then I am “okay, that is what I expected and I am prepared for it” but when something better happens then I am “Great, something good!” and therefore happy. Since the better stuff happens more often than not, I am a pretty happy person. In my mind, I equate optimism to perfectionism and I’ve never met a perfectionist that was happy with the way things turned out unless it was 100% to their expectations. Can’t say this philosophy will work for everyone but it works for me.
tad1 over 4 years ago
I am positive that there’s too much negativity in the world. We need more positive thinking.