[avant-garde]

Do you consider yourself optimistic?
Why be unhappy when you can always choose to be happy? can you choose to always be happy?

[Hax]

Definitely not pessimistic, but not a full optimist. Though, I have a mostly positive attitude about anything . Once you get in the mindset that thinking pessimistically is a waste of time, its hard to go back. Why worry about x when it hasnt happened? You can't tell the future and you never know what will happen.

[HERMIT]

I don't know.

Instead of wondering if the glass is half empty or half full, what does it mean if I just think it's the wrong sized glass?

Or, what if I think that the amount of liquid in the glass is sufficient enough to quench my thirst anyway?

[laris]

i have little motivation according to a survey i just took in my organizational behavior class. i do not disagree

[aznkc]

i try to be an optimistic person but i just HATE losing

[lhkim85]

I used to be very pessimistic, but recently I've been trying not to dwell on the negative. It's really a waste of time and effort, and drives people away.

[Temoin la Nuit]

I progress from pessimistic to optimistic gradually from Monday to Friday.

[HERMIT]

I progress from pessimistic to optimistic gradually from Monday to Friday.

Boy, I can only imagine how dramatic that optimism crashes from Saturday morning until Sunday evening.

[Tuffcore]

I recently overcame a quasi-spiritual transformation and can now proudly call myself an optimist.

Interesting and congratulations. Care to share your story with the rest of us? What happened and how did it happen?

[avant-garde]

Well, I'll make a convoluted thread about that later

[LennyRin]

people i know say that im a pessimistic person.. probably because whenever we talk about anything... they tend to point out the optimistic views and i point out the pessimistic views.. i would personally say that im in between somewhere.. not always pess. not always opt.

[celinewalksin10]

i am a very optimistic person that goes to say that i pretty much
believe that people can change for the better easily, or all people
are good-natured unless you threaten them.. stuffs like that..
i don't easily become down, but lately, my optimism has been
quite shaken by a few issues. i'm trying to get back on my feet.

[Pogichinoy]

I'm too much of an optimist. My parents accuse me of thinking everything will always be alright.

Perhaps I've seen too many happy movies?

[KurokiriRyuu]

To some degree i think i am , i try not to let things get to me, though they initally do once ive over come that i am fine

[derrek]

I definitely am an optimist. I've seen the result of thinking and acting positively, and I can't deny it.

[kitanablade3]

Why worry about x when it hasnt happened? You can't tell the future and you never know what will happen.

I tell my friends that all the time, no joke!
I shouldn't be as optimistic as I am, but there are times I'm pessimistic too. Things always happen whether you want them to or not, so why stress & cause yourself problems.
Maybe that's why my friends think I'm so "chill," as they put it. I don't let things bother me (externally anyway).

[brown.eyes]

not that much coz sometimes I think about negative that might happen.

[caramel.coffee&nuts]

I'm definitely an optimist, too. I don't like when people are so pessimistic. They bring my vibe down, haha.

[iDoof]

I think, avant-garde, that you CAN choose to be happy. If you choose to see SOLUTIONS to problems, rather than just problems, the world doesn't seem like such a daunting place.

[MiddleMan]

I am a member of the Optimist International!