Are you an optimist, realist or a pessimist?

[Sean]

I can't stand pessimist people!

Most ironic statement ever

 

[alca]

Pessimist. And so far our team wins!

 

[aletem]

I'm somewhere between an optimist and a realist. And like another member said, you should consider the limits to where you can exceed your optimism. However, I like being optimistic, because it gives you more willingness for many things.
Maybe to many people in this forum, I come here as an over-the-board optimistic person.

 

[PeterLPZ]

I can´t say exactly, if I´m an optimist or realist. But I´ve chosen realist.

 

[Salmon]

I'm rather... pessimistic. I have many reasons to be like that currently but maybe it will change... slightly.

 

[kate124]

I think I am more pessimist than an optimist. The reason is because when a person come across so many negative things in his/her life, he/she always looks in to the darker side of things. If the things go on happening positively, he/ she will have a positive attitude towards life.

 

[kate124]

I think I am more pessimist than an optimist. The reason is because when a person come across so many negative things in his/her life, he/she always looks in to the darker side of things. If the things go on happening positively, he/ she will have a positive attitude towards life.
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[seb89]

Nowadays, for the past two years or so, I do feel optimist. I see every challenge as something positive and if I fail. No big deal, the world didn't explode, you learn from it. I'm excited about things and even if I have high expectations and it turns out otherwise, well there will be other chances. I really worked on my self image and consciousness and I can say that it gave me postive look on life.

 

[r3gg13]

I'm a borderline realist-optimist.

I know the realistic limits of things, I mean I know that I can't expect too much from people/events/things. I keep my head leveled in that respect.

However, I just have this cheery, happy, optimistic vibe on pretty much everything that I do, even the depressing things that I do. When I do something (especially when I'm serving the homeless, teaching, or serving in the student conduct committee), I'm always optimistic, because I need to be optimistic, I need to spread the warmth to people, I need them to feel that there's something better, that "there's a sunny tomorrow." They don't need anything less. My friends always ask me if I ever get mad or angry. I say yes, but they always think that I'm lying because I'm "always sunny". They sarcastically tell me that social injustices and world hunger are the only things that make me mad 3. Not true, I still get mad even though I'm mostly happy.

Also, even when I just do things for myself, I tend to be optimistic, and think that things will be alright because I just don't see the point in fussing over what could go wrong, I just concentrate on what I rationally think could go right . So in general, I keep a happy, leveled disposition

I would say that this still applies to the present day. I am a bit more realistic than before, but people still say that I'm always positive and warm.