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[attorneyatlol]

I don't seem to use this journal for much more than getting a hold of other people or complaining about viruses anymore, but a conversation got me thinking about what it means to be positive. I know, it's a trite subject, right? 'The power of positive thinking'. It makes me think of a self-help seminar... But to be perfectly honest, I'm not sure I'd ever accomplish anything if I wasn't sure I would accomplish it. I don't know how or why I developed that mindset or if it was even a conscious decision, but I'm grateful that I have. I can't imagine what would have happened if I'd given up on certain goals...

Don't get me wrong. It's not always easy, and nobody can be positive all the time, but I think it beats the alternative in a lot of cases.

I guess this is why some people have me labeled as an optimist.

Comments

[maraich]

You would think like that. You're such a goof.

[attorneyatlol]

But I'm a positive goof.

[maraich]

Silly goof.

[tyki-tock.livejournal.com]

I think your method is probably a sound one. If you don't believe you can do something, chances are you won't try nearly so hard.

[attorneyatlol]

I wouldn't call myself an optimist, either, but I think it's safe to assume you've seen a much different side of me.

[tyki-tock.livejournal.com]

No doubt. So what would you call yourself?

[philoxidizes]

Curiosity killed the cat, I should have logged off hours ago Motivation and confidence do have a lot to do with success.

[attorneyatlol]

Yeah, I just hate to sound like a self-help book, but I can't deny that it's worked for me.

...And you probably should have.

[philoxidizes]

It's a little too interesting.

There's nothing wrong with being positive, is there?

[thelastsolidor.livejournal.com]

Is there a problem, Barrister Wright?

[attorneyatlol]

No, no problem. Just doing a little thinking out loud. ...Er, voluntarily, that is.

[thelastsolidor.livejournal.com]

That makes one of us, I am afraid.

[shinra-pwnsjoo.livejournal.com]

Charisma has a lot to do with social status.

[attorneyatlol]

Well, I'm not exactly trying to climb the social ladder, if that's what you're getting at.

[shinra-pwnsjoo.livejournal.com]

Hardly; social climbing and life are quite different things.

[notwhatyouget.livejournal.com]

Heh, it's a fitting description for you, really.

[attorneyatlol]

You just haven't seen me when I'm being negative.

[samuraiprosecutor]

(...I, unfortunately, can imagine all too easily.)

As anticipating the best possible outcome is the very definition of optimism, yes, I suppose that would be why.

[attorneyatlol]

I prefer the term 'realist with high expectations', personally.

...So, you're affected, too?

[oceanicbutterfly]

I know what you mean. I don't think I would have gotten very far, either, if I'd given up on what I was trying to do. (Both of the times I did--hydrogen, helium, lithium, beryllium, boron, carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, fluorine, neon)

[attorneyatlol]

Yeah, there's a lot to be said for positive thinking. And a little persistence and hardheadedness, too, I suppose...

[timey_wimey]

Nothing wrong with being an optimist, Phoenix. There's not enough optimists in the world anymore. Optimism's good. Keeps you alive, keeps you interested. Never saw the point in being a pessimist. That's too easy.

[attorneyatlol]

I know there's nothing wrong with it. I just never considered myself one because there are a lot of things I look at and think, "There's absolutely no way this is going to work." But maybe I just wasn't determined enough...

[nick-4-maya.livejournal.com]

An opt-ti-mist... That's a good thing, isn't it?

[attorneyatlol]

An optimist is someone who looks on the bright side of things and doesn't let the bad things get to them. It's a great thing to be, so don't ever let anyone tell you otherwise, okay, Pearls?

...And, er, maybe you should think about not posting for a while, huh?