I think emotional positivity and optimism combined with practical pragmatism is generally the way to go. This reminds me of a scene in my favorite movie ever (Everything Everywhere All At Once) in which the main character's husband in an alternate reality talks about his perspective on life:
> When I choose to see the good side of things, I'm not being naive. It is strategic and necessary. It's how I learned to survive through everything. I know you see yourself as a fighter. Well, I see myself as one too. This is how I fight.
That movie got overexposed so people stopped admitting that it was genuinely very good! A belief that there’s good reason to keep going is essential, and will help you tough through a lot more than just about any other attitude, imo
People stopped admitting that it was good because other people thought it was good?? What a sad approach to liking things. It's not the best movie I've ever seen, but it is my favorite (mostly because I related super hard and it made me cry harder than any other movie I've ever seen.)
I think emotional positivity and optimism combined with practical pragmatism is generally the way to go. This reminds me of a scene in my favorite movie ever (Everything Everywhere All At Once) in which the main character's husband in an alternate reality talks about his perspective on life:
> When I choose to see the good side of things, I'm not being naive. It is strategic and necessary. It's how I learned to survive through everything. I know you see yourself as a fighter. Well, I see myself as one too. This is how I fight.
That movie got overexposed so people stopped admitting that it was genuinely very good! A belief that there’s good reason to keep going is essential, and will help you tough through a lot more than just about any other attitude, imo
People stopped admitting that it was good because other people thought it was good?? What a sad approach to liking things. It's not the best movie I've ever seen, but it is my favorite (mostly because I related super hard and it made me cry harder than any other movie I've ever seen.)
Popped up on my feed right when I was having negative thoughts about it 😅 thank you for putting this out
Ha thank you! This one was an on-the-fence post for a number of reasons so I’m extra glad it was useful
Very good advice that I'm just trying to put into practice in my own life.