I’ve inhabited both ends of the spectrum: true cynic and eternal optimist. It’s interesting how some people grow up as optimists, seeing the good in things until life inevitably snatches that privilege away and leaves them to face what they didn’t want to believe in, turning them into cynics. It feels like a more natural order of things; for me it was reversed. I had a few years of intense cynicism growing up. Pessimism to the extreme, mental health issues making it seem like the only way to be, you know the deal.
On optimism
On optimism
On optimism
I’ve inhabited both ends of the spectrum: true cynic and eternal optimist. It’s interesting how some people grow up as optimists, seeing the good in things until life inevitably snatches that privilege away and leaves them to face what they didn’t want to believe in, turning them into cynics. It feels like a more natural order of things; for me it was reversed. I had a few years of intense cynicism growing up. Pessimism to the extreme, mental health issues making it seem like the only way to be, you know the deal.