Originally Posted by Greg
If you're going to take those three things into account, you have to also take time and expectations into account
Not sure what you mean by time, but optimism/realism/pessimism all already have to do with expectations, don't they? Being optimistic about something means you have high hopes (expecations) about the future. Pessimism is the reverse. Realism is about having your expectations in line with reality. Right?
Originally Posted by Greg
Your ability to live in the moment (realism) combined with (optimism) is how you can live optimally.
Why?
Originally Posted by Greg
The issue with pessimism, is that even good things will end up seeming bad because of your induced (realism). What is real is not something human emotion can logically just shrug off
Not sure I understand what you're saying here. Can you rephrase?
Last edited by Ele; Feb 10, 2020 at 08:22 PM.