Is your glass half full or half empty?

Do you think I can change?

Published on August 24, 2006 By Question of the Day In Health & Medicine

Hi Everyone,

I'm a born pessimist. My glass is almost empty most of the time. I read this book titled Learned Optimism. It had lots of ideas for how I could change to be more optimistic. So my questions are:

1. Are you an optimist or a pessimist?
2. Do you think a pessimist, like me, can change?

Comments (Page 2)

cactoblasta

on Aug 24, 2006

The key to success in life is to be neither optimist nor pessimist. Instead if your glass seems half-empty/full you should be screaming at your butler for his ineptitude. Half glasses should happen to other people.

Deference

on Aug 25, 2006

If one filled the glass half-way, the glass must be half-full.

If one drained the glass half-way, the glass is half-empty.

Realist?

Sure you can change, you can't help it.

Buddah Moskowitz

on Aug 25, 2006

Upside: my glass is half-full.
Downside: there's something floating in my glass and I don't know what it is.

Moderateman

on Aug 25, 2006

#18 by Deference
Fri, August 25, 2006 03:40 AM

If one filled the glass half-way, the glass must be half-full.

If one drained the glass half-way, the glass is half-empty.

Realist?

Sure you can change, you can't help it.

i HAVE NEVER SEEN IT PUT this way... give yourself a huge atta boy def. one of the best answers to a simple question ever!

Gideon MacLeish

on Aug 25, 2006

I see it as just another glass that's gonna have to be washed.

Does that make me a pessimist, or just someone who hates to do dishes?

That's a realist, LW.

Demosthenes Locke

on Aug 25, 2006

If one filled the glass half-way, the glass must be half-full.

If one drained the glass half-way, the glass is half-empty.

Realist?

This is utterly brilliant. I hope you don't mind if I use it. And if you do, too bad, not like anyone here can stop me, mwahahahahaha. That is of course unless you pay an absurd ransom.

Deference

on Aug 25, 2006

Wow, thanks guys.

foreverserenity

on Aug 31, 2006

What San Chonino said! We look at life in the same way Braeden! And a bit of realist thrown in there!

So that makes me an optimisticpartdoldrumsrealist? LOL!

SanChonino

on Aug 31, 2006

So that makes me an optimisticpartdoldrumsrealist? LOL!

Dare you to say that ten times fast, Donna!

Question of the Day

on Aug 31, 2006

Dare you to say that ten times fast, Donna!

I'm not sure I could say it once slowly!

Liz

on Oct 17, 2006

Is this question tired or is this question dead?

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