Listen, the important thing isn’t to court optimism. It’s to avoid pessimism. Pessimistic thoughts tend to be sticky and refuse to go away. Mindfulness meditation can help you give those thoughts the boot.
But it also helps to stay busy. Like my hobby of reading fiction.
Exercise can also help.
Staying optimistic can backfire if you’re over optimistic at all.
I have been reading a lot of fiction lately.
Listen, the important thing isn’t to court optimism. It’s to avoid pessimism. Pessimistic thoughts tend to be sticky and refuse to go away. Mindfulness meditation can help you give those thoughts the boot.
But it also helps to stay busy. Like my hobby of reading fiction.
Exercise can also help.
Staying optimistic can backfire if you’re over optimistic at all.