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Does being a pessimist cloud one's vision?

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  • neverdespairgirl
    neverdespairgirl Posts: 16,501 Forumite
    Conrad wrote: »
    Work is merely a pointless task for me, just a conduit to provide capital

    That's a shame. I really enjoy what I do - and would do something else if I didn't enjoy it.
    ...much enquiry having been made concerning a gentleman, who had quitted a company where Johnson was, and no information being obtained; at last Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney'.
  • mustrum_ridcully
    mustrum_ridcully Posts: 1,453 Forumite
    Some might say I'm a pessimist, maybe I am, but I suspect that I'm just overly analytical or just like a scout I want to "be prepared". I'm the sort of person who will think, how long could I survive if I lost my job, if it's a couple of months with out signing on dole then fine, if not then I'd make sure I save more. I wouldn't worry about it, I'd just set my self a goal and go for it. But, some people consider the fact that I even thought about to possibility of maybe losing my job as a sign of being a pessimist...

    As people have said attitudes come from how you were raised and I remember two things very clearly "you can do anything if you put your mind to it" and "you make your bed you lie in it". The first one is true, I'm sure some of my teachers who would be very surprised to see I've done as well as I have - at times I was a total gormster at school. The second one, really served me well and helped me dig myself out of some holes because I realised there was no one to blame for what the state I was in apart from me, which is why I can be unsympathetic to those who are too quick to blame others for their problems.

    However with house prices it depends on where you're standing (and conditioning). If you think affordable housing is a good thing then the next few years are going to be pretty good, so you'd be optimistic. However, if you think unafforable housing is a good thing the you'll be pessimistic. The media conditions us to think cheaper housing is bad, yet ironically conditions us to think falling fuel, food etc prices are good.
    "One thing that is different, and has changed here, is the self-absorption, not just greed. Everybody is in a hurry now and there is a 'the rules don't apply to me' sort of thing." - Bill Bryson
  • mr.broderick
    mr.broderick Posts: 3,778 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Conrad wrote: »
    Hey m00moo

    I'll check out Nausea shortly.
    Are you looking to become a shrink? If so how does one find clients?


    I'm sure carolt and btlnewbie would be interested in your session fees...
  • m00m00
    m00m00 Posts: 1,755 Forumite
    surely it would make sense if the clients were pickles and BTLnewbie

    two sets of fees, but only one client.
    It's a health benefit ...
  • mr.broderick
    mr.broderick Posts: 3,778 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    m00m00 wrote: »
    surely it would make sense if the clients were pickles and BTLnewbie

    two sets of fees, but only one client.

    I need to get up earlier...nice one moomoo
  • neverdespairgirl
    neverdespairgirl Posts: 16,501 Forumite
    carolt wrote: »
    No, I'm not, but I'd be extremely proud of it if I was. Childminders do an extremely worthwhile and valuable job.

    Couldn't agree more. The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.....
    ...much enquiry having been made concerning a gentleman, who had quitted a company where Johnson was, and no information being obtained; at last Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney'.
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