Pessimistic. The Know Nothings will be running things for at least two more years.
Ditto
I don’t know yet.
I have some goals this year I’d like to achieve, but I don’t know if I’ll get there or not.
I’m optimistic for society at large. Trump will face more accountability, renewables will get cheaper, AI will get better, medicine will advance. Humanity survived the black plague, we will survive what is happening now.
Pessimistic
My job is not great, and probably not improving any time soon.
I strongly dislike our country’s President, and fear that’s not improving soon.
And I’m really scared for my mother-- she seems to be losing her memory and her ability to sit still. Most of the time she’s functional, but some days are scary.
I am always optimistic at the beginning of the year. Then while taking down holiday decorations on New Year’s Day I slipped and fell on a barrel cactus, spraining my thumb and getting several puncture wounds (fortunately it was only a glancing blow). Spent the evening at urgent care getting the jump on my 2019 deductible.
Stupid optimism.
I’m not sure yet. Mildly petrified, uneasy, hopeful and both under and overwhelmed.
I was offered a new job today in my same org; it’d be a promotion. Came more or less out of left field. But if I moved, my first action would be to nudge someone else out of the org due to performance concerns - it’s something they’ve been working toward for quite some time. I will probably take it, but this level of management is completely new territory for me and it scares the shit out of me. Then again, I’ve had this job for just 8 months and moving here scared the shit out of me, too. But I’m in a lull right now, so I’m bored and this would un-bore me very quickly, hopefully in a not so horrible way. Good god, the suspense is killing me.
Very pessimistic. None of our actual problems have been solved. They continue to get worse. We still have a lying traitor as President, half the country still appears immune to basic facts and logic, our respect for basic human decency remains at an all time low, climate change is getting worse, our health care system is still a mess, mass shootings continue unabated. And the worst part is that nobody seems to be even interested in solving these problems, much less taking any practical steps.
very pessimistic.
Had cardiac ablation for atrial flutter 2 weeks ago and have had short episodes of flutter almost daily, 3 episodes yesterday alone (I keep telling myself that the burn scar needs to organize). Willing to wait a bit more before I try the “drink cold liquid standing up” to see if the prolonged flutter will be triggered.
Tore my medial meniscus earlier in December. Too old and too fat for meniscus repair (with limited success rates anyway) Had steroid injection on Monday. Looking at knee replacement in 1-2 years so chronic knee pain and hunger will be my closest companions this year.
Had to quit watching the news because Trump triggers my PTSD. Cannot get him out of the White House soon enough.
I’m generally an optimistic person but I’m not feeling good about 2019. I was already threading the needing with regards to affording health insurance, and my out-of-pocket costs went up $1000 (20%) for 2019. I need help paying for it from my business (a small business that I own) but I don’t see the business being able to help. Within the last 2 weeks I have spent $2000 on new sump pumps and furnace repair. I really really need new carpet here in the house and I was hoping to afford that in 2019 but everything is on hold until I get my insurance paid for the year.
I guess I’m kind of optimistic that I can tighten my belt and save up some more dough. But I’m turning 40 this year so the whole aspect of “the rest of your life” (ie retirement) and my lack of savings for that looms heavy on my mind.
At this point I am just hoping that everyone’s situation gets worse like mine and everyone gets on board with UHC and we can all stop this torture.
I sincerely am not trying to be sarcastic or snarky, but how have we “turned the corner on the Trump situation.”?
Pessimistic…Brexit, y’know.
The only way to stand on the ground is to think optimistic. Always. If you begin concentrate on pessimistic things - it is easy to go crazy…
I used to be glad I didn’t have children, for reasons like this. But I stand a good chance, medically, of living another 15-20 years, which means trying to live through serious climatic disasters, if nothing else. My husband? Well, he seems to be trying to drink himself to death, so he’ll be well out of it.
Of all the dread, fear uncertainty and doubt each time a new political leader comes into power and all the dire predictions … after all these years nothing ever really seems to emerge from it except stress and tension. My cure is to reach over and turn off the news.
Regarding my own life, I’m feeling very optimistic. I’m creating a new work of art every month, and I’m starting a new business. Continue to love and be loved by my husband, and I’m losing weight.
But with the country/world as a whole, pure pessimism. We are living in a shit hole, and I can’t see any improvement until we get a new president.
Staying always optimistic is a hard work
Yeah… I’m normally an optimistic person, but this is just such a big pile of shit. And it makes me feel head-poppingly furious towards people who voted for it (and to people who still support it, WT holyF?), which isn’t in my nature.
With respect, you’ll get another hack at a different president in a couple of years. Filbert is talking about Brexit. With a favourable wind, the best will in the world and a forgiving EU, this is a mess that would take a generation to undo; and irreparable damage has already been done. It’s worth getting depressed about. You can’t turn off the news for ever.
So: quite pessimistic.
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Brexit makes me pessimistic too, and the problem of immigrants in EU.We should help people, but such ways when thousands of immigrants flood the developed counties make me pessimistic.
Cautiously optimistic so far…the organization I joined toward the end of last year has so much potential and I’m excited for that to play out, but I’m cautious because the BoD is extremely set in their ways and for us to really succeed they need to change.
I am fairly optimistic about the rest of my life, though.