#291 Optimistic or Pessimistic?

In today's episode, we're exploring the topics of optimism, pessimism, and realism. These are different attitudes towards life and the future and can have a massive impact on your happiness and mental health.

I go over the definitions and words, discuss some possible benefits of being pessimistic, and give many tips on how and why you can be more optimistic in life.

A really fun episode filled with English vocabulary, and hopefully quite motivational too.

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Chapters

• 0:00 #291 Optimism & Pessimism
• 1:30 Definitions
• 6:10 Benefits of Pessimism
• 10:51 Extra Help
• 11:47 Realism
• 15:34 How to be more Optimistic
• 15:54 Have things improved before?
• 18:18 We influence the future
• 22:36 Why be optimistic?
• 24:05 Gratitude Journal
• 25:51 Positive People
• 28:03 Silver Linings
• 31:36 Limit News
• 33:22 Are British people more negative?
• 36:48 Reviews
• 38:58 Quote