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PLOT TWIST? When has a negative outlook helped...
I'm really interested after tonights GR to talk to a few people about BALANCE and how sometimes being pessimistic or having a negative outlook can help.
I mean we can't all be optimistic ALL THE TIME. (Can we?)
So I just wanted to see if anyone can give me a good story of when they were not thinking positively about something... but a positive came out of it?
FOR EXAMPLE: I have been so terrified about starting new study. I signed up and was totally regretting it. But then this person also studying with me started chatting to me and now we're like best buds. So it was like a nightmare... AND NOW ITS LIKE A DREAM AND STUFF ISNT SO SHITTY
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I really like this thread! Keeping it balanced is so important.
I think a time where having a bit of a negative attitude (sort of) helps me is when I'm doing a uni assignment. I tend to get a bit stressed out that what I'm doing isn't as good as it could be, which makes me work harder to get a better mark. Sometimes it can be a pretty unhelpful behaviour too, since it can be a bit unrealistic, but I'm getting better at monitoring that 🙂
This is something that happens a lot for me!
It's generally about time. I seem to think I'll run out of time to do something i really want to do, or that something hard will take ages.
And then i get to do the thing I want to do, or the hard thing takes less time.
It's nice to be pleasantly surprised.
Thanks @FootyFan26 and @lanejane for starting up this conversation.
what about like... has anyone ever got lost in a car or during a walk? and you're like NOOOOOOO but then you see something totally amazing or find an amazing place?
or like.... have you ever been full terrified of going to a party or event but then you have the best time ever?
@FootyFan26 i rekon you might have some of these too!!
we can think about it overnight @j95 and come back tomorrow to add 😛 and hopefully others have something to share too!