Pessimism and Optimism Can Work Together: Do not judge yourself for seeing the world as it is
Thinking that good things are going to come my way runs counter to my instincts.
Until very recently, my mind operated via self-defeating assumptions we can call pessimism. More than this, pessimism was something of the thesis of my life. It was a guiding sentiment that left fingerprints on all I thought and attempted to do.