..and deeply believe the future will be truly bleak.
This is an optimistic outlook. If the future is bleak, you get to feel good because you were right. If the future isn't bleak, you get to feel good because the future isn't bleak.
Either way, you feel good in the future. And you can feel good now, because you know you'll feel good in the future.
If you feel good now, and you'll feel good in the future, no matter what happens, you're an optimist.
If you're worried about job loss, and want to be optimistic, be pessimistic and assume you'll lose your job, so make a big emergency fund. If you need it, you'll feel good, because you prepared. If you don't need it, you'll feel good because you have a big emergency fund and are prepared monetarily for anything that comes at you.
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This is an optimistic outlook. If the future is bleak, you get to feel good because you were right. If the future isn't bleak, you get to feel good because the future isn't bleak.
Either way, you feel good in the future. And you can feel good now, because you know you'll feel good in the future.
If you feel good now, and you'll feel good in the future, no matter what happens, you're an optimist.
If you're worried about job loss, and want to be optimistic, be pessimistic and assume you'll lose your job, so make a big emergency fund. If you need it, you'll feel good, because you prepared. If you don't need it, you'll feel good because you have a big emergency fund and are prepared monetarily for anything that comes at you.