Positive Energy

Positivity is a really hard thing to get behind when life and your own brain just don't stop shitting on you, but it's things like this post that help me keep my head above water. Knowing that there are people out there who are just as skeptical and unsure and all that, but find themselves in places surrounded by good people that make it all worthwhile.
I'm glad that you've found said good people and things are looking up for you. And thank you for sharing. Happy new year, and best wishes! :)

Best thread you've ever posted, and it sounds like positivity is becoming your thing. ;)

Word.

Seriously.

(Also, nice GA, The Long Dark is one of the best games I've ever played).

Awesome! There will be highs and lows -- enjoy your highs, endure your lows!

Cheers! (Hoping your high lasts!)

Hope u find wonderful and comfort as u seek. Solve each problem one by one dont bear all at once sometime solve one many will sovlr too

I hope you continue to have such great successes next year, too! And remember that often the best leaders (and managers) are reluctant ones. ;)

I really like where this is going, 2018 will be your best year so I wish you all you need to get there.

Good job on the job :)
And no, always being positive is as bad as always being negative...okay, that's a lie, but always being positive is not how reality works. Find a balance, that doesn't mean 50/50, but whatever works for you.

Best of luck in your new job. Happy New Year!

After so much negativity and so many bad experiences, it becomes difficult to keep hope alive. Even so, I continued to believe there was more to you than just hate. I am thankful for having seen the better side of you. Life is full of things we like and dislike, and we have no control over it. We do, however, have control over our response to Life, including our point of view. Some people go through life by reflex, passively reacting to what goes on around them, but it seems you are becoming proactive and casting out the unwanted influence of others. That is the key to happiness, and I wish you success.

(That was really difficult to put into words, but I hope it all makes sense to you.)

wishing for your success, happy new year! ;)

Love is great.
I'm struggling to start a year with positive attitude, thanks for the inspiration :P

Happy New Year, Tree! Though you're right (regarding the expression of bad feelings), I prefer to read such good news/retrospectives. Keep it up! :)

Happy New Year! :D and congrats on the new job, hope you get all dem moneys

Happy new year! :)

For me, personally, positivity doesn't mean being blindly optimistic or ignoring reality, but it's more of getting myself to accept the possibility that something good might happen (and that if something bad happens, it's not the end of the world) and that I'm actually deserving of a good thing happening to me. I'm naturally cynical and pessimistic and lack self-esteem, so it's difficult, but I try to keep my mind away from the self-loathing and defeatist mindset.

I know someone who is unquestionably optimistic about everything, faithful maybe is a better word. In spite of all facts or evidence to the contrary, he just keeps repeating that he knows it's all going to work itself out, to the detriment of his family, his health, and his business. And he's constantly getting taken advantage of by people who exploit his faith in humanity... To me, that's not very different from where I used to be when I thought the worst of everybody and expected the worst to happen in every situation. The goal, I think, should be to fall somewhere in the middle, accepting facts and acknowledging reality, but not giving up too easily and not assuming the outcome (whether good or bad) before even trying to do something about it.

Good to hear that things are going better!

Keep that spirit chugging along in the new year!

Grates on finding a job and having someone you cherish, don't try to impress everyone, it ain't gonna happen, just treasure the ones you love.
Happy holidays and wish you a better future!

BUMP

J/K

Seriously, glad that you and your GF had a moment -- sounds like it was an important one. I don't believe in pop psychology either, but take it from someone who's been through a ton of shit that being positive doesn't hurt, either. I don't mean being falsely positive...but there's no reason to look for the negative when the positive is actually available.

Sounds to me like you found an awesome girlfriend who likes the real you. I think that you can find something positive there, right? Focus on that, and lot of a negative crap can just be deflected.

Happy 2018. May yours (and mine) be one fuck-ton better than 2017. 😁😏👍🏻

Positivity is good, it’s what gives the dark dark world some hope I guess.

keep moving forward

Thank you very much kind sir/madame =)

Good on you.

Sounds like you had a great year overall. Let's hope the new one will be even better. Happy new year!