Do you have a positive attitude or a negative one?

I’m an “expect the worst, hope for the best” kind of person.

I am a pessimistic optimist.
Things will get better, but probably not in the near future.

Neither really, I am sort of a take-what-comes sort of person with a bit of cynicism sprinkled in.

About half and half for me.

Both.

I look forward to every day, and almost always have fun every day.

I also in the last several years find it very hard to trust professionals and I’m very negative going in whenever I have to rely on an accountant, lawyer, doctor, serviceman, I just feel like almost everyone is incompetent at some level or another, or a liar. It’s pretty awful to feel that way.

Depends on the day.

@janbb I had a crappy week because the A/C was down and I keep getting the run around by my home warranty and the repair people. Even had one day where my body temp was 100. All I kept thinking was that it could be worse. I didn’t even lose my temper on that very hot day. I was just too hot and tired to care. Just odd. I always thought I leaned towards the negative.
As a matter of fact, I was so grateful for a beautiful day that I wondered if I may have missed it by being indoors with the A/C running. So I enjoyed a good part of my day outdoors in my yard. Everything looked great and felt great.

Positive
What benefit is derived from negative?

Definitely negative. Mine is the opposite of the ability to find the good in anything.

I thought I was negative, but it turns out that I’m more positive than some people. Like you, I can see the silver lining in some things.

But then again I have days when I think everything is going to hell. They don’t last for long fortunately.

I am a realist. Which means other people think I am negative. But they are just naive idiots.

Depends on my mood, temperature, time of the day, time of the month, have I eaten or not and what exactly are we talking about.

I tend to be positive in most situations but there are some aspects of life in which I think in negative way rather than positive. Need to improve on that one.

I don’t know.
I don’t care.

I tend to be positive and upbeat most of the time.

I’m generally upbeat with a, “What, me worry?” outlook on life. So I guess I’d say positive, for the most part. Things seem generally to work out for the best.

I was a famously optimistic child but I’ve grown up to be pretty negative. It’s not a conscious choice and I wish I were more positive but so far my efforts to change have not worked.

I am mostly positive.

I’m fairly good at being chipper, and reasonable at casting people/situations in a generally positive light. And it’s true that very few of the “little things” bother me. I think these are the reasons I get told that I’m a positive/optimistic person. I’m always searching for a “better” answer even if it isn’t there…

I also have a pessimistic streak. It’ll wax and wane somewhat. I can get pretty gloomy at my lowest. Still learning to feel okay with that fact about myself—I worry it makes me a bit too much like some people I grew up knowing.