Are you Optimist or Pessimist?

well i do not agree with you in that part!!!
well to be successfull and happy in life a person has to be optimistic as well as pessimistic!!!! there would be some situations in life where you have to be pessimistic and some where you have to be optimistic!!!
at any point in life aperson should not reach the extreme of both the terms!!! if done! then that would be a disaster!!!

happylotting!!

there are just many flaws in your reasoning.. first of all you don't know exactly what would happen tomorrow, right? second of all, sitting goals in life way above your comfort zone or limits, aren't gonna put you there. third, everything you have to do is for you to work it out, there is no easy way out in this world that is full of complications and uncertainties.

with your example, it is just too broad and too wide to make a conclusion. set a realistic goal and you don't have to worry about being pessimist. always think positive and do what you can do to earn and achieve it.

I think the best action to take is to try to be optimistic. I believe that it could prove more beneficial in our attitudes and physical well being.
If you think about it being pessimistic or waiting for something unfavorable to happen is taking away from any good mood you could be in.
It is a lot about our attitudes that carry us through and determine how things could turn out. We need to deal with situations as they come along. Good luck.

Neither. I prefer to be a realist. Therefore I know what to expect, I know badly things can go and how well they can go. I prepare for the worst possible scenario and hope for the best one.

Anyway, I don't consider your approach right or wrong. It's simply your thoughts on the subject and how you'd do things using your own reasoning.