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For me ranting and being negative is easy to do and I’ve done this several times in the past. However, there’s so much negativity out there one of my new goals
by cebert 4y ago
For me ranting and being negative is easy to do and I’ve done this several times in the past. However, there’s so much negativity out there one of my new goals is to strive to be positive. There’s enough negativity out there already, no one needs more negativity from me.
- jraph 4y agoIt's also probably good for you. I believe the brain learns to do what you are used to do "better". If you spend a lot of time ranting, you'll probably rant more. You might eventually end up wired to rant against anything showing up. A relative of mine is like this, they are annoying with this. It probably only makes them less happy and this person seems to be annoyed by anything [new]. There's no upside to this. I personally want to avoid being like this at all cost. It's so much more enjoyable to be around someone who finds joy in insignificant things instead. I probably won't be this person but becoming closer to this is probably nice. You probably don't want to be someone who is positive at anything, even shitty stuff, but there's usually some margin.
- porknubbins 4y agoI agree, a naive view might be that if you have a lot of bad things around you its only natural to have a negative response, but we as humans can only handle so much capacity to handle bad things without becoming twisted. Call it delusional, or American toxic positivty, or optimism or whatever but I need to mentally put a thumb on the scale for positivity, real world be damned.