How to become an optimist? How to be him and enjoy life in any situation? How to determine whether a person is an optimist or a pessimist?

Fate peri­od­i­cal­ly brings each of us with tire­less and resilient opti­mists. Their smile, infec­tious laugh­ter, excel­lent mood and pos­i­tive emo­tions charge every­one with pos­i­tive ener­gy. Prob­lems imme­di­ate­ly fade into the back­ground. I want to keep the state of mind that has arisen as long as pos­si­ble and increase its resource. Is it pos­si­ble to do this? Let’s take a look at this issue.

It has been sci­en­tif­i­cal­ly proven that opti­mists live longer than pes­simists, because they spend less effort and ener­gy on neg­a­tive emo­tions and expe­ri­ences. They are less like­ly to get colds. Once caught in the pour­ing rain, an opti­mist believes in a favor­able out­come. A firm con­vic­tion in this helps him to avoid a cold.

A self-con­fi­dent per­son is much more suc­cess­ful than a per­son who con­stant­ly doubts him­self. He does not notice obsta­cles and prob­lems on his way. No obsta­cles can become a stum­bling block for him. Dif­fi­cul­ties that arise fur­ther fuel inter­est in the case. The opti­mist per­ceives them as an oppor­tu­ni­ty and a chance to win. He has no doubt that he will cope with any trou­ble.

A cheer­ful per­son is con­stant­ly in a great mood. Dif­fi­cul­ties and intractable prob­lems can upset him, but not for a long time. He quick­ly switch­es to pos­i­tive, over­comes obsta­cles and con­tin­ues to live on, enjoy­ing life.

Opti­mistic peo­ple are socia­ble. They have a huge social cir­cle. Most of those around them are excel­lent part­ners for them, because good peo­ple are attract­ed to opti­mistic indi­vid­u­als like a mag­net.

There are some dis­tin­guish­ing fea­tures that will help you under­stand who you are.

• Opti­mistic indi­vid­u­als eas­i­ly devel­op inter­per­son­al rela­tion­ships in soci­ety, while pes­simists often have dys­func­tion­al rela­tion­ships with oth­ers.
• A pos­i­tive per­son seeks to find plus­es in every­thing, a dull per­son usu­al­ly sees sol­id minus­es.
• An opti­mist is always con­fi­dent in his own abil­i­ties, a pes­simistic per­son doubts his abil­i­ties.
• A resilient per­son is look­ing for a way out of any dif­fi­cult sit­u­a­tion, a skep­tic gets into a stress­ful state and los­es faith in a favor­able out­come.
• A pos­i­tive per­son does not pay atten­tion to minor prob­lems, a pes­simistic per­son, on the con­trary, gets hung up on them.
• A cheer­ful per­son looks much bet­ter and younger than a deject­ed per­son who begins the aging process pre­ma­ture­ly, as a result of which the appear­ance dete­ri­o­rates.
• An opti­mistic indi­vid­ual nev­er com­plains about the injus­tice of life, a pes­simist is offend­ed that he is unde­served­ly deprived of fate.
• A cheer­ful per­son is always full of strength and ener­gy, and a pes­simist is char­ac­ter­ized by con­stant fatigue, a decline in phys­i­cal strength, and the devel­op­ment of psy­cho­so­mat­ic ail­ments.
• Opti­mists usu­al­ly strive to learn some­thing unknown, they have a desire to engage in self-devel­op­ment and per­son­al growth, they want to real­ize them­selves in some new busi­ness. Pes­simists have a reduced qual­i­ty of life.

Experts say that the dreams of pos­i­tive-mind­ed peo­ple come true much more often than skep­ti­cal peo­ple. Con­se­quent­ly, to be a self-con­fi­dent per­son who knows how to enjoy life, you need to let your thoughts go in the right pos­i­tive direc­tion. Right think­ing helps to become an opti­mist. Focus­ing on the pos­i­tives leads to change for the bet­ter.

Don’t tie hap­pi­ness to suc­cess and achiev­ing goals. If you do not have a car or a lux­u­ri­ous coun­try cot­tage, this does not mean at all that you are the most mis­er­able per­son on earth. Know how to find plea­sure in some­thing else: your beloved soul­mate, chil­dren, your favorite work, friends, your hob­bies. Change the course of your thoughts. Hap­pi­ness is with­in us.

Self-dig­ging and self-fla­gel­la­tion should be replaced with light self-irony. It has a valu­able psy­chother­a­peu­tic resource and destroys the destruc­tive mood. The per­son begins to see the neg­a­tive sit­u­a­tion from a dif­fer­ent angle. Find­ing fun­ny moments can cause a smile and even laugh­ter, which is a sure sign of get­ting rid of depres­sion.

Chang­ing your mind­set can boost your pos­i­tive atti­tude. Here are some of her rules:

• do not feel sor­ry for your own per­son;
• deal with loss and loss more eas­i­ly;
• do not label oth­er peo­ple;
• get rid of guilt;
• do not com­pli­cate an already dif­fi­cult sit­u­a­tion;
• solve prob­lems as they come;
• do not be afraid of future fail­ures;
• always rely on your­self;
• take respon­si­bil­i­ty for your actions;
• do not watch TV shows and films that car­ry neg­a­tiv­i­ty and spoil your mood;
• choose edu­ca­tion­al pro­grams to watch, study pos­i­tive infor­ma­tion;
• objec­tive­ly eval­u­ate your own capa­bil­i­ties.

First of all, you need to force your­self to think exclu­sive­ly in a pos­i­tive way. You can learn opti­mism by doing cer­tain tasks.

• Smile more often around you. Your smile charges them with pos­i­tive emo­tions. The warm glow­ing gaze of a pass­er-by received in response sends you a pos­i­tive charge.
• Record pos­i­tive moments in a note­book or in notes on your smart­phone. Pos­i­tive notes help you real­ize how many good things hap­pen dur­ing the day.
• Instead of wait­ing for trans­port with a dis­sat­is­fied face, walk to your des­ti­na­tion or to anoth­er avail­able vehi­cle.
• When every­thing is bad, turn on calm music. Lis­ten­ing to clas­si­cal works improves mood, helps to switch atten­tion and calms nerves.
• Give your­self nice gifts every day. It can be watch­ing your favorite movie, going to a cafe or the­ater with friends, buy­ing some thing or a treat.
• The inter­nal state changes the move­ment of the mus­cles of the cheeks, attempts to build dif­fer­ent gri­maces. A change in facial expres­sion helps to cope with apa­thy, anx­i­ety, self-pity and oth­er neg­a­tive thoughts.
• Fast, fre­quent, shal­low breath­ing in a mat­ter of min­utes elim­i­nates the over­whelm­ing neg­a­tiv­i­ty. Remem­ber how dogs breathe after a long run. Allow your­self to become such a dog for a while. Open your mouth and breathe in this way for a minute.
• Pets always help to stay in a good mood.

Oth­er exer­cis­es help to get rid of the pes­simistic atti­tude.

• “Elas­tic”. When neg­a­tive thoughts appear, pull the elas­tic band on your hand and release it. All neg­a­tive emo­tions imme­di­ate­ly switch to the pain in the hand. Grad­u­al­ly, a rela­tion­ship of neg­a­tiv­i­ty with this pain is formed in your sub­con­scious. Con­scious­ness resists pain, and neg­a­tive emo­tions remain under con­trol. If there is no rub­ber band near­by, try pinch­ing your­self.
• Fight­ing beliefs. Declare war on beliefs that lim­it your think­ing. Always remem­ber that thought is mate­r­i­al. All neg­a­tive thoughts that come to your mind, imme­di­ate­ly trans­form into pos­i­tive phras­es. For exam­ple, they thought that you were once again unlucky in love, which means that a fate­ful meet­ing awaits in the near future.
• Analy­sis of dif­fi­cult sit­u­a­tions. In any dif­fi­cult sit­u­a­tion, you can find some­thing valu­able for your­self. When faced with a dif­fi­cult sit­u­a­tion, ana­lyze it, learn from it and look for pos­i­tive moments in the event.
• Com­mu­ni­ca­tion with pos­i­tive peo­ple. Spend more time with nice peo­ple who are able only by their pres­ence to set your thoughts in a pos­i­tive way. When you feel bad, call such a per­son. While talk­ing to him on the phone, imag­ine that he is next to you. Feel the joy of talk­ing with him. Smile big! Rid your­self of com­mu­ni­ca­tion with grouchy, irri­ta­ble and angry sub­jects.
• Ideas about the future. Dream up and map your future. To do this, you need to cut out pic­tures from var­i­ous mag­a­zines that match your dreams. Stick them on the poster, put a pos­i­tive inscrip­tion under each illus­tra­tion.

If you, start­ing any busi­ness, think in advance that it is doomed to fail­ure, then bad luck will sure­ly over­take you. Before start­ing the next event, you should always set your­self up for suc­cess, and not for a neg­a­tive out­come. Any mis­take can be cor­rect­ed.

Nev­er blame your­self for mis­takes and mis­takes. Do not engage in self-crit­i­cism and crit­i­cism. Ana­lyze the sit­u­a­tion, draw con­clu­sions and try to bring the mat­ter to its log­i­cal end. Remem­ber that fail­ure is the acqui­si­tion of anoth­er expe­ri­ence from which a use­ful les­son should be learned.

Do things that bring you plea­sure. Over time, a hob­by can be turned into a main job that will bring you sat­is­fac­tion and income. Make a plan for every day. Prop­er plan­ning pro­vides for the alter­na­tion of work with rest. A strict regime con­tributes to high labor pro­duc­tiv­i­ty while main­tain­ing phys­i­cal and men­tal health.

Good nutri­tion saves a per­son from irri­tabil­i­ty, anger, out­bursts of anger, so do not exhaust your­self with var­i­ous diets and star­va­tion. If you want to lose weight, start exer­cis­ing and slight­ly reduce your por­tion dur­ing meals. Take sev­er­al sips of pure water through­out the day.

Learn to relax prop­er­ly. Yoga and med­i­ta­tion lead to spir­i­tu­al and emo­tion­al bal­ance. They will help to get rid of phys­i­cal stress. Grad­u­al­ly, a per­son is freed from fears, stress, aggres­sion and var­i­ous neg­a­tive addic­tions.

Go in for sports, spend a lot of time out­doors, take walks, active­ly spend your leisure time. Learn to enjoy life.

Devel­op your sense of humor. Don’t take things too seri­ous­ly. Feel free to laugh at your­self too. Learn to under­stand anec­dotes and jokes. Watch come­dies more often, go to com­e­dy con­certs.

Ana­lyze inner desires, needs and expec­ta­tions. Set spe­cif­ic goals and achieve them. Faced with seri­ous life chal­lenges, do not dri­ve your­self into a dead end and do not close your­self. Share your prob­lems with your best friends and those you trust. Look for a way out of this sit­u­a­tion togeth­er.

Nev­er accu­mu­late resent­ment in your­self, for­give peo­ple. Be good to every­one. Do noble deeds. Show mer­cy to those in need. Feed home­less ani­mals. Sup­port the upset per­son and offer to help them.