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mjw · 01-31-2006, 01:46 AM

Well at the very base of it, the glass is neither half full nor half empty. It is merely twice as big as it needs to be.

But to be serious I am a conundrum of sorts really, when I really look at myself I find both traits for various situations. For instance, I am very pessimistic about myself and my abilities wither it be from an artistic standpoint or a personal growth standpoint. Up until recently (last year or two) if you would have asked me what my future held, I would have told you that chances are I would be the crazy old guy that lives alone with only a dog as a companion. Even now I'm in a very stable relationship (engaged actually), but deep down inside I can't believe something this good would happen to me.

On the flip side of that, for some reason or another, is my "professional persona" if you will. I'm working on my 3rd startup company, and everything is smooth sailing. There's a demand for my product (assuming I can ever finish coding it), and as soon as we hit the product launch, there is no doubt in my mind that this is going to be the one, the one that picks me up out of my current state and allows me to do everything in life that I want. This is also the way I thought with my other 2 startups. 1 died after 4 years (I was actually living in Singapore at the time it died trying to open up the Asia Pacific market), and the other didn't even make it a year.

I have no clue how I can be so pessimistic on one hand and so borderline blindly optimistic on the other.

Who knows.

01-31-2006, 01:46 AM	#36 (permalink)
mjw Upright	Well at the very base of it, the glass is neither half full nor half empty. It is merely twice as big as it needs to be. But to be serious I am a conundrum of sorts really, when I really look at myself I find both traits for various situations. For instance, I am very pessimistic about myself and my abilities wither it be from an artistic standpoint or a personal growth standpoint. Up until recently (last year or two) if you would have asked me what my future held, I would have told you that chances are I would be the crazy old guy that lives alone with only a dog as a companion. Even now I'm in a very stable relationship (engaged actually), but deep down inside I can't believe something this good would happen to me. On the flip side of that, for some reason or another, is my "professional persona" if you will. I'm working on my 3rd startup company, and everything is smooth sailing. There's a demand for my product (assuming I can ever finish coding it), and as soon as we hit the product launch, there is no doubt in my mind that this is going to be the one, the one that picks me up out of my current state and allows me to do everything in life that I want. This is also the way I thought with my other 2 startups. 1 died after 4 years (I was actually living in Singapore at the time it died trying to open up the Asia Pacific market), and the other didn't even make it a year. I have no clue how I can be so pessimistic on one hand and so borderline blindly optimistic on the other. Who knows. __________________ Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?