New Year Optimist Gifts

Gym Resolutions

"Brian's New Year's resolution is to spend more time on the treadmill."

"I have low expectations for this year."

2021 new year

"Uh oh - twins!"

'For your information, I am engaging the energy of change and complexity to create the future I desire.'

Social distancing

'Chocolate milk, carrot cake,candied yams...see, there's a solution to everything!'

"This could be the year someone actually goes up there."

Boptimism

'Oh for heaven's sake, you're a cow. Just eat grass and be happy.'

"I feel like that I've been given a unique oppurtunity to speak out on issues."

"Even if forced to slave all day, in my mind I'll always play!"

"You're new here ... it's customary on dismal Monday mornings to be miserable."

Happy Days Are Here Again

Six Thinking Hats

"Pollyanna, your teeth are shot. Stop sugar coating everything!"

'Don't worry about your job at the office, Sweetie. They declared bankrupty today.'

'I tried being pessimistic. I was terrible at it.'

"You might ask, 'Can two people who love each other find happiness in an era of skyrocketing deficits?' I think they can."

The Ekert Saga: 'Ah, another week of school begins...might as well try to make the most of it!...You're crampin' my style, Ekert.'

"The pizza came late and it was cold!"

"Raymond's prospects look good, Daddy. . . He's pretty sure he's picked all six lotto numbers!"

Well, everything's going great! I guess it's time to bring in the naysayers.

"I think I can". (train)

"Using worst case scenario as a baseline, I consider this data quite encouraging."

'Actually, my mom was the first to notice he'd lost that new boyfriend smell!'

'We had no contingency plan for things going right.'

"Yes, we're stranded here... but think how healthier we are eating nothing but fish!"

"Don't you worry about me. I always land on my feet."

'Being angry about shovelling snow will only make it harder for you, daddy...you need to just accept the snow...instead of thinking of it as a chore, you hate, make friends with it.'

Well, she certainly is one of our more positive employees!

"I hate this time of year."

'The good news is that from now on I belong to a very rare species. There aren't many personnel managers who create their own pink slip.'

Pessimists v Optimists.