openeyes:
Hi! Nice to meet you. Do you consider yourself a darkworker?
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I largely try to engineer my life so that there are fewer things I need fear happening, learning how to enjoyably bolster my health, sharpen my driving skills, self defense, and simply making a point of being aware of my surroundings.
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You sound to me like you're employing the strategy of defensive pessimism. Defensive pessimists are good troubleshooters who look for what could go wrong with a situation and take steps to prevent it.(
Article here.)
I think this is a good idea, although I don't think it's necessary to actually feel fear or worry to employ this strategy. One could simply adopt a calm, analytical state.
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In the event that something "bad" does happen in my life, I operate with the view (based on years of experience) that somehow things always turn out fine.
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You seem to be using defensive pessimism in situations when you know you can take specific action, and optimism otherwise. A good synthesis of the two, I think.
