7 Scientifically Proven Ways to Feel More Optimistic About Your Future
Implement Them to Transform Your Outlook
How you perceive the future can greatly impact how you feel in the present.
This is because your internal sight is set through hope.
Even positive situations are hard to bear when hope is absent.
Several studies have shown that people with greater levels of hope are less likely to experience high levels of stress, depression, and anxiety.
American psychologist Charles Snyder, the creator of the hope theory, defines hope as the belief that your future will be better than the present and that you have the ability to make it happen.
It involves optimism and a can-do attitude.
According to hope theory, there’s 3 three distinct parts to hope:
- Goals. The desired outcome you want.
- Agency (willpower). The ability to stay motivated to meet your goal.
- Pathways. The specific routes you develop to meet your goals.
Without these, you’ll feel hopeless and less optimistic about what the future holds in store for you.
The 7 methods I’ll share in this story will reverse this state.
