Are you a positive Polly or a negative Nellie?

I think I'm 75% Polly but 25% Nellie which comes out in noticing what is out of place, what needs changing, what could be done better etc. While I appreciate that a glass can be half full and glad of it!, I also notice just as much that it is half empty and may also be smudged or chipped.

However, my overall foundation is that people are good, and usually doing the best they can at the moment with who they are at the moment even if it drives me bonkers! I do believe everything works out in the end ...but %&*%$ sometimes that end can be a long time coming. Toxic people ...nope, don't need that in my life.

 

YES! I know the feeling all too well! I have really distanced myself from people who are just negative nellies, even though they are in my family. Life is just too short and too stressful as it is (especially now-THANKS, COVID!) to deal with all that negativity. I wish things were different as far as my own family is concerned, but after putting up with the same crap for YEARS, there comes a point where you have to just say enough is enough and just stay away. I've also blocked a lot of negative crap on FB. I just down have the patience for the negativity or the stupidity!

I'm definitely more a positive Polly!

 

I've always said Pollyanna... after that movie. (She finds something good in everything if I remember correctly). I've always been a Pollyanna or Positive Polly. Always.

 

I’m a little of both. I try to be more positive but lately it’s been easier to be a Nellie so I’ve had to make a conscious effort to be positive. I too have snoozed people on FB because I don’t want the drama right now. I’m glad TLP is such a great place I can escape to and be with my online friends and get some scrappin therapy!

 

I try to stay positive as much as possible and especially lately with social media especially, I steer clear from the negativity. Negativity is too toxic for me. Positivity makes me happy so I tr and stay that way.

 

Like @KimJ I fall somewhere in the middle.

I am definitely not negative all the time and there are times that I definitely could be more positive. And, like @cfile I stay away from social media and have even limited my time watching the news (used to be a news junkie). I scan the headlines twice a day just so I am aware of what is happening but have found other things to watch/listen to on TV.

 

I am a positive Polly most of the time. Probably because my Mom is definitely a Negative Nellie and it drives me crazy. I also have been very careful to find friends who feed my positive Polly side more often than not. I mean I know not everything is sunshine and rainbows, but attitude makes such a huge difference for me.

But... don't talk to me during my PMS time.

 

I try to be a Polly, I don't have time for negative Nellie.
For me, for the children I need to be Positive but sometimes it's hard to see everytime something good.

 

I really don't know the answer to this one. Being Autistic I know I look at the world differently than most people. I don't think of things in terms of positive or negative - rather in terms of what is right or wrong, helpful or unhelpful, wise or unwise.