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How do you feel about the coming year?   [Edit]

Survey period: 2 Jan 2012 to 9 Jan 2012

For many people 2011 was not a stellar year. In terms of your standard of living (pay, work, free time, balance, Zen calm etc) what's your feeling on this new, freshly unboxed one we now have?

OptionVotes% 
I feel far more optimistic about this year than last year.29231.06
I feel a little more optimistic.19220.43
I feel about the same.25927.55
I feel slightly less optimistic.939.89
I feel far less optimistic about this coming year.10411.06



 
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Shao Voon Wong8-Jan-12 2:22
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GeneralMore optimistic Pin
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GeneralWalk Towards Goal Of Life........ Pin
Manisha Tambade6-Jan-12 3:02
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GeneralChange is always positive Pin
Prasad_Kulkarni5-Jan-12 18:01
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tgrt7-Jan-12 3:37
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GeneralIt depends in wich country do you live. Pin
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Ravi Sant5-Jan-12 9:06
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Uwe Keim3-Jan-12 23:20
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GeneralOptimistic? Pin
ed welch3-Jan-12 8:34
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Lutosław5-Jan-12 10:11
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GeneralGot to be better than '11 Pin
Nagy Vilmos2-Jan-12 23:08
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GeneralWhy do we think the glass is half full? PinPopular
Tom Clement2-Jan-12 6:53
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Eddy Vluggen2-Jan-12 8:40
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Tom Clement2-Jan-12 9:22
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Eddy Vluggen2-Jan-12 9:52
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Tom Clement2-Jan-12 9:58
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Eddy Vluggen2-Jan-12 10:16
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Tom Clement2-Jan-12 10:31
professionalTom Clement2-Jan-12 10:31 
Logical like a developer. Yep, hope to do that. But you may forget that the world is not entirely lived from the outside looking in. We are human beings and our subjective reality is not the same an an objective reality. For example, if you fall in love, if you describe it objectively, you'll try to talk about hormones and instinct and stuff like that. I don't know about you, but to me, that seems to be missing the point.

So one subjective choice you available to you is to appreciate how awesome everything is, or, of course, you could spend your emotional energy complaining. Your choice, but the wise one may be to choose to be happy rather than miserable, appreciative rather than bitter, and loving rather than hateful.

I think it's a truly amazing thing that we have the power to choose who we want to be, and how we want to look at the world. And contrary to the lion metaphor you present above, I suspect that people who love life are more interested in taking the steps that preserve it. Big Grin | :-D

And thanks for the wishes for the new year.... warm wishes your way too Eddy... It's been fun bantering with you.
Tom Clement
Serena Software, Inc.
www.serena.com

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