"How to Be More Optimistic" by Susan Shain (NY Times, 2020-02-18) offers four ways to look more hopefully at the world:

• Visualize your best possible self – imagine an ideal, idyllic future
• Accept the inevitability of disappointment – remember that "many of the negative things we predict never actually happen"
• Argue against yourself – counter negative self-talk with positive logic and reasons to expect improvement
• Put things in perspective – to balance worst-case scenarios with best-case ones, maximally good outcomes

(cf Optimist Creed (1999-04-16), Smile at Everyone (2013-02-15), Power of Optimism (2016-02-23), Mister Pollyanna (2020-01-28), ...) - ^z - 2020-07-02