Slow Days

Feeling optimistic

Expecting that things will probably work out well.

Watercolor of an open kitchen window with sheer curtains lifting in the breeze, a jug of wildflowers on the sunlit sill and a wooden table below.

Where it sits on the wheel

Optimistic is in the outer ring, under Joyful › Hopeful.

Open it on the full wheel

A gentle prompt

What makes you think things could go well? List a few reasons.

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Something to go with it

Nothing To Do

A small screen-free idea, if you’d like to spend this mood on something.

Feelings near optimistic

  • Hopeful (one ring in)

    Optimistic expects things to work out; hopeful believes they can, even when it isn’t likely.

  • Eager (also under Hopeful)

    Optimistic is a belief about how things will go; eager is keenness for something that’s coming.

  • Inspired (also under Hopeful)

    Optimistic expects good things; inspired is moved to make or do one.

About the feelings wheel

Optimistic is one of the 104 words on the Slow Days feelings wheel, and the list of feelings has them all. The wheel isn’t a test or a diagnosis.