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Sort of contradictory, I know. I consider myself both but do they cancel each other out? While it might not be possible to be a Cynical Optimist, which would definitely cross the oxymoron line, I feel you can be realistically optimistic. These sort of things cross my mind all the time. For instance why did the saying "You cannot have your cake and eat it" ever come into existence? If I have my cake and all rights implied therein I should, in fact, be able to have my cake and eat it at the same time. The saying, I would assume, is trying to remark that you cannot have it both ways. But their example is flawed as I could have my cake, eat half and still have half of it remaining, thus making their remark incorrect. Yes I do think about these things.

That being said, I often have felt that writing things down is a sort of stress relief... sort of gets things off your chest so to speak, altho
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