The List of A Pessimistic Optimist

Cindy Blackmoor, 14, the world's first pessimistic optimist, or is IT optimistic pessimist? Whichever way around it is, that's me. I make my way through life with a list. Well, I say A list but I really mean, how many is it now? Three lists? I've lost count. Anyway, my life pretty much depends on a set of simple rules I set myself at the end of my primary school years. Okay so, maybe they're not so simple. But is anything ever simple? If the answer if yes to that question for you, you just have to be an optimist. Good for you. Unfortunately, not everyone is like you, particularly not me. Every breath is a struggle but then getting up at 6am every morning would put anybody down. Well, here's to life's rules. Here's to the list of the first pessimistic optimist.