I am optimistic about one day learning how to whistle.

I am optimistic about my backyard garden; it was solid clay when I started on it, and now it’s thriving.

I am optimistic about going for a run weekly.

I am optimistic about my lemon tree being fruitful next spring.

I am optimistic about becoming proficient on the ukelele.

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Alex Chen is a musician and creative talent, currently living in San Francisco. He is 1/2 of Boy in Static, whose new album Candy Cigarette will be released April 14, 2009 on Fake Four Inc, and features contributions from Marc Bianchi, Ulrich Schnauss and others. The fourth track, Young San Francisco, can be downloaded here. His Sonata for the Unaware (2003) and work for NewsToday, Volkswagen, IKEA and others have garnered him critical and public acclaim.

Alex lives in San Francisco, California.

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This post is a selection from The Optimist Conspectus – an ongoing not-for-profit attempt to both quantify and qualify resurgent optimism. To learn more or submit your own sources of optimism, click here.

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