You tend to have an optimistic way of thinking. This is because your explanatory style (the way you explain the events in your life) leans toward thinking of negative events as external, local and unstable, and positive events as internal, global and stable. This leads you to more often believe that positive events occur because of your strengths and will lead to more positive events in your life, while negative events are out of your control and won't necessarily lead to more of the same. (For a more in-depth explanation of explanatory style, what it means, and how it works, see this article).

One potential pitfall of this way of thinking is that always believing things are not your fault may cause you to miss opportunities to take responsibility when things are your fault, and grow. Also, sometimes optimists have unrealistic beliefs in their abilities and take unsafe risks.

With that said, optimists tend to stay healthier, perform better, and experience less stress in their lives, among other benefits. This is good news for you. Better news is that can become even more optimistic with practice. For more information on the benefits of optimism and ways you can become more optimistic, read this article.