1	2	3	4	5
Strongly disagree				Strongly agree
1. I am expecting good things to happen.b				_______
2. At the moment, I expect more to go wrong than right when it comes to my future. (rev)b
3. I believe that things will most likely get worse. (rev)c				_______
4. I am feeling optimistic about life’s challenges.*c				_______
5. I’ll be pleasantly surprised by something this week.a				_______
6. Good things are in store for me.e				_______
7. Right now, I expect things to work out for the best.*b				_______
8. I expect more to go wrong than right when it comes to my future. (rev)b				_______
9. I think something bad is going to happen today. (rev)a				_______
10. I’m feeling good about today (in the next 24 hours).a				_______
11. I can see things improving from here.c				_______
12. I expect things will not get worse.d				_______
13. I am feeling optimistic about my future.*e				_______
14. I am thinking there will be more good than bad in my life.e				_______
15. I think that each day has pitfalls. (rev)d				_______
16. Times are getting worse. (rev)f				_______
17. I think my life will be happy.e				_______
18. I feel that something good will happen today (in the next 24 hours).*a				_______
19. Times are getting better.f				_______
20. I feel that things will most likely get better.c				_______
21. Things will work out today (in the next 24 hours).a				_______
22. I think that each day something good can happen.d				_______
23. When I think of the world, things might get better.f				_______
24. When I think of the world, things are getting better.f				_______
25. I am looking forward to good times ahead.d				_______
26. Bad things are in store for me. (rev)e				_______
27. The future is looking bright to me.*d				_______
28. At the moment, I expect more to go right than wrong when it comes to my future.*b				_______
29. I am expecting things to turn out well.*b				_______

Note: Superscript letters indicate hypothesized aspects of state optimism

^aState predicting near future

^bState predicting far future

^cThings getting better

^dThings staying the same/already being good

^eOptimism about oneself

^fOptimism about the world