Pleasant AND Unpleasant

On Friday, i attended the North Hill Garden Symposium: 200 people sitting on plastic folding chairs under a tent in a 55-degree drizzle.

The conditions were uncomfortable, but the speakers were brilliant. The 4 very best nurseries in the state had a selection of their rare wares for sale; the plants were unusual and otherwise unfindable. I sat beside the editor of Country Gardens magazine.

Pleasant: the speakers, the plants, the food
Unpleasant: the chill, the wet, and the hard chairs

If you are a person who focuses on the pleasant, you would have had a wonderful time chatting with luminaries of the gardening world.

If you are a person who focuses on the unpleasant, you would have complained about the weather and your lack of warm clothing while sitting still for 2 hours in the morning and another 2 hours in the afternoon.

The type of personality that chases the pleasant is called "greedy," because they crave the next pleasant experience. The type of personality that pushes the unpleasant away is called "aversive," because they want the unpleasant to end. Right now.

Which one do you resonate to?
And which type do you think i am? (Hint: re-read the first sentence.)

(If you don't know, then you may fall into the third category: Delusional.)