Word for a person that never looks back (to the past)

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I'm looking for a word to describe someone that never looks to the past. Someone that never considers whether the choices they made were the right ones, someone that cares only about what is currently happening and about what will.

user405662 · Answer

William Arthur Ward says:

The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.

Vocabulary.com defines realist as:

a person who accepts the world as it literally is and deals with it accordingly

fev · Answer

Such a person could be called forward-looking:

planning for or anticipating possible future events, conditions, etc.; progressive. (dictionary.com)

or

planning for and thinking about the future in a positive way, especially by being willing to use modern methods or ideas (Longman)

Word for a person that never looks back (to the past)

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