GR - Resilience - Apr 1st!
Have you ever been really tested by life and come out the other side feeling like a Superhero minus the ability to fly? I'm talking the worst day/week/month/year of your life and come out stronger on the other side?
That my friends is resilience. By definition it means: the capacity to recover quickly from difficulties; toughness. But to all of us it will mean many different things.
It could mean having an argument with your BFF and learning from it.
It could mean dealing with the loss of a loved one and healing from that.
Resilience does not discriminate and takes many different shapes and sizes to be built. All of us here today are demonstrating resilience just by being here.
Join us on the 1st of April 2019 at 7:30pm (AEDT) to talk about what resilience means to you and discuss how we can build resilience to overcome adversity in our lives.
I wonder if another way of staying resilient in a certain situation is keeping the broad picture in mind? Knowing/hoping that you're riding the wave and will make it over the other side, you know?
Last question for tonight guys
4. What can you do to build your resilience?
@xXLexi_Lou122Xx in a lot of ways, that's kind of what it boils down to 🙂
Kind of similar to the prayer(?) you see written everywhere:
Please grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change,
Courage to change the things I can,
And wisdom to know the difference.
@scared01 honestly i feel like this is a really big point we keep returning to 😄 knowing when to reach out for help! knowing that it might be time to stick up your hand and say you're stuck in a bit of moment. It's pretty cool when you think about it, because that's what everyone here does every day, whether they're posting or not 😄 
oooh, i like that turn of phrase @scared01 !
A strategy I've heard of for some of the less major (but still potentially tough) challenges in life is the 5 year rule (it can be the 6 month rule, or the one week rule - up to you!) where you get into the habit of asking yourself: will this still matter a lot to me in 5 years?
Things like failing a test or getting reprimanded at work can just suck, as can whole host of other incidents that can ruin your day, week, or even your month, but it might end up being a bump on the road that fades the further you get away from it I find that sometimes framing things that way can help me stop myself from falling into that rut, where all you do is think about what's happened, and start letting smaller things roll off my back (again, your mileage may vary 😛 
, not always helpful, but hey, worth a shot!)
@blissfulhope it can be pretty helpful! i'd be interested to see how you find it 😄
@scared01 definitely! sometimes you ask yourself that and it's like: yes, yes i will still care
which, you know, fair enough!! some things are harder to shrug off than others
i guess we need a whole toolkit of strategies to help us build and maintain our resilience, across a whole spectrum of events!
THANK YOU EVERYONE SO MUCH FOR JOINING IN ON OUR CHAT!!!
@scared01 @blissfulhope @xXLexi_Lou122Xx @lennycat2017
It's been an absolute blast and super thought-provoking xx
I hope you all have a fabulous rest of your evening. Feel free to keep posting and answering questions! I'm super keen to read what everyone's thoughts are tomorrow morning!
Talk tomorrow!
night @xXLexi_Lou122Xx sweet dreams xx
thanks for joining in tonight 😄
@xXLexi_Lou122Xx everyone's mileage definitely varies! some people take to uni or TAFE etc. like ducks to water, some struggle, and most vary between point A and point B
@scared01 we keep our fingers crossed for more maturity 😉
i havent been to uni but i can imagine it would be pretty touch esp at the beginning. its almost like starting high school again from what ive been told- trying to find where your suppose to be, and getting yourself organised etc
