Implementation
I decided the best way to start the 3 weeks would be to get a gauge and good understanding of my personal level of resilience. The activity I did on the first day was a quick resilience inventory quiz. (Reference) After scoring myself on the test numerically I identified the lowest contributors to my score (the higher score the more resilient). Out of the nine questions in the quiz, I found the ones that contributed the lowest scores were; feelings of anger, loss, and discouragement dont last long, and Im playful. I find humor in rough situations and can laugh at myself. (Reference) After identifying these I then asked myself, Is there any correlation or linking factor between these two particular questions? I came up with one word that could summarise both questions, positivity, to be specific the lack of it. After identifying this I set out trying to find the best activity to develop and improve this aspect that was restricting or limiting my full potential to display resilience. I chose to only focus on one factor as I thought it would be more rewarding seeing the change from the start of the time period to the end
as more time could be spent on one particular element rather than seeing minor changes over a different range of contributing factors.
After searching through a few different activities, I found one that would suit the three weeks I had to improve and develop my resilience. Titled Three Good Things Activity, it simply involves doing as the title says and writing down three good things that happened during the day. I decided I would do this every night for the three-week period except on the final night where I would redo the inventory quiz. The second activity I would do daily was reading a book. The book I chose to read and complete over the period was When the Dust Settles, by Rob Cook with Carl Curtain, my decision to choose this book was based on the fact it was extremely relatable to the topic and secondly, I am from a farm myself, like the subject of the book. It is an autobiography about a man who goes from running the most remote cattle station in Australia to being a quadriplegic and then on his road to recovery. This book showcases someone elses resilience and also puts into perspective our own lives in comparison to others.