Boarding The Boat To Resiliency & Adaptability [MOOC 2]

Quinj Catabui
Mar 20, 2021
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When I think about resilience and being adaptable, it always has a positive nuance to it.

“Be quick, be nimble, be confident, be more communicative”. But thinking about how researchers define it, it feels pretty farfetched for someone like me, considering my personality and past experiences.

After reflecting on my past throughout the blogs, I realised, “Maybe I’m not so resilient after all…” or “I guess I’m adaptable...?”

It’s a question I want answers for. And to get that, I need to look deeply into myself.

On the bright side, I do think I can be both occasionally.

Why do I say this?

Well, for starters, when challenges arise, I try my best to re-think a better method to cope up with it, try to make a new crossroad to look way past it. But the moment I fail to do so, I get discouraged and demotivated. And seeing my resilience score stick at a 50 kind of frustrated me a little. It’s like it validated my subconscious thought, saying;

“Yup, you ain’t resilient enough.”

And it made me uncomfortable.

Why does this pose a problem?

Being adaptable and resilient can’t live without the other. Because you see a change, you become adaptable. And when you see an alternative approach, you become resilient.

Due to my current level of confidence, I lack so much to prove that I could succeed, and this is why I’m kind of a pessimist/realist. I see the negatives more, and I don’t bother trying because I know I’d fail. And if I were to fail, I’d feel utterly dejected and mortified of myself.

I wouldn’t be shocked either, but I’d be disappointed.

And this means I would have already failed my first job because of this flow. I hate the thought of it.

So… now that I’m self-aware of my feelings and thoughts, it’s an obvious statement that I need to have character development.

I need to manage my stress intake, reduce my negativity and control my urge to be a pessimist. But I find it hard to move past this stage, and it’s because I’m scared.

The MOOC gave specific pointers, though, and it helped me plan out a proper way to deal with this. Like positive affirmations, doing good measures and a journal activity that I enjoyed.