Adventuring Through Adversity – None of us are exempt from challenging times in life, we have and will all face a level of adversity at some point, but how could we actually embrace these moments and use them to our advantage?
By seeing them as an opportunity for exploration and adventure that’s how!
Maybe we could choose an escape route?
This could show up as a complete change of scenery and/or an additional challenge to ourselves, mentally or physically.
If we are able to totally remove ourselves from a negative situation we could potentially gain not only personal and professional development but also create an immediate sense of space, time to breathe away from current concerns and the ‘moment’ to decide where we’d like our lives to go in the future.
Maybe we could see our times of adversity as opportunities for a little self-reflection.
In the heat of the moment, it isn’t always easy to hit pause and notice one’s own reactions. Is it time to explore our own thought patterns and behaviours?
Is this situation caused by something that we’ve maybe let slide or build up over a period of time?
Do we need to learn how best we can install certain boundaries to protect our happiness in the future?
Embrace any lessons learned and find comfort that in our times of self-exploration, we can at least discover exactly what we definitely don’t want in our world going forward.
Overcoming adversity might require us to appreciate where we have been, find the good in the situation, and then choose to look forward to the future; maybe this is the route you’ll take, to see rock bottom as a clean slate.
We can’t change the past but we can work towards a whole new and more fulfilling future.
We need to understand that hitting a low point gives us no choice but to climb. We must reflect upon all that we have overcome so far and adapt an overcome anything mentality with a calm and strategic edge; a ‘one step at a time in the right direction’ mindset will move you onwards and upwards towards your end goal far more efficiently than rushing for the summit ever will.
It’s important to remember that, whatever route we choose to take to overcome any adversity in our lives, we are not alone in doing so.
RESOURCES:
If you feel that things are all a bit too much to tackle on your own then create your own support crew, reach out to family and friends or a professional service such as the ones listed below;