finals (again!) and resilience :)

History finals went quite good! :D Better than it could've been. Now four days no exams; time to check up with latin, greek and geography, aaaand (noooh) maths... :P 6 finals in 4 days next week: who on earth made that timetable?!

So here are two links from about.com on resilience; what it is and how to develop it:
http://stress.about.com/od/understandingstress/a/resilience.htm
http://stress.about.com/od/positiveattitude/ht/resilient.htm

So let's check up with myself:
1. Develop The Right Attitude
-> not blaming myself? unfortunately that's one of my destructive habits :P; well i'm working on it...

2. Become Aware
-> yeah, i've got that one i'd think

3. Develop An Internal Locus of Control
-> well i have the bad habit of blaming things around me when i'm feeling bad - another destructive habit unfortunately - yet more and more do i see that ''Everything is made from the mind alone.'' (-Avatamsaka Sutra). That is not an idea ''out there''; but really applicable: change the mind - change the world!

4. Cultivate Optimism
-> :) no problem. I often say: ''it'll all be ok, and if not, well then not'' (well, i say it in dutch of course: het komt allemaal wel goed, en zo niet, naja dan niet'')

5. Rally Social Support
-> well let's just stop after stating that i've not always been the most socially intelligent person... or at least didn't behave that way. (People can change though, i believe i did.)

6. Maintain Your Sense of Humor
-> hahahaha! :D:D:D

7. Exercise
-> ok ok ok; i should pick it up again... actually i did run sunday! after some weeks of physical laziness :P

8. Get In Touch With Your Spiritual Side
-> this one is true. And i'm often working on it.


9. Don’t Give Up
-> that's generally not something i often do (at least that's what i think :P)

ok... i'm curious what you would answer at those points...... ? :)

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