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Whether in relationships, careers, or family, we are all occasionally knocked down by rejections and setbacks. And, we all need tools to help us get back up again. This ability to rebound is our level of resilience. Resilience gives us buoyancy and elasticity to address stress, pain, or loss in our lives without snapping or breaking. Think of a rubber band, and how it snaps back into shape after it’s stretched.
Some amount of our resilience is thought to be inherited, but we can also build it up through lifestyle choices.
Answer the questions below to gauge your current level of resiliency. Keep in mind that resiliency fluctuates with life circumstances, so you may want to return to this quiz now and then to see how things are progressing.
Count your answers and then use the guide below to see whether your resiliency is most like bread dough, a rubber band, or a house of tarot cards.
You Are Most Like Bread Dough
When life experiences knead you, you keep stretching and expanding. Adversity to you is like yeast that helps you rise to the occasion. This is a great place to be! Just remember to avoid getting over-kneaded: Even people with great natural resiliency need rest, self-care, and healthy boundaries.
You Are Most Like a Rubber Band
When life pulls on you, you generally stretch along with it, snapping back to your regular self without too much effort. But your inner rubber band is at risk of losing its shape or even snapping if you get stretched too far or too often. Some limits must be respected and honored so that you don’t lose your purpose. Take some time to step back, reflect, and adjust as needed to keep yourself equally taut and flexible.
You Are Most Like a House of Tarot Cards
It seems that you’re working on an unstable foundation. Even adding minor additional tasks or stressors is like placing a new card on an already shaky house of cards. This is a good time to reshuffle the deck and deal yourself a new hand; your major arcana (a collection of the tarot’s most important aspects and archetypes in life) seems as though it needs some pampering.
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