Category: Life and Learning

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How to Deal with Setbacks

Setbacks are an inevitable part of life. Relationships end. Illness can strike out of nowhere. People get made redundant or otherwise lose their jobs. Floods, tornadoes, drought or fire can destroy homes and businesses. The car breaks down on the day that rent is due. Whether a setback is big or small, how we deal with it can help us move on productively or leave us mired in negative emotions.

I know from personal experience that what seems like a setback such as being made redundant can feel traumatic. However, by stepping back, thinking about what I want to do in terms of my career; where my priorities are and what I want to do going forward I have been able to turn that setback into a real positive. So rather than simply focus on securing a new role as a Learning and Development Manager I have been able to think more broadly.

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Shouting In The Wind

Sometimes when we share our thoughts on Social Media it can feel as if we aren’t reaching people. It can sometimes feel that unless you are one of those people who engages with the latest “righteous indignation” that seems to pervade sites such as Twitter you are talking to a very small audience or even to yourself.

One of my friends described it as “Shouting into the Wind” suggesting that like a leaf caught in a blowing gale your thoughts are simply tossed around. But don’t lose heart because at some point that leaf almost always comes to ground.

So it is with sharing thoughts, advice and encouragement on sites such as Twitter. There is always a chance that someone who really needs to hear what you have shared will chance upon it through a like, a retweet or a search.

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He’s So Much Better Looking Than Me!

Social media allows us to connect to our friends, stay in touch with our families, make new connections based on shared interests, and… presents a never-ending stream of people who are better looking, prettier, fitter, more successful, on a beach, with six-pack abs and a cute new puppy.

It can be hard to nurture a healthy sense of self-acceptance in the face of all the aspirational images social media has to offer. At the same time, cultivating a sense of self-acceptance — accepting yourself just as you are, warts and all — offers a healthy way to deal with the pressures of social media. Self-acceptance helps to free you from worry about what others think and makes you more confident in living life on your own terms.

So, how do you maintain or develop self-acceptance amidst the noise of social media?

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