Activity 2.3

In the previous activity, carers looked at their life experiences, focusing particularly on their caring roles. You may also find it interesting to try this activity for yourself.

Activity 2.3 Learning from my experience

Timing: We suggest spending around 15 minutes on this activity.

Look at your timeline again and think about what you have learned from your experiences. Looking over the ups and downs:

  • Does the timeline help you to recall how you felt at each point?
  • What did you learn from each situation?

Perhaps you found out more about your individual qualities and your ability to just keep going: qualities such as resilience, adaptability or reliability?

If you’re using bubbl.us [Tip: hold Ctrl and click a link to open it in a new tab. (Hide tip)] you can add your learning points to your timeline in a different colour. You can find out how to do this in the bubbl.us help section. Once done, you can save your new image as a .JPG file and insert it into your Reflection Log.

If you’re using pen and paper or a word processing program, go to your Reflection Log and add your learning points to the timeline that you created in Activity 2.1. Make sure you save the document again. You can also complete the timeline using this document, but don’t forget to save it.

If you’re working with a group, you can share and discuss your learning points with others if you’d like to.

Looking backwards, looking forwards