Each day is unique. Any day can bring good times, difficult times, challenges, or opportunities. We may not have much influence over external events or life’s inevitable challenges, but we do have influence over our own choices and responses.

If we are motivated toward a resilient, flourishing day-to-day life, we may want to reflect on our experiences in ways that provoke expanded awareness, understandings, and greater wholeness. This kind of explorative mindset can reap many benefits. For example, why do some people learn and gain greater wisdom from experience, while others do not?

In a 2018 study, psychologists Judith Gluck, Susan Bluck, and Nic Westrate propose five resources linked to developing wisdom and learning from life’s experiences:

Learning from experience builds resilience, the ability to adapt to life’s challenges. Research has shown that when learners have a growth mindset, they believe that their abilities can develop and expand; that with experience and hard work they can get better at things. With a

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