I’ve been writing about ‘everyday joy’ for a while now.
But I do feel like a bit of a fraud sometimes. I don’t live my life in a constantly joyful state, nor do I always notice bits of joy. I have grumpy days when I hide away and don’t think about the nice things in my life, my surroundings or my day, let alone share them with anyone else. I don’t make the most of every moment, or live in the present.
So who am I to write about it?
I guess that is the point – I need to recognise joy myself and find little bits of it in my life and work, and by thinking about it and sharing with others, I help myself find it.
I’m conscious too that there are awful things going on in the world right now. There always are, but there seem to be more of them being more visible and creating more intense emotions in people at the moment.
So am I minimising those things by talking about something as superficial as joy?
I am well aware that there are terrible things in the world, as we all are. But isn’t it a nice thing to recognise the good things in our own lives, even if they are tiny, even if they are very small parts of the day? It may not help others, but it’s giving us individually something nice to think about and notice.
But other people talk about it far better than I do and do coaching or programmes or stuff around it. I don’t currently offer anything that people can buy to help find joy. They all know far more about it.
So does that mean it’s pointless for me to bother?
Of course not. We all have our own voices and our own contribution to make to a topic. And we are all learning as we do that ourselves.
I do send out occasional newsletters and I do share these blog posts. And one of my services is a clarity call – which may help some people find joy in their work if they use that call for deciding how to proceed with an exciting idea they’ve had for their business. Those things are useful, and they are things that I do in my own way, a little piece of information, ideas, inspiration.
In conclusion
Sometimes it does feel like trying to contribute in a big sea of information and advice and loud people. But I know that maybe a few people will find their way to my blogs and read about my take on joy – everyday joy. And some of them will find something useful in there, or recommend the posts to someone who will. And that’s reason enough for me to write about everyday joy.
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I’ve also started sharing a few of the resources I recommend to other business owners, to help them set their business and marketing up in a way that allows them to have more joy in their lives. Pop over here to see what’s currently on there. (Work in progress, I will be adding to it regularly.)
