I have to start by saying that the last 24 months motivated me to look into this topic.
I think that almost all of us, regardless of our circumstances, have experienced some struggles with all that has been happening in the country and our world over the last two years .
Most of you may know that I do try and focus on the positive as best I can. However, even I found that I had times of sadness and moments where I just wasn’t “ Feeing it”
Many of my friends shared with me the sentiment of feeling like it was groundhog day…. every day. There are so many common phenomenon’s that we seem to all have felt lately that I cannot even explain.
I think that at some point, many of us found that we were struggling to find anything that we could really count on that wouldn’t be “ Canceled”. I think that if I never heard the word “ Canceled” another day in my life, I would be ok with that. lol
What can you do when everything seems so out of our control?
When I started my planning for 2022, one of my goals was to find more moments of joy. I was finding that many days, I would get through the rush of the day to find that I wasn’t even sure where the time went or what exactly ate up all the hours of the day. I truly believe that we are not here on this earth to just “ Pass the time” .
I started to really think about how I could incorporate even small moments of joy, typically that would not even require more than 5 minutes, in every day. How could I possibly find an excuse for not finding 5 MINUTES???
Here is a short list of things that I came up with that were purely for the purpose of fun and joy:
Dancing in the kitchen to ONE Zumba song via my favorite You Tube Zumba group https://www.youtube.com/c/Livelovepartyinternational 4-5 Min
Taking a walk with the puppies and any family member willing to join me lol 5-12 Min
Reading a great book 5-10 Min
Yoga 5-10 Min ( love using free videos again on You Tube https://youtu.be/4C-gxOE0j7s )
Doing a quick word find 2-5 Min
Petting my dog 1-5 Min
Playing my Ukulele 3-5 Min
Baking anything … cakes, cookies. 20-30 Min
Watching a Binge Worthy show ( not for too long or it can be more of a downer) 20-45 Min
You will find a VERY common denominator with all of the activities above.
Everything on my list are things that I can count on regardless as to what is happening in my town, city, or nation. Most can also be done regardless of the weather ( even walking the pups. Fresh air is so important even for 5 minutes)
It may sound like such a simple concept but it has been a GAME changer for me.
It does take some motivation to schedule these activities into your day even though they are strictly for fun and relaxation.
I have to make a conscious effort to find and schedule those moments rather than let the day just run away from me.
I would love for any of you to give this a try. Even for a few days and see if it makes a difference.
Finding things that bring us all happiness that we know we can count on I feel is critical.
I hope that you can find some useful info from this post today and that it might bring even a little more happiness to your world. I would love it even more if you would be willing to share some of your “ JOY moments “ with all of us.
Tanya
“Let us dance in the sun, wearing wild flowers in our hair...”
― Susan Polis Schutz