We all know that creating joy in our lives can be an arduous task depending on our circumstance, but retaining joy can be much more challenging. In today’s post I wanted to share with you ways on retaining joy in our lives. As always, if you’re interested—keep on reading!
Nous savons tous que faire naître la joie dans notre vie peut être une tâche ardue, selon les circonstances ; mais parvenir à la préserver peut s’avérer encore plus difficile. Dans l’article d’aujourd’hui, je souhaite partager avec vous quelques pistes pour cultiver et maintenir la joie au quotidien. Comme toujours, si le sujet vous intéresse, poursuivez votre lecture !
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NOT TURNING YOUR HOBBIES INTO CONTENT OR SOMETHING PROFITABLE
One of the easiest ways to find joy in life is by doing things that you truly enjoy such as your hobbies, and that’s one of the reasons why you shouldn’t turn your hobbies or at least all of your hobbies into content for social media or into something profitable. It’s a surefire way of turning something that brought you joy into a chore, or worse into a task.
Firstly, hobbies are activities that you do in order to rest and relax, obviously they can be educational or profitable, but they were never meant to be shared on such a large scale to thousands and thousands of people or viewed as a potential source of income or skills. Secondly, hobbies—even the collective ones—are purely for yourself.
When you let other people into your hobby, it becomes much more difficult to retain joy while doing the activity. You have to take into consideration their thoughts, opinions and subconsciously those will influence the way you view and do your hobby as well.
Related: Finding Passions As An Adult
UNDERSTANDING THAT JOY IS A FLEETING EMOTION THAT YOU HAVE TO CONSCIOUSLY CHOOSE
We all know that life is full of ups and downs, which includes joy. It’s very much a fleeting emotion but it doesn’t mean that you can’t find it on a daily or regular basis. Once you realise that you have to consciously choose joy in order to retain joy then it will become much easier to incorporate it into your routine and life. Obviously it will be difficult on bad days, but if you allow yourself to feel happiness even on the days you feel down, it will help you move forward and view life in a different light.
Related: Sustaining The Joys in Your Life
PUTTING YOURSELF FIRST EVEN WHEN YOU HAVE TO PRIORITISE ANOTHER PERSON
I know it sounds weird and even selfish to say you have to put yourself first even when you have to prioritise another person, but you can’t retain joy if you aren’t the first person you think about.
I also think it’s important to keep in mind that you can put yourself first while still prioritising another party, it’s about knowing what you can and cannot do, what your limits and boundaries are, and the things that are within your comfort zone.
You cannot burn yourself down in order to bring happiness to others and you cannot drain yourself to the point you can’t feel any joy within your own life. Unfortunately, or fortunately, if you want to retain joy then you have to think about yourself.
Related: The Second Priority
Thank you so much for reading! – xo N
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