Joy is often confused with happiness. Although they are closely linked, and can be experienced at the same time, they are quite different. Happiness is an outward expression or emotion, whilst joy is a much stronger feeling, cultivated internally. It arrives when you make peace with who you are.
Tips for Cultivating Joy
- Cut down on social media and incorporate more fun in your daily activities.
- Practice gratitude, focusing on thee things that you are thankful for.
- Live within your truth
- Surround yourself with people who motivate and cheer you on
- Stop comparing yourself to others
- Find the beauty in life's simple and most mundane moments
- Explore and find new ways to create, play and bring out your inner child
- Find connection with others
- Get out into nature
- Let happiness in and filter the other stuff out
Exercises for you:
- Make a "Joy Collage" - use wrappers, discarded items found in your bags, pockets - anything you an give new meaning to
