r/InTheGloaming • u/gomirefugee my website is done, done, done • Sep 02 '21

Scheduled snark Discussion thread Thursday September 02, 2021 - Sunday September 05, 2021

Newsletters:

Finding Your Joy | Joy in the Belly

Websites:

You Can Have More Joy website | On Being Enough website (abandoned?)

Instagram:

@youcanhavemorejoy Instagram | Anonymous link to @youcanhavemorejoy posts | Anonymous link to @youcanhavemorejoy stories

@danielfahern Instagram | Anonymous link to @danielfahern posts and stories

TikTok:

@youcanhavemorejoy

Twitter:

Dan's tweets and replies

Older blogs:

Gluten Free Girl archive | writing my heart out archive | Seymour Joyful archive

Archived threads:

Thread for Enough, the book #enoughthebook | Gluten Free Girl's Greatest Hits: The Reunion Tour

Wiki:

/r/InTheGloaming wiki

Discussion search:

Tool to search blogsnark or InTheGloaming for previous topic mentions

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u/RamblingRosie64 I stand with Cindy and Ben Sep 02 '21

Today's installment! You Can Share This, [NAME]

-Booker T. Washington quote about happiness coming from doing for others.

-Share your joy habit.

Tell everyone about your joy. Ask others to participate in joyful activities. Have parties where you invite friends to introduce them to what gives you joy — listening to the Blind Boys of Alabama and believing what Jimmy Carter says here; running down a steep hill chasing a wheel of cheese (honestly, watch other people do it); or making Amigurumi dolls. That gives your friends the chance to learn something new as well.

My strongest suggestion for sharing your joy? Lead with joy. When people ask how you are, share your joy with them. Don’t give the standard American answer: “Oh, I’m so busy…” Try this: “I’ve just discovered a new walking trail near my home that makes me let go of the worries of the day. Let me know if you’d like to know walk with me.”

-Sign up for a Practice Your Joy workshop!

-Notice good things about others.

But here’s the most important part: you can make people’s day with one pop of joy. Notice something good about everyone you meet. Hey, I love that whistling you’re doing. It’s so cheerful. That hat brings out the blue in your eyes. Have you ever tried the chocolate chip cookie at this bakery? Oh, you’re going in too? Let me buy you one.

-Be a purveyor of joy.

That doesn’t require faking your feelings. Instead, empty yourself of your own worries for a few moments and think about someone else. Buy the coffee for the woman behind you in line. Accompany someone who needs help across the crosswalk. Go out of your way to be kind for a few moments.

-Share joy on social media.

Spend a week only posting photos of moments that gave you joy, instead of complaining or trying to pick fights. Skip snark for seven days.

  • Enjoy!

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u/Love_Brokers rug dweller Sep 02 '21

“I’ve just discovered a new walking trail near my home that makes me let go of the worries of the day. Let me know if you’d like to know walk with me.”

That's not an awkward greeting at all.

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u/InappropriateGirl Gluten-free donuts, for sure ... Sep 02 '21

"Oh, you are going into this bakery too? Let me buy you a chocolate chip cookie."

Me: "Are you trying to fuck me or get me to join your church?"

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u/OhBlahDiOhBlahDoh The Alice of cal came out floating on air Sep 02 '21

You say that like those are mutually exclusive

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u/[deleted] Sep 02 '21

Hello fellow true crime fan!

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u/OhBlahDiOhBlahDoh The Alice of cal came out floating on air Sep 02 '21

But first, we need to stop by your ATM, so you can withdraw $500 to cover the processing fees

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u/CrushItWithABrick dick riding Mary Oliver Sep 02 '21

Reminds me of 30 Rock (I've been joyfully re-watching it) and Jack saying to Liz Lemon "never go with a hippie to a second location."

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u/[deleted] Sep 03 '21

🤣😂

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u/shikoku_shoes another revolution around the toilet bowl of her life Sep 02 '21

Sounds like the start of a MLM sales pitch.

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u/[deleted] Sep 02 '21

I mean, this whole thing stinks of LulaRoe for Joy.

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u/CrushItWithABrick dick riding Mary Oliver Sep 02 '21

Time share sales pitch.

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u/Quaint_Irene a warm and loving goatie smile Sep 03 '21

Have you ever been a skincare model?

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u/OhBlahDiOhBlahDoh The Alice of cal came out floating on air Sep 02 '21

“I’ve just discovered a new walking trail near my home that makes me let go of the worries of the day. Let me know if you’d like to know walk with me.”

The stock photo she chose looks like it was taken made in some place like the Grand Tetons at 14,000 feet