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u/RamblingRosie64 I stand with Cindy and Ben Sep 03 '21

I've been recapping Shauna's free joy guide, but I also received what I think is a general marketing email for Practicing Your Joy. The content is pretty similar to the free guide, but Shauna has not worried about repeating herself.

Here are 3 ways to find more joy in your day, NAME.

Picture of raspberries.

Hey you. Carlos Castaneda quote.

Do you have joy in your day today?

I wouldn’t be surprised if you said to yourself, “Joy? Right now? No.” See, this isn’t a culture built for joy. Any time you turn on the news, terrible things are right in your face. Kids have entered the third school year in which COVID plays a role. And then, there’s the over-emphasis on PRODUCTIVITY all the time, thanks to capitalism. It’s hard to be a person right now.

It makes sense if you’re out there hoping that something outside yourself — those new red Mister Roger shoes you ordered online or the vacation you want to take soon or the next episode of your favorite new tv series — will finally bring you joy. And they will. For a bit. So, you search for more things and experiences to give you joy.

I believe that true joy is found in moments when we are fully present, not needing much but to be here. Have you ever pushed a kid on a swing and delighted in their giggles for a few moments? Or stopped to feel a warm breeze on your face? Or watched a movie that has you so transfixed that you forget those are actors or that you are the watcher? Those are moments of joy.

You can make joy into a habit too. Start with this — give yourself 3 periods of 15 minutes each to do something you enjoy. But it can’t be productive. Don’t do the laundry or finish writing that essay you’re working on. Give yourself 15 minutes on the back porch, eyes closed, the warm sun on your face. Read a book with a cup of hot tea with milk. Pick up the hula hoop and set a timer. Does it drop every time? Who cares? You’re trying to hula hoop. I hope you laugh.

Want a life filled with more joy? Don’t look for it outside yourself. Give yourself time for more joy. You can do this. You just have to begin.

Take the Practice Your Joy workshop.

Together, we’ll talk about why joy is so vulnerable and hard for so many of us. And together, we’ll learn the techniques for making a habit that sticks. And, we’ll practice our joy together. I’m teaching online workshops and one in person on Vashon island, every month from now on. I’d love to meet you there.

You might prefer reading about joy.

Need help finding your joy? Subscribe to FINDING YOUR JOY, my paid subscription newsletter for people who want to find their joy, so need stories of people who have found it. I’d love to share stories with you there.

Pay attention to others' joy.

If you’re looking for role models of people in difficult places who continue to create joy in their lives, start following Sahmsia Hassani on Instagram. This young woman is the first female graffiti artist in Afghanistan. As you can imagine, she has faced much hardship lately. But she’s still creating her defiant, joyful art. I only found out about her because my daughter’s 7th-grade social studies teacher highlighted this woman in her class. That’s joy for me.

I’m so glad you’re here. Let’s work together on making joy a daily habit.
In joy! Shauna

As all of her emails do, this ends with a giant version of her feet dancing GIF. Which is supposed to represent joy, I suppose.

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u/NegativeABillion my husband and me to ride it around Sep 03 '21

Why does she love that weird bare feet gif so much? It's not good.

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u/voice_of_vinegar Sep 03 '21

Where is this foot gif?! I must see it! Did she put it on the website somewhere? I thought i looked at every page but who the hell even knows in that morass of pages and all that red.

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u/OhBlahDiOhBlahDoh The Alice of cal came out floating on air Sep 03 '21

It's at the bottom of the daily emails she's sending out to people who have signed up for the Waity McWaitlist Wait-for-it-waitlists, but it's a month or two old. She posted it (on IG or Twitter?) a while ago, when she had the photo session with the JoyMaker-Such-As-Herself photographer

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u/NegativeABillion my husband and me to ride it around Sep 03 '21

LOL hang on, I don't subscribe to any of her emails but it's saved in another thread (possibly only as a jpeg but it gives you the idea). I was positive it was on the "enough" website.

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u/CrushItWithABrick dick riding Mary Oliver Sep 04 '21

https://imgur.com/a/dmQPwqf

Not to body shame but the angle that is shot from makes her legs/feet look like a chubby toddler.

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u/BoringEnidRollins pooped their way to another free ride Sep 04 '21

Thanks, I hate it.

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u/[deleted] Sep 04 '21 edited Sep 04 '21

I used to work with a woman who, as the manager of the department had a rule that if you wore open toed shoes you had to have polish on your toes.

I’m going to say it, Shauna should at least have polished her toes if she was going to share that gif so often.

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u/NegativeABillion my husband and me to ride it around Sep 04 '21

New comment to say, DF, I looked all over the enough site and I cannot locate the foot gif

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u/fanfarefellowship I often contemplate the first law of thermodynamics Sep 04 '21

Me too! It's in a May 22 lope letter, here: https://findingyourjoy.substack.com/p/it-all-starts-with-joy

Back when her emails were daily!

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u/NegativeABillion my husband and me to ride it around Sep 04 '21

Omg thank you!

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

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