Journal Challenge Day 1: What Brings Me Joy
I've done a journal challenge before, and it was honestly so
much fun. It's been a couple of years and since life changes, and you change
with life, I thought it would be interesting to see how I've changed. I kept
some of the journal prompts the same, but I also added some news ones. Also,
the last journal challenge was to write one every day, but that doesn't fit
into my life right now so I'm going to do weekly ones.
In this journey of healing, I'm finding new ways and new
things that bring light into my world. Things that make me feel good and boost my
serotonin levels.
The first thing that comes to mind when I think about the
joy in my life is my friends, my family, and my dogs. They are all a major part
of my life and bring me immense joy. My family, though we may bump heads
frequently, I know I can count on, and I know will have my back when I don't
have it myself. My friends will call me out on my shit, but still support my
every decision regardless as long as I'm happy. My dogs, they are simply
perfect. They are weird, rowdy, and energetic, and they are loving, snuggly and
sweet. They completely own my heart.
Writing these blogs makes me happy, and knowing the people
read them makes me happy. Not because it makes me feel good about myself because
people actually read what I write, even though it kind of does, but because of
what this blog is about. Knowing that people around the world care enough about
bettering themselves and the world around them, that's what brings me the most
joy. I've always loved writing; I took creative writing classes in high school,
and I've taken one in university. I have a book that I've been working on for
as long as I can remember. Writing in general just lights me up, it’s an
amazing to express things and as someone who is not always great with talking
and English it’s a way for me to communicate with myself before I communicate
with others.
Reading is another thing; I love books but when I'm in
school and reading 100 pages out of just one textbook every week it makes me
not want to read anything else. I also can’t do electronic books, I love the
feeling of the paper and turning the physical pages. In my opinion, reading is
supposed to get you away from technology and take you somewhere else. Reading
it on a device doesn't do that for me.
Self-improvement Ted talks and podcasts. I have been
listening to so much of this lately because honestly, it’s still new to me and
I'm learning so much. It just makes me feel good. This one podcast I’m
listening to right now is called Skinny Dipping and the host just this segment
called own your shit. It's one I've my favorite things about the podcast
because it makes her so real. She doesn't try to be perfect, she knows there
are areas in her life that she maybe needs to work on, and she owns her shit.
If you guys haven't heard this podcast before, please check it out, it's
honestly amazing.
Dancing brings me joy. Not dancing like I used to on a team
or on a stage even though that also made me happy but just finding a moment
during the day when a song makes me want to move. This usually happens when I’m
in my car or in the kitchen or in the bathroom getting ready for my day.
There's just something about dancing like you don't give a fuck about anything.
Things that benefit the earth. When I see people using reusable options or hear about a new law or policy put into place, I love that shit! For example, when I found out about the plastic bag ban here in Washington, I got so excited. However, it's not quite what I thought it would be which makes me discouraged but that can be a topic for another day.
There's a lot of things that bring me joy because I try to
find joy in everything and it’s there. Thanks for reading the first journal
challenge. I've worked out a posting schedule that works best for me and I'll
be posting Earth friendly or Self-improvement blogs on Wednesdays and journals
or personal posts on Saturdays.
