In my blog post What brings you JOY and what fills YOUR days’ I wrote about the 2 lists that Mel Robbins suggests we create and whether those 2 lists align.
Basically it’s an exercise to see where you can bring more HAPPINESS & JOY into your life.
I have much to be HAPPY & JOYFUL about but my days are filled with an overarching sense of sadness and loss.
There are glimpses of HAPPINESS & JOY but always tinged with sadness and loss.
That’s just my life at the moment and I’ll work through it. Some days it’s so hard but my Dad’s memory and the life he lived and gave to our family deserves to be honoured.
One of the JOYFUL activities in my life is reading.
The only thing I love more than reading is writing.
The thing with reading (especially physical books) is that you need lots of time.
Listening to audiobooks also takes time but you can listen to them while doing something else – driving, walking etc.
Getting the time to read physical books is a work in progress.
I don’t like reading a few pages at a time, I much prefer immersing myself in a physical book for hours at a time.
This makes creating the required time for reading difficult.
That said, it is totally worth it.
When I do dedicate the required time to reading I feel so JOYFUL & HAPPY and that JOY & HAPPINESS lasts well beyond when my reading finishes 📚
Over the past few years for many reasons, I haven’t been able to dedicate as much time to reading physical books as I would have liked.
I’m prioritising reading from now on – I want to be more JOYFUL and reading is an endless source of joy for me.
What could you prioritise that brings you HAPPINESS & JOY?
Does reading bring you JOY?
I have always wanted to create a blog post to share with you the books I have read and love. This will take me a while and isn’t something I can commit to this year but here is a list of some of my favourite books that I have previously shared with you.
Every single book on this list has changed my life for the better and can do the same for you.
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Siobhain
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