Tag: joy

My desire to not want them is stronger than my desire to have them

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A little over one year ago, my world was rocked – I was incredibly depressed and felt as if I had no reason to live. That started a trek of finding out who I really am. A few things – for me personally, I find great joy in helping other people. I am a server; I gain fulfillment in helping and in solving problems/finding solutions. I like being a part of something. A year ago, I was in a position of questioning all that I had leaned on — and found that it was built on sand. It was like the tide came in, took the sand, and my little beach house of 23 years caved in.
https://aubreyeicher.com/2013/06/29/what-drives-you

2026-04-24
Am I looking for a life of excitement because I lack one, or because I have calloused my heart to the small joys around me in search of a greater joy somewhere else?

Keywords: people

As I sit here, I’m beginning to realize that the looking glass which holds the life I dream of living, has become a glass wall that’s been stopping me from living the one I’ve been given, only letting me peer out to see what I feel is missing.
https://annaboley.wordpress.com/2021/02/14/liturgy-of-the-ordinary

Featured image source: https://annaboley.wordpress.com/2019/04/09/split-second-lives

2026-04-23
I was often called selfish when all I wanted to do was enjoy something for myself

Keywords: Everyday Life , Life Updates

I understand peace comes from within (I could be wrong) and getting the peace I desire is going to take a lot of work. Being more mindful and intentional with my words and actions, forgiving myself for past decisions I’ve made, allowing myself grace, and allowing myself time to heal. Creating a safe place for myself to grow and evolve as a person. It’s not going to happen overnight however going back to things I enjoy, creating new habits as simple as they are, have brought a level of peace and calm to my life I think I was searching for. Life is already hard as it is but finding the little things that make us happy or what we enjoy makes it better. This is a lesson I am learning, not being afraid to do what I want to do and not being afraid of trying. Just do, just doing whatever I want with no fear and regrets. I wrote this post because I’ve been grappling with different aspects of my life lately, and this was an area that took a hit the most. I wanted to share with you some of the little things (I may have mentioned in the past) I have been doing to create a more peaceful environment for myself. If you have made it to the end of the post, thank you, thank you for allowing me to share a bit of myself, and thank you for the support.
https://softpastelslife.com/2023/06/19/searching-for-peace

2025-11-27
I want to work towards creating a life that I feel joy in because somedays I don’t feel joy at all

Keywords: Wednesday Blogs , blog , blogging , life , mental health , mentalhealth , mindset , self love , selfcare , writing

I am sorry I have been missing. There are so many factors and some I have mentioned before like feeling jaded in my writing. Nothing I did felt interesting enough to write about. I felt bored with my own writing. Moreover, I felt like no one was reading. A lot of folks say that writing should be for you and it is. It is for me or it was for me. But, it doesn’t feel good to write my hopes, dreams and lets be honest my overwhelming sadness with whatever was going on and to feel so inadequate that no one even cared to read it. Insecurity seeped in and I felt this need to stop. Stop feeling so pathetic and crying over my own woes. I told myself…no one cares. I was wrong because I know a few of you do care and have reached out. Thank you. Still, this blog have been around for quite a few years and I wish it had a bigger following.
https://thefrshtashow.com/2025/05/21/navigating-life-changes-through-writing

2025-11-07
I used to focus on price and value, but now I want to focus on joy

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If you read my inaugural post about “Is it worth it?”, you might be able to imagine what I will write here. Below are some reasons that I can think of why we decide to buy something that is expensive or outside of our normal purchase intuition:
https://thisthatandtheother518815283.wordpress.com/2023/06/01/why-i-buy

2025-11-03
I want to be an electric engineer or […] an architect when I grow up

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My personality can be rough but nice at the same time. I enjoy making people laugh.
https://myself098.wordpress.com/2023/05/23/about-myself-2

2025-09-29
This time around I want to marry because he brings me joy and peace

Keywords: breakups , depression , Divorce , Relationships

It’s going to take a lot of work, but I know we can do it together. Separately, neither of us is a functional adult, but together we fill in each other’s flaws and make one whole person. He does the dishes; I pay the bills. I do the laundry; he mows the lawn. We make a good team.
https://whatasillygirl.wordpress.com/2025/02/10/the-scars-of-justice

2025-08-15
I want to return to a more peaceful and easier blogging schedule, one [where] I enjoy myself more and stress less

Keywords: book review , blog , blog news , blogger , blogging , blogging life , febookary , febookary 2025 , personal update , reading , tbr , tbr pile , update

So for now I’ll say I need to cut back on the blog tours big time. I know I’m doing it to myself by taking them all on, but it just is too much now I’m having to take out more time for myself, in order to rest and recover from recurring bouts of illness, and to do other things offline. I also want to spend more time on doing more different things on my blog, and to really enjoy/love blogging rather than finding it a bit of a stressful thing which lately it has been. I’ve never really found blogging to be too stressful (well I did on old blogs but not on this one), but fulfilling specific blog tour dates has taken it’s toll recently
https://thestrawberrypost.wordpress.com/2025/04/05/blogging-personal-and-belated-febookary-updates

2025-07-16
Even if I had all of the money in the world, I would probably want to be doing what I’m doing

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I got a job! It’s going to be working at a bike rental shop fixing and renting out bikes. Generally, I will be interacting with people and teaching them the joy of mountain biking every day. Sounds like a good vibe, and my fellow co-workers will definitely be spunky and energetic people. Obviously, this isn’t going to pay me as much money as working in big tech did, but that’s okay. If I wanted money, I would be doing that. I remember talking about building a life you don’t want to escape from in Heroin in Vietnam. While I was working for Amazon, I was obsessed with the idea of retirement. Optimizing and being as efficient with my money as possible to not have to work anymore. I’ve realized it’s a bit silly to do something you don’t like for the sole purpose of not having to do that thing anymore, but having more. I know that there is a constancy of work to life, and therefore even if I were to “escape” the corporate life, I would still have to do work every day. All of the money I made while holding a firehose of cash would probably just sit in an investment account for the rest of my life, and I could do what I wanted. I think, right now, I truly want to work at this bike shop.
https://dersbersadventure.wordpress.com/2023/06/07/being-where-you-want-to-be

2025-05-05
I want to hone my skills and focus on a certain area that I enjoy the most

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In the future I would really like to work for a AAA company making 3D assets for different games. I really love making props so I would like my job to involve that but if I come to enjoy other aspects of 3D art it would be great to work on those. I would love to learn all about the features of Maya and hone my skills by learning new tools and how to use custom scripts for things that aren’t built-in to Maya. I think it would be fun to work on indie projects but most indie games will not be 3D so my skills would not be very useful.
https://aidangamedev.wordpress.com/2022/11/25/career-goals-and-action-plan

2024-12-13