Oct 3, 2022Member-only6 Dystopias for Soothing Your Dark SoulA book kept me up last night. I mean really kept me up, past 3am no less. Wild night, I know. It’s a phenomenal book. Blurs the boundary between book and reality. In the middle of the night I stopped reading for a few minutes to go to the bathroom…Books4 min readBooks4 min read
Sep 27, 2022Member-only3 Freelance Joys You Can Celebrate NowThere is nothing to love about office life. Okay, sometimes people bring cake. Weirdly though, you must bring the cake on your own birthday. As a freelancer, no longer need you navigate these strange conventions. You can have all the cake. Rig up a cake IV. …Freelance3 min readFreelance3 min read
Aug 10, 2022Member-onlyFinding Joy In Honest TalkThey hurt me, then delighted me A Message That Hurt Me This morning, I woke up to a message that hurt me. Not deeply, not irrevocably, not significantly. But in a swirly hot tummy way. In a way that felt like an attack on my personal self. …Joy3 min readJoy3 min read
Aug 9, 2022Member-onlyFinding Joy at the SeasideExpected pleasures and incidental joys Where There’s Rainbows, There’s Hope On Friday we went to the seaside, and predictably, there was plenty of joy to be found there. I concocted the most glorious ice cream. A rainbow cone, double-scooped with candy clouds and blue bubblegum, and covered in crunchy rainbow sprinkles. Trying to eat through…Finding Joy3 min readFinding Joy3 min read
Aug 8, 2022Member-onlyFinding Joy In Letting GoAnd asking for help I Slacked Off The eighth day of August. Day eight of finding joy and writing about it. But I slacked off. Didn’t write on Friday. Didn’t pick up a pen on Saturday. On Sunday, the keys remained untapped. I’d planned to write in the evening on Friday after a…Finding Joy3 min readFinding Joy3 min read
Aug 5, 2022Member-onlyFinding Joy Near The CrosswordCrossword-adjacent joy found on the radio Joy is not packet brownie mix. It’s difficult to slip into joy when you’re not already feeling peaceful. A deep breath, stretch, and look out the window, see the fluffy white clouds. Turn on the radio. Breathe. Yesterday, I was finding joy in cake. That was interesting. Somehow, I was…Finding Joy3 min readFinding Joy3 min read
Aug 3, 2022Member-onlyFinding Joy in CakeIf only I could have cake for breakfast every day But You Can One day, in conversation with a friend, I wished, “If only I could have cake for breakfast every day.” “But you can” she said. So I did. A light went on for me in that moment. What followed was a…Finding Joy2 min readFinding Joy2 min read
Aug 2, 2022Member-onlyFinding Joy And Peace In CoffeeThis month I’m finding joy. But first, coffee A Bit Of A Slog When I was flailing around in the depths of a long, long sadness, there were times I stayed in bed for days. Undercover in the dark: sobbing, spiralling, and sleeping. Waking up at night to feed the cats and order pizza. Eventually…Finding Joy4 min readFinding Joy4 min read
Aug 1, 2022Member-only30 Days Of Finding JoyI was sad for a long time but now I’m finding joy I Was Sad And Now I’m Not Anyone who has survived a long period of sadness is familiar with the conviction that things will never get better. …Finding Joy4 min readFinding Joy4 min read
