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Let’s face it, this holiday season is tough for many people this year. Even in “normal” years, holidays can be tough because we all want to create this magical feeling – we want to create and experience joy. When we can’t celebrate with the people we’re missing or practice our traditional rituals, we can get … Continue reading “Finding Joy During the Holidays”
Food! It brings me joy just thinking about it! This week on the Carpe Diem Connections podcast, Becky Burns and I continue with the next topic in The Joy Makeover. We talk about foods that bring us joy and energy and how to be intentional about our eating habits. We discuss the video interview between … Continue reading “Joy and Food”
How do you make room in your home for Joy? Listen to this week’s episode of Carpe Diem Connections where we are talking about decluttering to make space for the things that bring us the most joy.
Our topic this week on the Carpe Diem Connections Podcast is about Joy and Money. We’re doing a deeper dive on the topics found from Ingrid Fetell Lee’s Joy Makeover. The material from the Joy Makeover includes an informative interview with Elizabeth Dunn, author of Happy Money: The Science of Happier Spending. In this season … Continue reading “Spending Money for Joy”
Ideas for making the holidays fun with creativity in finding Joy in Connections during the holiday season.
Do you prioritize joy?
Wow! This was a stressful week. And while, personally, I’m deeply relieved by the outcome, the results were much closer than I’d expected. My news feeds and social circle would have me believe that Biden would be an easy win..in fact, I had thought it would be a landslide. But the results open my eyes … Continue reading “Red, Blue or Purple – The Election Brought Anxiety to All”
Summary I’m loving participating in the Joy Makeover and I bet you would, too! In Season 2 of Carpe Diem Connections we’ll be doing our own deep dive into finding Joy, starting with finding Joy in the election season! History About 12 weeks ago I started a podcast, Carpe Diem Connections. I’d procrastinated because I knew nothing about podcasting and … Continue reading “The Joy Makeover Spinoffs – Season 2 of Carpe Diem Connections”
Come join my new group: Carpe Diem – Single Snowbirds if you’re single and like to enjoy warm weather in the winter. Whether for a quick vacation or the whole winter, I’m trying to form a network of singles who are retired or close to retirement who like to travel to warm weather places in … Continue reading “Calling All Single Snowbirds!”
No, it’s not “National Hammock Day,” but today I’m talking about hammocks, anyway, just because they make me happy! One of my favorite pictures of me with my Dad is this one that was taken around 1965: Today my friend, Becky, sent me a photo of me that she took while we were having a … Continue reading “Hammocks Make Me Happy”
