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Joy

I'm trying to remember the last time I woke up and was excited about the day. There used to be a lot of these - Christmas, my birthday, vacation, end of school, there were a number of days that you could hardly wait to happen. Now, I struggle to wake up and it takes even longer to realize what day it is, and then all I can do is go through my mental calendar of all the things I have to do and I hate to say it, but none of them bring me joy. Joy Oh my gosh, I am so sick of people writing about joy. Joy When did I lose the joy in my life? I doubt I could pinpoint the day. Was it a specific day or a sequence of events? Is this what everyone feels? Joy I see people blog about it, write about it, make signs about it, and the whole time I want to call their bluff and see if they think that saying it out loud enough or writing it often enough will make them feel it. Or do they feel it and I am the outlier? I'm not sure if joy and fun are related but trying to r...