Daily Doses of Joy!

Books I love:

The Joy Diet | 10 Daily Practices for a Happier Life | Martha Beck | 2003 | Non Fiction

• My frister gifted me this book many moons ago and I loved it then and love it even more now

• The book is about ‘behaviors you can add to your way of living and thinking to enhance every day’s journey through the unpredictable terrain of your existence’

• Beck claims that by adding these behaviors gradually to your life it will become steadily more vivid and satisfying

• The book is written with Beck’s inimitable blend of wisdom, practical guidance, and humor, and will help you achieve the immediate gift of joyful living in the here and now

• The author thinks of these 10 behaviours as menu items that you can feast on to boost your daily joy

• The ‘menu’ items are

  • Nothing

  • Truth

  • Desire

  • Creativity

  • Risk

  • Treats

  • Play

  • Laughter

  • Connection

  • Feasting

• You can read more about the book here

  “In the moments when your heart is tired, confused, or broken, when you have no energy to do anything, you'll naturally turn to what your true self is telling you it needs: nothing. This is always a step—usually the first step—that will move you away from suffering and toward joy.”

  — Martha Beck