Measuring Joy

A few weeks ago I had a horrifically shitty week.

Seemed like I could do no right, from being a calm parent to a supportive spouse to a thoughtful friend to a focused business owner.

I was flailing.

It was the week leading up to my Mama Retreat weekend. I left town with red puffy eyes, a lingering headache, and a low feeling I hadn’t experienced for almost a decade.

I saw the weekend away as an opportunity to reset and regroup.
To treat myself to hot baths, good wine, sleeping in (basically anything past 7am 😅), and the foreign sound of quiet.

I hadn’t experienced silence in what felt like years.
One thing that broke the silence over the two days was *finally* listening to Untamed by @glennondoyle, which somehow managed to simultaneously escalate my pulse while bringing about a long-lost comfort of being truly heard and seen and understood. Thank you, Glennon, for that.

My 3 hour drive back home on Sunday was full of resolve. Ready to smother my husband, babies, and pup with giant snuggles of appreciation and hope.

Last night I heard @trentshelton say “Sometimes the only way to add to your life is to subtract from it.”

I needed that break from everyday responsibility and routine.
Everyday thought patterns.
Everyday excuses.

I needed to subtract the noise from my narrative.
And add in the unbridled joy.

I say Hustle Takes Heart. And joy plays into that so damn much!

I invite you to, just for a minute even, examine your life, your business, your commitments from the lens of joy.

Then start subtracting out the junk.
Add joy back in, babe.

We can do this!