Finding joy is engaging in life. Joy is all around us from the smallest of encounters to the biggest of wins. While July is typically a kick-back month inspired by the lazy days of summer, July 2021 is all that and MORE. It is your chance to embrace change not simply to grow and expand, but to lean into and actively experience what brings you daily joy and fulfillment.
When was the last time you mindfully brought joy into your day?
Essentially, when was the last time you lead with what makes you smile, with what elevates your soul, and with what aligns most with today’s version of you?
If you cannot remember, then start right now to create a habit of joy. If this has been a work-in-progress, then dig deeper to not only discover the gemstones in each day, but to curate and craft them as your own. Joy is an inside job with an external ripple effect. This summer, blow the dust off your wishes and enable real joy in your life.
Cheers to creating a joy habit this month!
31 Ways to Embrace Joy in July
1. Smile it is contagious.
2. Activate a random act of kindness.
3. Write a love letter to yourself.
4. Start each day by gifting yourself time to do something you love.
5. Choose your happy place and go there or plan to go there.
6. Read a book that inspires you.
7. Unplug.
8. Spend time in nature.
9. Do the thing you said you wanted to do.
10. Plan a trip.
11. Visit someone you adore and have not seen.
12. Start a gratitude journal.
13. Celebrate something.
14. List your 2021 successes to date.
15. Volunteer.
16. Learn something new.
17. Teach or mentor something you are an expert at.
18. Buy something just for you.
19. Re-work an existing space to better meet your needs.
20. Channel your childhood and play.
21. Attend an event.
22. Rest.
23. Listen to meaningful podcasts.
24. Hug.
25. Tell someone you love them.
26. Make a new friend.
27. Reconnect with an old friend.
28. Make a wish and then put it in motion.
29. Laugh. Then laugh some more.
30. Let it go. Let something else go. Rinse and repeat.
31. Be silly.
