For the first time in a long time, I have a joyful feeling accompanied by peace of mind that has overwhelmed me due to certain deliberate steps that I am taking towards all round growth. From my early years, I have always been grateful, and when you're grateful, you and joy become inseparable, so I have always been joyful. But believe me, the feeling I get these days is on a higher level.
Earlier this year, after what felt like an endless season of “I’ll start next Monday”, I finally just got up into action. I began to workout at least 5 times every week, I also took a deep on how I have been spending, and made some adjustments by cutting out some unnecessary purchases, I also stopped taking carbonated drinks completely, I replaced them with tiger nuts drink, the one I get from a mall, nearly prepared, soya milk and occasionally a banana smoothie.
About my time, Even though I’ve been single for over 2 years now, somehow I still managed to waste hours chatting with female friends about… honestly, I don’t even know what. Times that could be used for more resourceful things. So I cut ties with many people who weren’t adding real value to my life.
And then there was Instagram, Oh boy. I would sometimes intend to see a video on Instagram and end up spending 2 to 3 hours there, just scrolling and end up regretting it. I wish you could relate with the joylessness that comes after wasting so much time on rubbish. So I had to reduce it, I still spend time on Instagram though, but it's like 15% of the time I would usually spend.
Right now I feel richer, not necessarily in my bank account, but in discipline, and that has made me joyful, I feel like I can do whatever I set my mind to do. Knowing that I’ve started teaching myself to be intentional feels like investing in a future that I would be proud of.
success and significant life changes are the result of consistently making small, positive changes over time. -Jim Rohan
This is the next level of joy that drives me lately. I hope we all find joy in this one life that we are. Thank you for reading through.
This is my entry for the Inkwell nonfictional prompt #149, tagged JOY