Fous On the Joy

Focus On The Joy

It's the Holiday Season---a new year is just around the corner! I'll bet you're already thinking about how  you'd like next year to be a little different than the last, right?

But intead of thinking of  performance, and efficiency, and control, I 'd like you to take this opportunity  to think about how many things in your daily life that you do "just for the joy of it"?

What I'm talking about here is value-based happiness(as opposed to temporary happiness).
value--based happiness refers to the general feeling of  well being that your experience when you are doing what you perceive to be meaningful-- when it's something that's important to you.

When you love what you do, you naturally become more  efficient. When you doings for the joy of it, you'll ride above problems, and move easier through life.

Value--based happiness is a by  product from living a life Focused on the joy. It is the by product of doing things not for what you get  in  return, not because you "should" or "have to ", but because you want to , because they are a part of your highst goals, and what you value.

Value--based happiness comes from looking at things with your heart, not just your eyes.

You create value-based happiness by focusing on th enjoy of  life, instead of constantly looking for the next  new  thing that might make you feel  better about  youself, about your life.

So how do you focuse on the joy?

Throw out your ideas about control, effectiveness, and foals. (Yes, they ar important, but let's just try something different,ok?)

Instead--

Focus on Learning. Instead of making a goal to achieve more in your job, decide instead to read and learn how to do one new thing each week.

Focus on Time. Schedul your time to include what's important to you, like reading time, or exercise  time, or family time, or learning time.

Focus on the Why. Instead of just forcing yourself to mop the kitchen floor, tap into the higher goal that mopoing the kitchen floor supports (having a clean and healthy home).


-------From Reader's Digest