Thank you for this! I love the note about observing people's eyes crinkle with silent smiles. I am a big people watcher and it is catching my neighbors with facial expressions like these really makes my morning walks.
P.s. my best friend is obsessed with the difference between fun and enjoyment. Do you think you could describe the difference?
Ana and I have had many discussions about the difference between fun and enjoyment! We've generally landed on this: fun and enjoyment are distinct experiences, not just different levels of the same thing…
Enjoyment is more introspective and reflective—appreciating / observing the world around you without necessarily changing it. It's about valuing what's there in front of you.
Fun, on the other hand, is outward-focused, often careless, and less mindful. It's about actively shaping and even disrupting your environment.
This post made me think of this distinction because ( if you accept this framing) both "feeling more joy" and "having more fun" become skills you can develop. They might even complement each other, but they definitely require different kinds of presence and letting go.
Thanks for your thoughts David! Personally, I’ve learned that real joy is something inside of me and doesn’t depend on external circumstances. Especially when there’s nothing I can do to affect them, I can still affect my response to them. It comes from a deep peace that, though there be bumps in the road, the journey moves on and will end as it should. There is joy in the journey!
I really enjoyed how Jill Bolte Taylor writes about Joy in 'whole brain living'. I'm also someone who realized I didn't really understand what joy was! She talks about how it's a very 'present moment' sort of emotion.
After her stroke she basically chooses to approach most of life with joy as her default mode.
Hey saludos David! Me encantó esta entrada! Me conectó con mis estados de ánimo y no hay razón para no apreciar todo lo que tenemos enfrente. Que empiece un año fantástico para ti !
Thank you for this post David 🙏 I had a similar experience to you when years ago, during a meeting with a manager, he told me "we have to figure out a way for you to find more joy in your work." Like you, I'd never really considered myself a joy-deprived person but somehow I could feel what he meant without really knowing what to do about it.
Thank you for this! I love the note about observing people's eyes crinkle with silent smiles. I am a big people watcher and it is catching my neighbors with facial expressions like these really makes my morning walks.
P.s. my best friend is obsessed with the difference between fun and enjoyment. Do you think you could describe the difference?
great question! Maybe fun is a subset of enjoyment? When I think of fun I think of laughter and big smiles...
how do you and your friend define the difference?
Ana and I have had many discussions about the difference between fun and enjoyment! We've generally landed on this: fun and enjoyment are distinct experiences, not just different levels of the same thing…
Enjoyment is more introspective and reflective—appreciating / observing the world around you without necessarily changing it. It's about valuing what's there in front of you.
Fun, on the other hand, is outward-focused, often careless, and less mindful. It's about actively shaping and even disrupting your environment.
This post made me think of this distinction because ( if you accept this framing) both "feeling more joy" and "having more fun" become skills you can develop. They might even complement each other, but they definitely require different kinds of presence and letting go.
Love this! Much more nuanced than I was thinking... Going to reflect on it more :)
Thanks for your thoughts David! Personally, I’ve learned that real joy is something inside of me and doesn’t depend on external circumstances. Especially when there’s nothing I can do to affect them, I can still affect my response to them. It comes from a deep peace that, though there be bumps in the road, the journey moves on and will end as it should. There is joy in the journey!
I really enjoyed how Jill Bolte Taylor writes about Joy in 'whole brain living'. I'm also someone who realized I didn't really understand what joy was! She talks about how it's a very 'present moment' sort of emotion.
After her stroke she basically chooses to approach most of life with joy as her default mode.
thanks for the suggestion! will check it out!
Hey saludos David! Me encantó esta entrada! Me conectó con mis estados de ánimo y no hay razón para no apreciar todo lo que tenemos enfrente. Que empiece un año fantástico para ti !
Thank you for this post David 🙏 I had a similar experience to you when years ago, during a meeting with a manager, he told me "we have to figure out a way for you to find more joy in your work." Like you, I'd never really considered myself a joy-deprived person but somehow I could feel what he meant without really knowing what to do about it.