Book Blogging Group Hosted By Jamie Ridler
I”m excited to start reading The Joy Diet: 10 Daily Practices for a Happier Life
The chapters in this book intrigue me. Each chapter focuses on one of the ten behaviors (truth, desire, treats and more) we should incorporate into our joy diet. The first behavior is nothing and I’m not sure how well I’ll do with it. There was a time I could sit and daydream and be perfectly content. Now, even if I’m sitting and physically doing nothing, my mind continues to race and then I get agitated and feel like I should be up doing something so the entire exercise becomes a dismal failure. I look forward to Martha Beck’s, and my fellow participants’, thoughts on nothing.
If you’d like to read Jamie Ridler’s first post for this book blog group adventure, have a look here. Please consider joining us.
Here’s to getting one step closer to a happier and more joyful life!
Sherry
September 18th, 2009
Here indeed it to a joy filled life…10 weeks of finding our joy and learning how to experience and express it together!
LaWendula
September 18th, 2009
Yes, the racing mind, I know about that too. So here’s to calming our minds and en-JOY!
Snap
September 18th, 2009
Calming the mind and bringing in the JOY! Sounds like a great diet to me!
Lisa
September 18th, 2009
Hi there Pamela! I’m stepping into the joy with you… looking forward to the adventure!
jane
September 18th, 2009
Most of the time it feels like the Boston Marathon is running through my head. So many thoughts! I’m looking forward the working through the book with you!
The Other Laura
September 18th, 2009
I’m looking forward to discovering JOY with this book! I may have trouble with doing nothing too.
Karen D
September 19th, 2009
looking forward to “dieting” with all the joy dieters.
Ellecubed
September 19th, 2009
Looking forward to going on the Joy Diet journey with you.
Gretchen Wegner
September 19th, 2009
Mmmmm, i love the fall leaves in your header. So beautiful. I hadn’t read the book, either, before I posted. Makes it feel like a true adventure! Here’s to doing nothing…
jamie
September 19th, 2009
Hey, Pamela, I’m really looking forward to sharing this journey together. Nothing is also quite a challenge to me. It will be cool to compare notes next Friday and see how we did. En-joy!
Rhonda Roo
September 19th, 2009
Pamela-
So great to meet you via the bloggyverse! I’m going to join ya’ll on the Joy Diet, sounds like a diet I could actually stick to ☺ and Peace & Joy go together like Peanut Butter & Jelly!
Thanks for joining the Peace Party-see you soon!
(‘Im off to check out the rest of your blog, looks like we’re kindred souls-is that Neil Gaimon I spy? Eeeps! He’s my equivalent to Johnny Depp for the rest of the world! LOL!)
PS Have you ever heard of NaNoWriMo? I’m participating this year!
Kim
September 19th, 2009
I,too, experience “monkey mind.” I once heard someone say that their’s was more like a baboon who’d been drinking espresso!!
Looking forward to Joy Dieting with you!
Kim
September 19th, 2009
oh dear – I guess I’d better get a profile pic. I was assigned the angry looking face & I’m in quite a happy mood today
Michele Lessirard
September 20th, 2009
I just wanted to stop by and say thanks for linking to the New Moon Journal. Beautiful site…I’m adding it to my Bloglines for art and creativity.
kaileenelise
September 20th, 2009
thanks for stopping by my blog to say hi! i am looking forward to enjoying joy together!
Grammy
September 20th, 2009
Just stopped by to say Hi! I look forward to our new adventure into Joy. Have a great week.
becky
September 21st, 2009
I think the beauty of sharing such a journey is that some will find certain of the elements a little easier to experience or describe and so we may help each other to more fully use these lessons. I love the invitation to nothing. I’m finding it more difficult to imagine how I”ll jump in to identifying a risk that I can take.
Looking forward to this journey with you.
Valli
September 23rd, 2009
Here’s to Joy. May you enjoy the silence this week. take care.