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100 Ways To Add Joy To Your Life

Friday, November 2, 2018 by Sallie Borrink
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Are you ready to add more joy to your life each day? It’s something all of us need and it doesn’t have to be complicated. Sometimes it’s simply making a deliberate choice to choose joy in the moment.

I’ve assembled a list of 100 ways to add joy to your life. I hope you find many that enrich your life starting today.

  • Hold a sleeping baby
  • Put a flower in a jar near the kitchen sink
  • Burn a votive candle while you prepare dinner
  • Choose to live simply
  • Leave a love note on someone’s pillow
  • Treat yourself to a special take out item
  • Bake your favorite dessert
  • Re-read a favorite book from childhood
  • Sing your favorite hymn out loud to God
  • Reflect on what the Bible says about peace, understanding, and joy
  • Watch cat videos on YouTube
  • Drive down a natural beauty road
  • Do something kind for someone with a chronic illness
  • Sit by a fire
  • Smile at strangers
  • Relax and browse at a bookstore

100 Ways to Add Joy to Your Life - Purple flowers in white pitcher

  • Use an alarm clock and wake up to hymns or Scripture
  • Keep a gratitude journal
  • Hold the door for someone
  • Download a free cozy book for your Kindle
  • Watch squirrels playing
  • Read a cheerful book of poetry
  • Buy some cozy slippers for fun and warmth
  • Cook something special
  • Read a Psalm

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  • Sleep in
  • Watch a favorite movie
  • Call a friend from long ago
  • Buy a cup of coffee and browse an uplifting magazine
  • Watch birds
  • Choose to live a deliberate life
  • Engage in a favorite hobby
  • Spend time with an elderly person
  • Watch dogs playing at a dog park
  • Send a card to someone just because
  • Read children’s picture books at the library
  • Start a new hobby
  • Say thank you and you’re welcome
  • Put a happy picture on your phone’s lock screen
  • Find a new cozy blog to read for inspiration
  • Take a long bath or shower

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  • Get into a tickling game with a child
  • Tell your husband how much you love him
  • Embrace the cozy life in America
  • Take a bag of groceries to a food bank
  • Have a screen free morning, afternoon, evening, or day
  • Choose not to worry about things you can’t control
  • Discover the freedom of learning to say “no”
  • Pet a cat
  • Put on a favorite song from the past and dance around
  • Watch the sun rise or set over a lake or ocean
  • Clean out a drawer
  • Make a lunch or coffee date with a friend
  • Take a walk
  • Snuggle with someone you love
  • Eliminate emotional drainers
  • Do something nice for a checkout clerk
  • Make a list of blessings in your life
  • Take a day trip

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  • Make cookies for the police or fire station
  • Help a mom with little ones
  • Buy something small you’ve wanted and don’t feel guilty about it
  • Watch the leaves in the breeze
  • Watch the snowflakes falling
  • Take the time to look good
  • Listen to the rain
  • Put a birdfeeder in your yard
  • Go to bed early
  • Paint a room
  • Make a favorite meal
  • Make your bed with fresh sheets
  • Eat a good breakfast
  • Look your child in the eye and say, “I love you so much”
  • Bless others by donating things you no longer need
  • Drive the back roads and see something new
  • Pay for the toll, coffee, or order of the person behind you in line
  • Take control of your online usage
  • Send a gift card to someone anonymously
  • Do one thing you’ve been putting off for too long
  • Find someone in need at your church and do something for him/her

100 Ways to Add Joy to Your Life - Bird

  • Compliment other people
  • Slow down and stop rushing
  • Do a brain dump to clear your mind
  • Discover a wonderful cozy book
  • Buy a pretty notepad and use it
  • Enjoy your favorite junk food
  • See God in the beauty of nature
  • Collect sea glass
  • Eat a piece of pie
  • Get a bird for a pet
  • Splurge on a massage
  • Paint your nails a pretty color
  • Create a cozy life
  • Surprise your child with a fun activity to do together
  • Look at the stars

100 Ways to Add Joy to Your Life

Category: Simple LivingTag: Joy
 

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  1. Susan

    Friday, November 2, 2018 at 8:23 pm

    ? great ideas!

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  2. Cristy S

    Saturday, November 3, 2018 at 11:21 pm

    Hi Sallie,

    Loved this list!

    We are “dog people” in these parts … especially fond of Goldens and Dachshunds!

    But if you want a joyous laugh, watch any video of a Corgi … they really *are* God’s clowns of the dog world.

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    • Sallie

      Saturday, November 3, 2018 at 11:33 pm

      I love the dog in the leaf pile. I think I watched it at least ten times before I saw the tail wagging at the end. Then I had to watch it and laugh ten more times. LOL!

      Reply
  3. Birdie

    Monday, June 15, 2020 at 3:26 pm

    Thank you for reposting this Sallie.

    These are so thoughtful and realistic. Just my “speed” in life.

    Birdie

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    • Birdie

      Monday, June 15, 2020 at 3:28 pm

      ps. Sallie, the tweets have been suspended.

      Reply

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