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10 Things That Make Me Happy: Joy Meredith
What makes you happy? Can you name 10 things that make you happy? Try it! It’s a fun activity and I am thrilled to feature what makes the A Beautiful Ripple Effect community happy :). This guest post is curated by Joy Meredith! You can read more about Joy at the end of this post.
Catch Phrase:
This is our family’s favorite game. Some of the funnest moments with my nephews have been playing this game. If you want to entertain and amuse a group of people, pull this out- big fun!
MacBook:
I spend a lot of time online and writing so I LOVE my Mac. If you own one you know… if not, you should, you’ll love it!
Foot Duvets (by Restoration Hardware):
I like to sleep in a cold room so every winter I pull these out and they warm me up so I am nice and toasty all night long.
Chipotle:
If I need food fast I head to Chipotle. Even though it’s not health food, it is at least real food. Nummy!
Canson Sketchpads:
We are all artists; so even if you (ok, I) don’t draw well, everyone can at least sketch out our big ideas. Whenever I start a new project or want to map out a significant change in my life, I get a fresh sketchpad where I visually think through my ideas. My favorites are the ones with a hard cover and spiral binding.
Burn Notice (& Castle & Leverage):
Growing up my favorite program was Magnum P.I. so any show that has action, intrigue, wit, and bantering leads is totally up my alley.
Sony Cybershot:
I’m a Sony girl (except when I’m an Apple gal) and I love my digital camera. I take it everywhere and love taking photos of friends, family, and even random things I come across that might have an interesting texture, color, or theme. Great pictures are priceless.
MOMA (Museum of Modern Art, NYC):
Just love it there. The art, the building, the atrium, the shop across the street– I love it all. Wish it were in Chicago so I could visit it weekly.
Lush Rehab Shampoo:
Smells so good, is so sudsy, so calming. If you were only buying one LUSH product you wouldn’t even think to make it a shampoo, but I tell you it’s lush-cious!
Paper Source Red 9x 11½ Presentation Envelopes:
These are part of my signature style when I send a proposal, a resume, or anything that I print out for people. They are so nice that sometimes I’m hurt that people are almost more excited about the envelope then what might be in it. But then I chalk it up to them enjoying my great taste and am rest assured it will make them even more excited to get something from me.
About Joy
I am the author of My Last Wishes… A Journal of Life, Love, Laughs & A Few Final Notes and working on my second book Finding Joy. On a constant quest for Joy, I have explored the corporate world, the publishing world, the visual thinking world… and have found little pieces of happiness in each. Finding Joy is based on a technique I created called Me Mapping, which helps people diagram out their lives and then sort out what’s working from what’s not. My belief is that life is short and we should: engage with the aspects of our lives that makes us happy, declutter the things that drag us down, and incorporate gratitude for all of our good fortune. In my quest to find my own Joy, my hope is to inspire others to find theirs along the way.
You can find Joy’s website at JoyMeredith.com.
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Twitter: benspoont
says:
I too love the macs!! and definitely chipotle :)
Thank you for sharing your ten things! I love this series
What a great blog! So inspiring! I am creating a blog and also want to emphasize positive energy and creativity, and also my name is also joy(but mine is with an e, joye). Perhaps we can blog about each other at some point!
I am in our Together class, so nice meeting you!
And also, I love my mac!!
Twitter: leanamay
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I love the Paper Source (listed in my 10 favorite things post), but I didn’t know about their presentation envelopes. I love your idea of using them, very memorable!
Twitter: clrsimple2
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Me too! I have them in lavender and pink, and have been keeping them — not sure what to do with them. I love Joy’s idea!! I wonder what other ways they could be used… hmm!! I could get lost in their site!
Ben: I too love this series! Reading it on my Mac while eating Chipotle is a little slice of Heaven.
Joye: Lovely cyber-meeting you too. Best of luck with your blog. btw: Curious about the extra E? :)
Leana: I saw you mention Paper Source and thought it might be repetitive but I really do love the envelopes so I had to list them. I can not tell you how many people comment on the color (red) and the size- pick a signature color and I promise you, you’ll thank me later ;)
Carolyn: Thanks for asking me about my favorite things. I am honored to be part of your ripple!
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