How to Live in Joy

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red the emotional and psychic baggage too? What if I left it all behind? What would happen? I’m about to find out.</p><figure id="0614"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/1*sX1lIeecSxuPfgtxKAvHtw.jpeg"><figcaption><b>Photo by Christian Escobar</b></figcaption></figure><h1 id="3552">This experiment will be a journey in letting go. Letting go of constructs that were not serving me. Letting go of people that were not strong connections. Letting go of facets of my life that I hung on to because I thought I had to. I always ask my clients to ask themselves “Is this serving me?” If the answer is no, let it go. Now I am asking myself these very important questions: Is Facebook serving me? Is Instagram serving me? Are the groups I am in serving me? The answer I feel in my heart is no.</h1><p id="c641">The next step is to let go of these virtual spaces that are not serving me for 30 days. During these 30 days I will not go on these platforms. Today is the last day that I have something scheduled to go out on Instagram. After that, I am letting go. These 30 days will serve me to: do more writing here on Medium connect more and reach out via my newsletter. I will also explore connecting via LinkedIn and Twitter. After the 30 days are up, I will evaluate how I feel and how to move forward. I have a feeling I am ready to leave most of social media behind. These 30 days will be the roadmap to letting it all go.</p><h1 id="15ea">This experiment will take me into new territory. Sometimes it feels scary, but I know I am ready. Sometimes I feel unsure, but I know I can do it. Sometimes I feel anxious, but I know I can handle it. I am ready to jump into the unknown, try something I haven’t tried before, reach out and connect in new ways.</h1><p id="c1e8"><b><i>What experiments are you trying in your life today?</i></b></p><p id="c734"><b><i>Trista Signe Ainsworth is a professional organizer with Joyful Minimalism. She helps working women clear the clutter, overwhe

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lm and shame from their homes and lives so that they can truly live in joy. Sign up for my living in joy newsletter: <a href="https://expansive.me/signup">Live in Joy</a></i></b></p><p id="eb30"><b>More in my series on joy:</b></p><div id="87a3" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/how-to-live-in-joy-5b5c7e3a0c9e"> <div> <div> <h2>How to Live in Joy</h2> <div><h3>Day 14: How listening to my accountability partner’s messages keeps me grounded.</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*BXzE4U0iB2v_N6fsj-5phQ.jpeg)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><div id="0857" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/how-to-live-in-joy-841d3f2d0fa"> <div> <div> <h2>How to Live in Joy</h2> <div><h3>Day 13: How a rainy day taught me a lesson about showing up</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*tRNM2qmHYNCHLNdL7bC9HQ.jpeg)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><div id="e17c" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/how-to-live-in-joy-6f8f1cb2720e"> <div> <div> <h2>How to Live in Joy:</h2> <div><h3>Day 8: How my grandma visits me each spring through the roses</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*T4ATnozUA3HeuDfIVOmakQ.jpeg)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div></article></body>

How to Live in Joy

Day 25: Starting an experiment of freedom brings joy!

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It all started on Wednesday afternoon this week. I decided to take time off of social media. This is the first step of this deep journey to really, truly get to know myself and find the true joy in my heart. I started this 30 day series on joy to spread light and joy to others. In order to do that I need space for lots of joy in my heart.

Today I am truly feeling the light, love and joy return to my soul. It was gone for a few days, covered in the grime of unrest in the world, drama on social media, so much pain that I was absorbing into my being. I am someone who thinks in terms of the collective rather than just myself as an individual. I cannot separate myself from the collective. I truly know deep in my heart that we are all one, I can feel it every day.

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Yesterday as I walked silently through my back garden, I asked myself: What if I stopped going on social media, forever? What if this is what my soul is asking for? What if the pain I was feeling deep in my heart was a call to action? A call to stop and pay attention to the energy around me? What if?

Today I am heeding that call. I am answering the question: What if? My answer is Yes! Yes to life. Yes to freedom. Yes to joy in my heart. Yes to all of it, yes!

If I truly want to help others make room for joy in their lives, I need to make room for it too. As a minimalist, I have decluttered all of the extra physical stuff out of my life. What if I decluttered the emotional and psychic baggage too? What if I left it all behind? What would happen? I’m about to find out.

Photo by Christian Escobar

This experiment will be a journey in letting go. Letting go of constructs that were not serving me. Letting go of people that were not strong connections. Letting go of facets of my life that I hung on to because I thought I had to. I always ask my clients to ask themselves “Is this serving me?” If the answer is no, let it go. Now I am asking myself these very important questions: Is Facebook serving me? Is Instagram serving me? Are the groups I am in serving me? The answer I feel in my heart is no.

The next step is to let go of these virtual spaces that are not serving me for 30 days. During these 30 days I will not go on these platforms. Today is the last day that I have something scheduled to go out on Instagram. After that, I am letting go. These 30 days will serve me to: do more writing here on Medium connect more and reach out via my newsletter. I will also explore connecting via LinkedIn and Twitter. After the 30 days are up, I will evaluate how I feel and how to move forward. I have a feeling I am ready to leave most of social media behind. These 30 days will be the roadmap to letting it all go.