3460: A Letter to Joy From Someone Who Didn’t Always Know Where to Find It by Sabrina of Budding Optimist

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🗓️ 14 January 2025

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Discover all of the podcasts in our network, search for specific episodes, get the Optimal Living Daily workbook, and learn more at: OLDPodcast.com. Episode 3460: Sabrina shares her heartfelt journey to finding lasting joy, revealing the transformative power of gratitude. By shifting her focus from fleeting pleasures and external validation to appreciating life’s simple moments, she discovered a steady, inner source of happiness that transcends life's challenges. Read along with the original article(s) here: https://buddingoptimist.com/find-joy/ Quotes to ponder: “You’re not a particular feeling I can put a finger on; you’re a state of being.” “As long as I have gratitude, I have you.” “I know now that you can exist even when I’m in pain this I will remember.” Episode references: The Gifts of Imperfection: https://www.amazon.com/Gifts-Imperfection-Think-Supposed-Embrace/dp/159285849X Thanks!: https://www.amazon.com/Thanks-Gratitude-Science-Robert-Emmons/dp/0547085737 The How of Happiness: https://www.amazon.com/How-Happiness-Approach-Getting-Life/dp/0143114956 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is Optimal Living Daily, a letter to joy from someone who didn't always know where to find it by Sabrina of buddingoptimist.com, and I'm Justin Mollick.
0:11.7	Welcome back to Optimal Living Daily or the OLD podcast where I read to you from some of the best articles I can find and get permission from, covering personal development or self-help,
0:22.2	minimalism, productivity, and more. So with that, let's get right to it and continue optimizing
0:28.1	your life. A letter to joy from someone who didn't always know where to find it by Sabrina of buddingoptimist.com.
0:41.7	Dear Joy, this is my letter to you. I wanted to tell you about my journey in finding you.
0:48.2	It wasn't easy, that's for sure. I took many detours along the way, but I don't regret any of the
0:53.5	steps I took. I learned a lot of lessons but I don't regret any of the steps I took.
0:55.0	I learned a lot of lessons that they didn't teach me in school, so it was all worth it.
1:00.2	Hey, I'm just glad I finally know where to find you now.
1:03.5	When I was little, I didn't know what you were.
1:06.8	I smiled when I felt happy, like when I ate a popsicle in the summer or tried on a pretty
1:11.6	new dress. My lips would extend from ear to ear in the shape of a half moon. My head would naturally
1:17.5	tilt up as if an invisible hand had tugged gently on my ponytail, and my almond-shaped eyes
1:23.6	would squint uncontrollably into two thin lines. Whenever my face changed like this, there'd
1:29.8	be a bubbling feeling in my chest as well, like the fizz when you crack open a can of soda.
1:36.1	Sometimes the fizz was so strong that I would burst into a fit of laughter that made my tummy hurt.
1:42.1	Even though I couldn't put the feeling into more eloquent words than
1:45.1	happy, I knew I liked it. Joy, for the longest time I thought this feeling was you, just a fleeting
1:53.3	fizz that would last a few moments, a day or two at the most, and then you would be gone until the
1:59.2	next time we meet. You seem to like to play
2:01.9	hide and seek with me, and as I got older, you seemed to enjoy this game more and more. What
2:07.8	once made my lips curl and my chest bubble with fizz no longer had the same effect on me
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