Hi, welcome to Cheers. I'm your host, Avery Woods.

Hi, you guys, welcome back to Cheers. I'm so happy you are here. I felt like in my last solo,

talking about my mental health, it was a bit down in the dumps.

You know, like we were focusing a lot on the negative. Not that it's not important to talk about

mental health, but I just feel like it's important to keep it positive and think about all

the amazing things going on in life no matter what stage you're in. And so today I thought it would be fun to talk

about things in life that are bringing me joy. And I also asked you guys on Instagram what

things are happening in your life that brings you joy. I feel like finding the smallest

things in life to make you smile and happy are what life's all about. And it's so easy to lay your

head down on your pillow at night and think about all the things that went wrong in the day,

all the things that could have gone better, things you could have done as a better person,

friend, wife, mom. But we don't talk about or think about the tiny little moments that bring a smel to our face.

And I'm trying to be better at that.

And I feel like journaling has forced me to be better at that because I have a little passage

where I list five things in my day that brought me joy.

And it really does.

Sometimes there's days where I got to dig.

I got to dig to find that joy.

Okay. But obviously, as my mental health is improving and going, trending in the right direction,

I have found it easier to find things that bring me joy and realize it doesn't need to be big

things. You don't need a promotion or a raise or some huge

life event to bring you joy. Just laying down with my kids at night and them smiling at me

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