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249: Little Jolt of Joy - Grateful for the Mess · JOY LOVING HOME - SAHM, Productivity, Home Organization, Declutter, ADHD Mom, ADHD SAHM, ADHD Brain

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  I just ran across this quote, which is sort of a twist on something I researched
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  and is attributed to Mark Twain.
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  But it says, good decisions come from experience, but experience comes from bad decisions.
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  This is life. So don't worry about any mistakes. Go ahead and learn from them.
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  This really hit me today as I was thinking about just doing a quick little jolt
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  of joy version of the podcast. I'm Joy, by the way. Glad you're here.
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  I just wanted to take a second because tomorrow is Thanksgiving.
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  And for Americans anyway, it's a day we tend to sit around a turkey-filled table
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  and think about the things we're grateful for.
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  But I think it's worth saying that for those of us that struggle with our home
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  and struggle to get our act together,
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  that this can be a time when we spiral into things we could have done or should
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  have done or why haven't we done this, that and the other and gotten our act together.
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  And here we are towards the end of yet another year. And we just thought things would be different.
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  If that is you, please pump the brakes on that.
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  I want you to stop and just take a second and think of all the things that you
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  really actually do have to be grateful for, even if you're in the mess.
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  Think about the fact that you have a home in whatever place you're living in.
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  Even if that place is messy, it's yours to figure out the mess.
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  All this stuff that is the chaos that you're trying and frustrated with,
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  remind yourself that you're blessed to have things to even dig out from and
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  that each one of those things is a way to learn more about yourself and to have
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  those lessons to figure out how to change.
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  Let's thank that beautiful mind of yours that can absolutely get you into trouble
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  with its scattered nature, but it's full of creative ideas and the very best of intentions.
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  That family and those pets of yours that create a lot of chaos that you need to manage.
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  What a blessing. I don't even need to elaborate on how grateful we can be just
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  to have a life that is full.
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  So find your thing. Remember that life is about learning.
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  If you had absolutely nothing but this smooth, perfectly paved road to walk
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  along in perfect weather, you would not understand why it's even a blessing.
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  Without contrast, we don't appreciate anything.
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  Highs come from understanding lows. Peace comes from working through trouble, not from avoiding it.
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  So give yourself grace to experience your messy and your chaos,
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  and remind yourself that you are in the middle of a wonderful stretch of learning and growing.
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  So slow down this long weekend, drink in those good moments, not the perfection,
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  but the joy that comes in the laughter of something that goes awry from some
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  sort of unexpected happening.
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  These real moments in life that are away from some sort of carefully curated
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  image you've seen on a screen.
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  Real life is messy.
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  Real life is unpredictable. Real life is full of contrast.
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  And we really shouldn't ever want it any other way. So I literally needed five
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  minutes to say, I am so grateful for all of you,
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  for the friends I have made in our podcast group,
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  for the moments when you have shared reviews and emailed me with your thoughts
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  and just shared in the free community of things that you're doing in your life.
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  All of those bring me such joy, and I am grateful for them. So this Thanksgiving,
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  I hope you take a moment and just soak in these moments of joy.
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  Have a wonderful, wonderful Thanksgiving.