In general, I think this book is an excellent resource for appreciating and enjoying life.

She wraps the book up with a Joyful Toolkit including project worksheets to add more joy as you plan your space, event, or perhaps even a new offering in your business! Learning about joy can not only improve your work life as a solopreneur, but also help you learn to invoke joy for your customers. She explains how color can easily be added to or just enjoyed in our daily lives. Color also plays a major role throughout the book. According to her findings, this can be as simple as adding a plant to your home space. One of my favorite chapters is Freedom, in which Ingrid points out that “Joy thrives on the alleviation of constraints.” She goes on to explain how we experience the restorative benefits of freedom through viewing or spending time in nature. Then, she articulates easily attainable ideas and examples to bring in more of each element.

Expect chapter titles like Abundance, Harmony, and Magic! Each chapter includes an overview and the science behind these aesthetics of joy. Joy may be hard to separate from happiness – but in her Ted Talk, Ingrid defines joy as “feeling good right now, in the moment.” Even the table of contents brings me joy. I found her book to be an excellent resource for finding joy in my daily routine. Ingrid Fetell Lee is a designer, blogger at and expert on joy. Who doesn’t want to make that a regular practice? Isn’t the point of working for yourself to allow yourself flexibility and greater opportunities to enjoy life? I know many solopreneurs are driven by these desires, which is why I think tapping into joy is something we can all do with more consistency. This book is a great resources for getting into the habit of seeing the joy in our everyday lives. For this month’s focus on habits, I thought I’d review Ingrid Fetell Lee’s wonderful book, Joyful.

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