Struggling to Enjoy Life? Fall in Joy with Life Again E139
April 2, 2024
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I’ve come across a quick tool to make my life more joyful and I can’t wait to share it with you. If you are struggling to enjoy your life, then you want to stick around. Let me share with you how you can fall in joy with your life again.
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Do you ever wonder where the joy has gone? Was there not so much more joy in our lives when we were younger? So where has it all gone? Why can’t we enjoy our lives like we did when we were children, teenagers or young adults?
And I know what kind of reasons your mind is already coming up with.
- It’s because of all the responsibilities that you have now.
- You had to become an adult and there is just no place for tons of joy in adulthood.
- Many people need you and you have to do your best for them instead of focusing on enjoying yourself.
- And so on and so on.
Let go of these thoughts for a moment and imagine that you can still have all of that going on in your life AND enjoy yourself again.
Your chance to enjoy your life again
In this episode, I want to share with you a quick tool that I currently use to bring more joy into my life. But more importantly, I have an invitation for you that you don’t want to miss – a Masterclass to learn how to enjoy your life again coming to you in just a few weeks. I will tell you more about it later on.
But back to our issue at hand. Lots of people don’t enjoy their life. They might have moments of joy but not often enough to convince them that they are leading a joyful life. And this might resonate with you. Good, then you are in the right place at the right time.
If you listened to Episode 124, then you have heard me share with you the ultimate purpose of this human life that we are living. And that is to experience this life and enjoy ourselves as much as we can while doing it. See, it’s all about enjoying ourselves. So why do we then struggle to do it?
Struggling with life because we don’t enjoy ourselves
Without enough joy in our lives, we can feel lost, trapped, overwhelmed, burned out, forgotten, helpless, hopeless, and resigned to a future of what we are already experiencing today. How can we keep hustling to make a living for this life that we don’t even enjoy? Where is the point in all of this if we don’t enjoy the life we are living?
I am thankfully not anymore in this hopeless place but I remember being in it just a few years ago. So I understand what you are going through if you are currently struggling with experiencing joy in your life.
My struggle with the lack of joy in my life
For many years I worked hard to create a great life with a career, home and family. But what does it all mean, if I can’t enjoy it? You should. That’s what was going on in my mind: Linda, you should enjoy your life more. Look at all the fortunate things that you have. You should call yourself the luckiest person alive. So why don’t you enjoy this life that you were able to create? What is wrong with you?
These are literally the thoughts that went through my mind when I was stuck in this overwhelmed, busy, stressed-out phase in my life. Thankfully it was just a phase. And that means it’s just a phase for you, too. It can all be turned around.
It’s your choice! Stay struggling or not!
And if you are wondering now: Do I have to? Do I really want to learn how to enjoy my life again? That sounds like a lot of effort. The answer is No, you don’t need to change anything in your life if you don’t want to. You can stay exactly where you are and keep feeling miserable for the next decades of your life.
That might sound harsh to some of you. And that’s what I am going for. So many people complain about their lives but when they get offered the opportunity to change it, they go: Nah, that sounds like too much effort. I just stay with the devil I know.
So ask yourself the honest question: Am I ready to take the steps to bring more joy back into my life – or do I keep struggling and complaining about how unenjoyable my life is?
You are here for a reason! Choose joy over your struggle!
If you are the kind of person who wants to stay in their comfort zone and live a life they don’t even like, then you probably would have stopped listening to this episode a while ago. It would have made you too uncomfortable.
But you are still here for a reason. You are fed up with the struggle. You had enough and are ready to close this phase of your life. Best decision you have made today, I promise you that.
Join the “Enjoy Your Life Masterclass” to experience the joy you deserve
And you want to take this decision to the next level and sign up for my upcoming Masterclass. That’s where I am going to tell you all my secrets about how I turned this phase in my life around and started to enjoy it again. This 3-part event will be your stepping stone to start a new phase in your life. The phase where you enjoy your life again.
Just head over to lindalange.com/enjoyyourlife and register for the Masterclass today. Hit pause and come back to me when you are sure you are all signed up.
Quick and impactful tool to instantly feel more joy
Fantastic! Now let’s get to the part where I share with you the tool that I recently started to use to bring even more enjoyment into my everyday life.
Instead of forcing and manipulating my environment, my outer world, to provide me with more moments of joy, I decided to find joy in the moments that are already part of my life. It was just a simple decision that I made again and again.
This tool has 2 main steps: First, you have to become aware of a moment that you could enjoy instead of not enjoying it and then make the decision to enjoy it. Let me give you a few examples.
How I apply the tool in my life to feel more joy
One of the first moments I tried this out was during my meditation. Sometimes meditating every day can become a chore or a task on your to-do list, so I thought it was the perfect situation to bring more joy back into it.
So while I was meditating, I became aware that this was a moment to apply this and then I said to myself: “I decide to enjoy this now. I enjoy sitting here and meditating.” In the next second, I felt this rush of joy flowing through my body and it felt so wonderful. My mood was suddenly lifted and I was much more focused on what I was doing. It helped me to be more present in my meditation.
Become aware of the moment and decide differently
Another example I have is from last week when I was baking a cake. I am not the biggest fan of baking but I do like the result of having a freshly baked cake in my home instead of something that I buy at the store. So I decided to bake a carrot cake.
Usually what would happen is that I would feel mostly neutral towards the moment of preparing the cake. I would not dislike it but I would not like it either. But I might come up with some negative thoughts about the time I had to spend on doing it and all the washing up I had to do as a result of it. That would be the usual state of being I have with these kinds of everyday activities.
But then I thankfully became aware that I could apply this new tool and I decided to enjoy this moment of baking. Was I able to hold up the spirit of enjoyment throughout the whole time baking? No, of course not. I am at the beginning of practicing this so I will get better at it over time and with more moments of joy that I decide to have.
Fall in Joy with your Life every single day
The more and more I apply this to moments in my life, the more joy I have in my life again. I suddenly have the power over the joy in my life. I don’t have to wait anymore until the next time I deem to have an enjoyable situation like breakfast with a friend, a massage or going to the cinema.
I have now found a way to increase the enjoyable moments in my life and I know that this ability, if I keep using it, will become a habit and then I will just enjoy most of my moments in my life. Exactly how I did NOT enjoy most moments in my life a few years ago. Does that make sense to you?
But my life has not completely changed. Not on the outside. What has changed is me on the inside. I changed my perspective and used awareness to make a different decision – again and again.
Use as many moments of your day to decide for joy
And you can do the same. Use awareness as many times as you can throughout your day to decide to enjoy what you are doing. If you need help with becoming aware in the first place, then create reminders for yourself.
It could be as easy as a reminder on your phone or computer. Or you could choose a particular activity to remind you to become aware of the moment and decide to enjoy it, like taking a flight of stairs or drinking a sip of water. Choose something that you do several times per day and make this your activity to become aware and enjoy yourself. With practice, you will create a new habit. The habit of enjoying your life. Isn’t that beautiful?
Your personal invite for the Enjoy Your Life Masterclass
And if you want to go down the rabbit hole with me and learn mind-blowing realizations that will not only bring more joy into your life but will change your whole life for the better, then sign up for the upcoming Masterclass. The Enjoy Your Life Masterclass will be a unique and transformative experience across 3 live trainings. And if you can’t make the timings or dates, don’t worry because you get access to the recording and have over one week time to experience the teachings when you can.
I can’t wait to welcome you to the rest of your life. I promise you that the knowledge and techniques I share with you during the training will change the trajectory of your life. You will see.
So head over to lindalange.com/enjoyyourlife. Thank you already now for saying yes to yourself. For choosing yourself for these few life-changing hours. You won’t regret it!
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So whether you choose to donate, leave a rating and review, or both, know that you’re an integral part of my vision. You are helping everyone who struggles with burnout or high-stress levels to experience how awesome their life can be. So, thank you for your support!
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Sign up for the “Enjoy Your Life Masterclass” today!
I am going to tell you all my secrets about how I turned this phase in my life around and started to enjoy it again. This 3-part event will be your stepping stone to start a new phase in your life. The phase where you enjoy your life again!
Go down the rabbit hole with me and learn mind-blowing realizations that will not only bring more joy into your life but will change your whole life for the better. The Enjoy Your Life Masterclass will be a unique and transformative experience starting on the 22nd of April.
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