You’re Skipping the Best Part of Your Day Without Realizing It
Enjoying the Process Series, Part I
You may not realize this…
but joy is a choice.
So is happiness.
Not in a forced, pretend-everything-is-perfect kind of way—
but in the way you decide to experience what you’re doing while you’re doing it.
Most people move through their day trying to get through it.
“I have to do this.”
“I just need to finish this.”
“Let me get this over with.”
And in that mindset, everything starts to feel heavy, rushed, or draining.
Not because of what they’re doing—
but because of how they’re meeting it.
The Part You’re Missing
It’s not the task that’s the problem.
It’s the conversation happening while you’re in it.
You go to the gym thinking:
I have to get through this.
So it feels like something to push through.
But the moment you shift that—
even slightly—
“I’m doing something incredible for my body.”
“My muscles are getting stronger right now.”
“Thank you, body, for showing up for me today.”
The experience changes.
Not later.
Immediately.
Creating Joy While You’re In It
Joy isn’t always something you find.
Sometimes, it’s something you create in real time.
Through what you focus on.
Through what you tell yourself.
Through the meaning you give the moment.
You can be pulling weeds…
or you can be outside, moving your body, noticing life around you.
The shapes, the textures, the colors you normally ignore.
The quiet presence of birds, air, movement.
You can rush through it—
or you can make it something.
A moment.
A rhythm.
Even a small, unexpected kind of enjoyment.
This Is Where It Shifts
The task doesn’t change.
But your experience of it does.
Because you changed your attitude toward it.
You stopped treating it like something to endure—
and started engaging with it differently.
With intention.
With awareness.
With a willingness to let it feel better than it did a moment ago.
That’s not passive.
That’s a choice.
The Joy You’ve Been Skipping
Most people think joy is something that happens after.
After the work.
After the effort.
After everything is done.
But the truth is—
a lot of it was available during.
In the middle of the movement.
In the middle of the doing.
In the middle of the moment they were trying to get through.
Where It Becomes Yours
You don’t have to wait for your day to feel better.
You can create that shift while you’re inside it.
Through what you say to yourself.
Through what you choose to notice.
Through how you decide to show up in the moment.
Because joy isn’t always something you arrive at.
Sometimes, it’s something you choose… while it’s happening.
Enjoy the process,
Tamara
“Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions”
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