322: 7 habits that make me a more joyful person (as someone who’s not naturally optimistic)

Habits that make me a more joyful person as someone who's naturally pessimistic.

A pessimistic person looks at life with doubt, focuses on the negative parts of a situation and thinks the worst outcome will happen.

People who follow me online don't always believe me when I say that I tend to lean more pessimistic than optimistic, but it's true.

Okay, spoiler alert.

I have to be so intentional about choosing to be a positive person.

Because it just doesn't come naturally to me.

And I'm so glad that new people that I meet associate me with being optimistic.

Because let me tell you, I work my little booty off for that, okay? Shout out to my mental health hygiene routine.

I feel like now it's way easier for me to be a joyful person.

It doesn't take as much mental work as it used to to embody joy.

So I thought it would be helpful if I shared habits that have actually made a difference in helping me be a more joyful person.

And I know that this is a topic that's going to resonate with some people.

because in Hustle Sanely Study Hall, we had a call last week and someone was actually talking about like, I need help with being more positive.

And I was like, girl, I got you.

We have a podcast episode scheduled for that topic.

And so here we are.

Here is that podcast episode.

But Before I start giving you like tips and habits and all the things, I want to start off by saying that truthfully, my joy is rooted in Jesus.

Y'all know that I'm very vocal about my faith.

And when I'm prioritizing time in the word, time in prayer and time in worship, I'm able to access joy way more easily than when I'm neglecting those things.

I know not everyone shares my faith, so of course I've got seven other habits that I'm going to share that I feel make me a more joyful person, but just know that me personally, I am only able to access true joy because of who Jesus is, okay? So anyway, let's get into them, the seven habits that make me a more joyful person.