Joy is a Skill

I’m (imperfectly) practicing it by being present, reveling in things I’m bad at, searching for new hobbies, and a few other things.

Confession: I seldom feel joyful or exuberantly happy. My baseline is pretty steady. Not unhappy, but not that full-body joy or floaty happiness, either. I don’t think this is a bad thing, most of the time. I’d rather be even-keeled than swinging between the highest highs and the lowest lows. But I want to be more joyful. That’s where I’ve been lately—n…