Undaunted Joy is one year old!
One year ago, I set out to immerse myself in JOY. To see where it led me.
What an adventure! I have read dozens of books and articles on the topic, had enriching conversations and even when to England for a month just to soak in joy!
I didn’t know if I could sustain a weekly prose through the lens of joy but discovered, once you seize joy, it is contagious.
I’ve actually written much more than I’ve shared here on the pages of this Substack. So much in fact, that I am nearly finished with an Undaunted Joy book proposal! This would be a collection of essays on Joy. My hope is that by the end of the month of May, my agent can shop it out to the world and I can work full time on Joy.
Thank you to all of you who are paid subscribers. Now that I am shifting gears to work on the book, this is my sole source of income. Thankfully, my husband pays for my room and board (hahah) but you pay my student loan payment. For that I am so grateful.
At least once a month, I’ll share other voices on here. You’ve already read a few of these guest posts Ryan Diaz, Rachel Hicks and Rachael Denny. It is good to hear from a different voice than mine. It reveals how joy is truly contagious and how this has become a little community, bouncing ideas off each other to help us see more clearly the good that is all around us.
So send your prose, poetry or photo/art submissions my way. I can’t promise to publish everything, but I will have fun trying.
Thank you for sharing these posts on social media, forwarding them to friends and inviting others along for the journey.
Until next week!
Happy Anniversary! Can’t wait to hear how things progress on the book!
Congratulations!!