Let me tell you a short story…pull up a chair and a mug.
My name is Elizabeth, and my middle name is Joy.
I love examining the meanings of names, and mine are:
Definition: Consecrated to God, set apart for God.
Definition: Well… joy. 🙂
Run those together and you could say my parents chose to set me apart for God’s joy. (Thank you Mom and Dad! XO)
But here is the catch: I didn’t know I needed a strategy to live with JOY. Instead of living the joyful life I wanted, I was overwhelmed, tired, over-committed, and I felt like nothing I did grew with vibrancy.
And as I’ve chosen over the last five years to pursue my name, I’ve discovered so many other people who live in joy-poverty. Even though we were created for joy, most of us don’t know how to lean into it.
I’ve been building strategy, and I want to share it with you.
I want to let joy loose!