I spent an hour with joy strategist Grace Harry and learned the importance of play.
Here are three questions she says to ask yourself to spark joy.
In just over a week, the World Health Organization (WHO) willofficially declare COVID-19 a pandemic.
A room where Harry teaches people the skill most tend to forget around middle school: how to play.
Finally, I ask Harry how her perspective on joy has changed since March 2020.
So getting them to want to dedicate even 20 minutes to playtime felt strainedeven forced.
a joy strategist, philanthropist, creative director, and life coach who believes “joy is your birthright”
Then, she asked them to resurrect that instead.
Youre illuminating lightbecauseyoure having fun and youre feeling good, Harry told me back in 2020.
Itsstilltrue, but now Harry has dedicated much of her work to what comes before playing.
Ahead, youll find the joy-sparking questions Harry sent me home with back in 2020.
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When was the last time I laughed so hard, I almost peed myself?
The first order of business is to laugh, Harry says.
Call a friend; go to a funny movie; read some jokes; find a comedian online.
Feel how good that feels.Laughing is medicine.
a joy strategist, philanthropist, creative director, and life coach who believes “joy is your birthright”
When was I the most confident in myself?
Harry says that in her experience, most clients felt the most rooted in their self-esteem in childhood.
She then asks you to think about how you lived your life back then.
Did you wear stripes and polka dots in the same outfit?
Did you play in the dirt with your bare hands?
Did you make up rhymes for fun?
See what worked for you then so that you could decide whats worth replicating now.
What are my instincts telling me to do?
Deep down, you already knowexactlywhat jot down of play will inspire to be your fully-realized and happy self.
Try tuning in to yourinner childto find out.
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