If you love the outdoors, plan a quick walk to reward yourself after completing that difficult task. If you love music, plan a session with friends in real or virtual space. It may be anything that brings you joy. I love water, to be surrounded by it. It must be because I grew up in a near desert. To me water means abundance, life and growth. It brings a stillness to my soul. We therefore have chosen to live in an apartment overlooking a big river. My morning runs are up and down the river. My office view is filled with tug boats throughout the day. We could have lived in a much bigger place, but the water brings us so much joy we don’t want to be anywhere else.

What brings you joy? I recommend you plant little joy vacations in you day, your week and month ahead. Have you planned a little get away when the season changes? Half of the fun is in the planning, in the expectation. With these joy seeds planted, you will find that you become more productive and you will start looking forward to your days.

What brings the people in your life joy? If you know their love languages, perhaps you can leave a little note and a small chocolate on the pillow of a loved one who loves little gifts and words of appreciation? If you know a colleague or a client loves it when you spend time with them, invite them to attend an event with you. By planting those joy seeds in their lives, your own joy will start growing.

Let’s all plant some joy seeds today, for ourselves and for others.