*While I am more or less officially on a resetting break here at The Joyfilled Seeker, I wanted to pop on to celebrate the three years of this site being live! I hope you enjoy this post!

Three years. That’s how long it has been since I hit publish on my very first blog post all about defining joy. 

Since then, that post and this site has evolved, changed and grown in more ways than I could ever imagine possible. 

It’s been quite the journey these past three years– lots and lots of ups and just as many downs. And there’s been lots of tears, laughs and joy along the way!

To celebrate this blog-iversary, I wanted to share the top 3 lessons I have learned along the way of creating this little corner of joy in the world. Hope you enjoy! 

#1: Having the Courage to Go After Your Dreams is a Risk-and One I Would Take Again and Again

When I started this space… I wasn’t entirely clear about how this was going to unfold.

Yet, I had this gut feeling— a vision— that kept coming up for me about this space and all that it could be.

So, I followed it.

It was certainly a risk. One that I feel a lot of people would probably just shove down and not listen to because it wasn’t “realistic”.

But, that jump, that leap, that risk- has been the best thing I have ever done for myself.

Following your dreams is risk… but it’s one I tell every single person to do because it is so worth it.

On the one hand, people will, most likely, say you are crazy. They might not see the vision. They might not agree with how you are deciding to live your life. And while that’s a hard lesson for the people-pleasers in us, it’s a critical one. You’ll never get 100% of people to agree with you, so you might as well just live your life for you. And along the way, you might just discover that those people who didn’t outwardly support you, might have a dream deep within themselves that they are scared to believe in themselves. 

On the other hand, you may just be surprised to find there are people out there who are supportive of you, who cheer you on, who believe in you, and may even be inspired by you to go live out some of their wildest dreams within.

No matter what, going after your dreams is for you. It’s a breaking point where you say to yourself, “I can’t keep shoving these dreams down. I have to do this. For me.“

It’s the ultimate test in faith, but you may just find something beyond words on the other side of that fear. 

#2.) There is No “Final Destination”

At many times in these three years of this space, I have found myself thinking well… when I just reach X goal then I will have “made it”.

But, I have realized that there is no final destination.

As Abraham Hicks always says… “You never get it done, and you cannot get it wrong.”

We are always expanding, always evolving and always growing… and that is a beautiful thing. It also means, there is no end point. We can always keep growing, keep learning and keep changing.

And while it may sound cheesy, it truly is all about the journey.

The journey of having the courage to take the leap of faith to follow your dreams, the journey of hitting publish on my first blog post, the journey of feeling scattered and wanting to stop, the journey of getting to embrace creativity and the journey of constantly coming back to my true self.

Every new evolution of The Joyfilled Seeker is wonderful to see unfold, but I never ever want to feel like I’m done growing and changing. That growth is what life is all about. It’s about learning, it’s about lessons and it’s ultimately about a homecoming with who you truly are as a soul. 

#3.) My Intuition Has Never Let Me Down

To most on the outside I would assume it sounded a bit crazy to do this space (still might to some!).

Yet, there was always something within me that had such peace, such assurance that this is exactly what I need to do.

And–trying as best as I can— I try to listen to that deep inner knowing in this whole Joyfilled Seeker world I’ve created.

When there are bumps in the road,I’m human after all, I find coming back to my intuition and this knowing offers me guidance when my mind doesn’t seem to have any or when my mind feels stretched beyond its limits.

This intuition gives me courage when my mind feels it doesn’t have any and it tells me to keep going when my mind feels like it’s done.

This intuition has NEVER steered me wrong, and by choosing to really listen to it—it has created a life full of pure magic and joy. And one that I wake up so so so glad that I get to live. 

Thank You for Three Years!

I’m so excited to see what the next chapter holds for The Joyfilled Seeker. Who knows what this space will be like in three years from now?!

 All I can say is that I’m trusting my intuition, I’m following my joy and I am deeply appreciative of each and every one of you who are committed to living a life with emphasis on YOUR joy! 

So, in the spirit of threes–THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!!

Cheers to three years!