I spent years postponing my own joy. Here’s how I learned to say yes to the juicy bits of life | Sheree Joseph

Society tells us there is one way to live a life, and joy is a byproduct on the path there. But you don’t need a reason to enjoy the act of being alive I have been dwelling on what it means to live well. Not because I have mastered it, but because I have become very comically bad at it.

I have spent years rushing through my life, panicked and convinced I was running out of time. I worried constantly about work – getting it, keeping it, doing it, caring about it too much, hating it and losing it. I obsessed over being more productive. I fretted about money, mostly about not having any left after travelling too much. I poured so much energy into dating that it’s kind of impressive I haven’t had a relationship for…