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How to make your Joy Jar

Creating a “Joy Jar” may help you with some of these feelings and will be something to look forward to.

The things you add to the jar can be big or small - something you are looking forward to doing, something you know you enjoy and love.

Follow these simple steps:

  1. Find a jar at home, decorate it with stickers or paint it, and make a little hole in the lid.
  2. When you feel you are missing something or think of something you really want to do, grab a scrap of paper and write your thought down.
  3. Post it in the jar.
  4. Commit to doing each idea and really enjoying it, once you are able to.

Don’t know where to start? Here are some examples:

  • Build sandcastles on the beach with my children
  • Go to my favourite pub and have a drink with my best friends
  • Take my grandson to feed the ducks