Did you reach a neat milestone? Did you accomplish something? Did you find a better way to do something? Did you manage to get out of bed? Great work, celebrate it at [email protected]!
There’s so much doom and gloom throughout the world lately, that it can be hard to remember that good things are still happening. Joy is resistance, so shine on!
The people at [email protected] and [email protected] and [email protected] would probably like to know about this. !thelittlethings seems to overlap in intent too, although it does not seem very active from what I see on my instance, so you might want to message the mod. Thanks, I really appreciate positivity communities.
part of why I appreciate it, mentions negativity and depressing stuff
Joy is resisting, especially if you are vulnerable to doomscrolling bad news about how people are treating folks like yourself without humanity, how you are going to be in the firing line next… if you are happy instead of constantly miserable from people treating you as lesser, that’s definitely not the will of certain powers that be. Examples of happy people who are like yourself are necessary too. Especially ones you can meet in your community instead of them being some story you read online, so you know it’s an achievable possibility for you too, not someone on the other side of the planet. Also, it means you are giving your time to yourself and your joy instead of endlessly getting stuck in distressing news loops and doing a tiny bit of enriching others via ad dollars.
Thanks! I’ll see if folks in those communities would be interested in this new one.
I also 100% agree with why these are good. Your points are the main motivations for why I created this community!
Great idea! I will take anything that helps me focus on achievements and growth however small. Subscribed!
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Are we just faking it or Is there actually something behind celebration?
Like is there some internal mechanism or something happening internally/inside our bodies and minds when we celebrate something, regardless of the size, or are we all just acting that it’s special and that is what makes it special and maybe in turn it then feels special internally?
I haven’t managed to figure out how that one works. Like if something happens, birthday, achievement basically anything that people stereotypically celebrate, i just shrug and go on as it isn’t inherently special or different than the usual. So I’ve never understood why do we fake/act like it is?
It’s anything that makes you feel a sense of pride. All posts are to be taken sincerely, but if you want to elevate the mundane to a sense of pride it’s still welcome.
Here’s the why of it. By celebrating these little things, we grow more appreciative of ourselves and the things we do. It makes us think and act with more intent. This has a positive effect on how we interact with the world. This type of self satisfaction actively staves off doomerism and defeatism while we struggle to create a better world. It can be hard at first to celebrate doing the dishes, but if you’ve been putting it off because of a lack of motivation and celebrate the fact you did it, you make it easier for next time. You motivate a depressed person. You show that you won over apathy.
Understandable, thank you for explaining.
Birthdays and the like used to feel inherently special as a kid, as an adult no longer and it just feels like another day. But I still like to celebrate because it’s a nice excuse to see people I care about or treat myself to something nice, or to just relax. I don’t believe we should always do things just because that is what is done, but this is one place I’m happy to just do things because the rest of society does and thinks I “should.” We get something nice out of it, and those who are not interested in celebrating are free to opt out (which I’ve done a few times too, and didn’t regret it.)
For example, I don’t think Valentine’s Day itself is all that important, but it’s a good reminder to pay attention to your loved ones and spend time with them, and because it is enough of a societal thing there are things done (think a couples’ dinner special at a restaurant or something) to help you do just that. So a lot of people do celebrate on the day. Some will celebrate on a different day to avoid higher prices on the day of the usual celebration. Some will totally disregard.
But that’s just me. It might be different for others.
Thank you for sharing.
Yeah pretty much, as a kid special days were special due to some outside force(probably parents) or inherently special. As an adult, that aspect seems to have completely disappeared. So I’ve always struggled to find a reason why those should be special as there isn’t any force actually compelling me to celebrate those and often times there isn’t any energy left over for unnecessary activities either.
