My relationships bring me joy among other things. I love spending time with my friends! From that hour + hike with friends talking non stop and laughing, to deep conversations, sports where you don’t talk until after you are done, to being alone reading a book! 

But one area I didn’t know how to do until recently was nourish my relationships by doing the things I don’t like to do and finding a way of loving them. My ex loved to play golf and I didn’t! So we never did it cause “why do something for someone where you are going to have a bad time?” So recently I have learned how to compromise on those situations. 

I have a friend that loves to fish! I do not! What I realized is that you can still be joyful even on this situations! Instead of not going to fish, I packed my book and some snacks, had a wonderful time talking on the drive there, picking the perfect spot and spent the next 2 hours reading by the river! I LOVED IT!!!! And my friend also loved sharing something he likes to do with me! 

Finding joy in the little things is not something I understood until that day. Is not about finding friends that have the same interest, is not about imposing what you like to do over other things, is about changing your mindset and finding something you like to do within things you particularly don’t care about! And if your friends are any good, a good fresh fish dinner is da boom! 

And that works for you too! I’m new at snow sports my friends are not, do they enjoy going on the easy slopes, not really, but they do it cause they like to share their interest with me! 

Is the little things that make you smile and you remember down the road!

Do you have something you don’t like to do but your friends do? Is there a modification to it where you can enjoy it?