Careening To Black Joy

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Finding joy in a hobby as an adult can be hard because we center our careers first. We center bills first. We center our families first. We often neglect what sparked our joy before, and some of us want to find new sparks of joy but can't stop consuming media-seems we only have just enough energy to "doom scroll".

In this episode, I discuss the "too old to start something new" problem, how to discover your interest and my own personal story of how I got into crafting with yarn.

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Topics: hobbies for adults, finding a hobby. how to find a hobby, hobbies for beginners. benefits of hobbies. why hobbies are important

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A Black woman on Tik Tok said books centering Black people makes her feel "unsafe". Amidst the backlash , she has since doubled down saying, "Y'all are proving my point."

Are books that center Black people automatically 'hood' books? what makes them perceived in this way and should we simply accept her thoughts as Rage Bait?

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Music: Tom Hop for Intro and Outro of the Keep Calm Podcast series

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What happens when the things that once brought you joy no longer do?

In the first episode of Careening to Joy, I’m looking back at the things that made me happy at different stages of my life. Growing up, church, the Bible, and cartoons were some of my biggest sources of joy. But as I got older, my relationship with joy changed—and so did the things that made me feel most like myself.

Topics: finding joy, personal growth, adulthood, nostalgia, spirituality, church, creativity, poetry, anime, fitness, hobbies, self-discovery, happiness, and redefining joy.

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If you have ever heard the expression Black Joy, then you may be wondering, "What is it? How can I find it?" I am here to introduce you to things that bring me joy, literature, philosophies and studies that show why we as Black people rarely experience it but how others are finding it.