Delight collection

Earlier this year, I had the chance to come across and read The Book of Delights by the award-winning American poet, Ross Gay. The book is a collection of essays written daily over the course of a year, celebrating ordinary delights in the world around us. As a climate human looking for ways to infuse more joy into my days, this gave me an initial idea:

‘Why don’t I start a delight journal?’

Chatting with a friend who happens to also be a fan of James Clear’s Atomic Habits, we realised that sharing these delights with a friend would help make the habit ‘stickier’. So I asked:

‘Do you want to embark on a #delightpact with me where we share daily delights with each other over the course of a month?’

‘Sure, let’s do it!’ She responded

And off we went! We started this sharing of delights in August and we loved it so much that we’re still sharing three months later! We realised that this first challenge essentially helped us build a delight habit. Not only we seem to have trained our brains to notice more, but we get an extra delight by sharing ours with someone we care about and by receiving theirs. A pure delight cycle!

It’s become a delight practice and we have become more aware of delights around us!

Here’s a selection of our delights including:

‘Morning yoga’… ‘Wattle season’…’Cycling to work on a crisp sunny morning’…’Community library’…’Colourful flowers and birds’…’Rosella chirping at dusk’…’Sunset in the snow’…’Geometry and light’…’Trees’…’Sunlight shining and caressing your face’…’Reconnecting with old friends’…’Getting the wordle in two’…’Sunset’…’Delightful morning run’…’Reading a good book’…’Putting your feet inside UGG boots’…’Callistemon and their soft leaves’…’The sound of laughing kookaburras’…’A gang of Gang Gangs’…