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# Conversation transcript
_Agent: council_
## You
Chapter 19 from the Enterprising Womens Book for the KB
### Attached: 19-casey-cole.md
### CASEY COLE
##### “Learning to Love Yourself by Microdosing Joy"
## Introduction
Casey Cole is a small-business consultant, photographer, and single mother who founded "Microdosing Joy," a personal project about finding small daily moments of happiness after raising two children largely on her own since age 20. Her chapter is a reflective personal essay rather than a traditional business profile.
What is a Journey to Joy? Is joy a destination? Is it the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow? Have I always been on this journey? Did I start out at joy and then get lost somewhere along the way?
##### What exactly is joy?
I’ve reached a point in my life where I have found myself with some- thing I had previously had very little of, and that is 'time'.
We always have the same amount of time, yet lately my time is less devoted to raising my adult kids and instead, I often find myself with just my thoughts to keep me company. Without the constant move- ment and juggling of schedules, I feel like my life is in limbo.
I'm somewhere in between where I was and where I'm going. I'm trying very hard to embrace this and ‘live in the moment’, and view this as a blessing to make the most of it. It's been difficult to adjust to slowing down of my life, the quietness that surrounds me, and the absence of being constantly needed by others. To just be alone.
I have used this time over the past few years to reflect on my life.
I’ve always felt that I was a kid trying to figure out how to raise kids. I was twenty when I became pregnant and knew absolutely nothing about pretty much anything. Looking back, the best way I can describe how I felt is that I was in survival mode for the last twenty five years.
Always something to figure out or overcome, and I poured myself into the raising of my two kids. Such a strange dichotomous feeling.
I loved raising my kids! They are my measurement for joy. What I feel in my heart for them is what I strive to feel in the rest of my life.
At the same time the stress of making every single decision and finan- cially supporting them on my own was daunting at times. Perhaps this is why I'm having a difficult time figuring out how to sit in the middle.
I have recently entered a new chapter of my life, my ‘Journey to Joy.’
**"I have been working very hard to tip the scale from overwhelmed and stressed to content and peaceful"**
Hello, my name is Casey, and I am a woman of many titles; most of them self-proclaimed. I am an entrepreneur, organizational systems specialist, small business consultant, photographer, lover of music and fitness, jewelry maker, book writer, practicing unconditional lover, and (my favorite title) a single mom.
I have recently entered a new chapter of my life, my ‘Journey to Joy.’
I have been working very hard to tip the scale from overwhelmed and stressed to content and peaceful. Getting the scale to tip has always felt like too big of a leap for me to make so I decided a few years ago, rather than leaping, I would focus on the small moments in hopes that the more I collect, the more joyful I will feel.
Since making this change, I'm inspired to help others on their Journey to Joy, which is why I decided to share my thoughts and inspirations.
Find some of my favorite moments consciously microdosing joy each and every day on my Instagram page @microdosingjoy
Coming soon…in my Microdosing Joy Collection:
- Our Delicate Dance A Book of Parables - My Calico Heart A Book of Songs - The Butterfly Queen A Book of Thoughts-ACHIEVED! In addition to my creative outlet, I am a full-time saleswoman and small business consultant. My specialty is working with startups to help them establish some foundational systems that will grow with their business. Mostly focused on project management and business development, I have a unique set of skills that allows me to see business from both the organizational and operational side as well as the creative brand management side. #### Thoughts of a Woman Who Flew the Nest
“Whenever I’ve looked back at my life over the years and the path it has taken, I’ve always felt sadness and never really frustration. I can see all the reasons and the obstacles that led me to make the decisions that I did, and I easily justify why I haven’t lived out many of my dreams. The truth is none of those things were the reason why. The reason why is I never believed in myself. I never believed that I deserved it or that I was worth it. I always believed that my kids deserved it and that my kids were worth it, but I never believed that I was. I never had the confi- dence to stand up for myself, and to stand behind my decisions, and to put myself in a position where the world could see me. I always hid behind my sorrow. I never wanted to be where the world could see. So now looking back, it is very clear to me that I am the reason why I am where I am today, and I am the reason why I will stay exactly where I am. And I am the only reason why I will ever become anything else. Anything more. I have to believe in myself, and I have to know that I am worthy. This part of my life isn’t about my kids and what they deserve. It’s about me and what I can do for myself. The more I can do for myself in this moment, the better I can do for my kids in the next moment. I am leaving the nest.” from “Handfuls of Sand”.
### NEXT STEP Schedule YOUR FREE Microdosing Joy Call
##### Casey Cole,
founder of Microdosing Joy Author MicrodosingJoy@gmail.com MicrodosingJoy.com Linkedin.com/in/casey-cole Instagram.com/microdosingjoy/
## Summary
- Works full-time as a small-business and startup consultant focused on operations and project management. - Founded Microdosing Joy, sharing daily moments of joy on Instagram @microdosingjoy. - Developing a "Microdosing Joy Collection" of books, including parables, songs, and personal reflections. - Contact: MicrodosingJoy.com.
## Clerk
**Received.**
Casey Cole’s chapter is now in the vault — the quiet shift from survival mode into microdosing joy, the deliberate choice to believe she is worthy, and the act of leaving the nest. It’s safe here.
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