We asked how you are finding joy in the pandemic. Here are 12 surprising ideas

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It's been two long years of COVID gloom. But NPR's readers didn't let it keep them down. From cicada tracking to open-water swimming to roller-skating squads, you share how you bring the fun.

To help you find your next moment of joy, we asked our readers what creative ideas they've come up with to cultivate happiness, two years into pandemic life. Your answers were unexpected, exciting and showed there's always a way to tap into your curious side and try something new., former professor of happiness studies and founder of the Happiness Studies Academy.

"People are stopping and asking: Am I where I want to be? Am I doing what I want to be doing with my life? The pandemic has taken us off autopilot and is helping people live more deliberate lives." NPR's readers' share how they've used their time in the pandemic to explore new ways of bringing meaning and pleasure into their lives — and advice for how you can too. If you're ready to tiptoe out of your pandemic mindset and into being present and hopefully finding more happiness, here are a few ideas. Thank you to all the readers who submitted. We wish we could include them all.She used her love of poetry to connect with a literary family.

"I love to travel and see new sights and expected the primary source of joy to be the sites along the way. What I found was that the kindness of strangers was a continuous source of support, encouragement and joy. On a scorching road in southwestern California a man pulled his car over in front of us. My first thought was, 'He is going to scream at us for riding on the road.

 

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