Discover the “joy baseline,” where you find joy in being.
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This undercurrent of joy originates from believing you have value before work —

outside the context of what you do,

offer,

or give —

paid or unpaid.
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This internal mindset — knowing your worth — grounds you on your job-search journey and beyond.
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To find joy in “being,” consider your mere existence on this planet.

Your imperfect, raw human-ness.

Your limitless potential — even if you never tap into it. (Yup).
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Your worthiness of dignity, love, and belonging, not because you’ve done something to earn it but rather because your life itself has value.
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Joy exists before work. Before do-ing.
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When you know your worth outside of work (paid or unpaid), when you believe you are valuable simply because you’re alive, you experience and are grounded in what I call “baseline joy.”
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Just for a minute, forget about finding joy at work or through your job title.

Forget about sourcing joy at home in motherhood.
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It’s not about your role.

Nor is it about how you curate and project yourself or how others perceive you.
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It’s about your discovery in the value of life itself, stripped of any title or action.
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Joy begins to take root when you realize (and believe) that you are worthy.

Of love.

Of belonging.

Of grace.

Just you. Laid bare.
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You have value. Before work. Full stop.
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When the titles, roles, and pursuits fade or change — when the kids grow up, when you get laid off, when your resume’s been rejected too many times to count, when you face illness, loss, grief — your joy remains constant.
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If you lost it all, you still know and rest in your worth outside of your career, role, passion, outward projection to the world.
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In a season of rest, quiet, and introspection, or of hustle and pushing through, or of profound loss and grief, this deep-rooted source of joy quietly sustains you.
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When you’ve discovered this knowledge of your worth — in just being — you’ve tapped into baseline joy.
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You bring the joy. Inside of you.
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Along the way, the knowledge and reminders of awe and delight in your mere existence is what maintains baseline joy.