This page is about life’s journeys, and all the joy that is experienced through the journey. In 2017, I began a process to find joy in the little things, and to look for ways to spread joy to others. The second step was to remove things from my life that didn’t bring me joy. That could be anything from a job, to a toxic friend, or clutter in my house. The rule was simple. If it didn’t bring me joy then it didn’t belong in my life. Even if it brought me joy at some point, as soon as it began stealing my joy, then it was time to part ways with it.
With the theme being joy, the word joy obviously had to be incorporated into our name. It’s simply about joy, just joy. But “Just Joy” wasn’t unique enough. And because this is more than a travel blog, the name needed to be about the entire journey. But “Joy Journeys” wasn’t unique enough either. So put it all together and we have “Just Joy Journeys”. The name has another special meaning in addition to that though. I found out last year that my ancestors were named Just. And now the name is perfectly complete!