Hi, I’m Ingrid Fetell Lee. A designer and author, I founded the Aesthetics of Joy to help you create more joy in life and work through design.
I’m so glad you’re here.
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Many writers hate writing. But what if that misery is less about the work itself and more about the story we're telling ourselves? I tried an experiment — and what I learned about the psychology of expectations changed how I approach my work entirely.
Though modern life often relegates joy to the margins, joy is our original success metric, evolved to indicate moments of thriving. Here’s how to measure what really matters at work.
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- Susan Cain, Author of Quiet and Founder of Quiet Revolution
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