
These Used to Bring Me Joy, How About You? | From Church & Cartoons to Anime & Fitness
Careening To Black Joy by EJ
S1 · E1
Aug 28, 2026
28:10
Episode notes
What happens when the things that once brought you joy no longer do?
In the first episode of Careening to Joy, I’m looking back at the things that made me happy at different stages of my life. Growing up, church, the Bible, and cartoons were some of my biggest sources of joy. But as I got older, my relationship with joy changed—and so did the things that made me feel most like myself.
Topics: finding joy, personal growth, adulthood, nostalgia, spirituality, church, creativity, poetry, anime, fitness, hobbies, self-discovery, happiness, and redefining joy.
Keywords
Black joy
African American
anime
church
hobbies
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