1: “Lately, I feel joy when I do burpees.”

That’s what Christina, a 43-year-old poet from Kingskettle, Scotland, said when asked what brought her joy.

“A burpee is a physical exercise that involves dropping to the ground and getting back up again,” Kelly McGonigal writes in her new book Joy is a Risk Worth Taking.

Burpees are tough and exhausting. Who actually enjoys doing burpees?

But for Christina, Kelly … continue reading