Little Things:
I'm always saying this and I know it sounds so cliche but it really is the little things that make us happy. Several years ago I went through a rough patch and it was hard to feel really happy. I think I did a pretty good job of focusing on the things that would move me forward. But there were definitely days when I just didn't feel like doing that at all. And sometimes the smallest things would help pull me out of that. I began keeping a list of little things that cheered me up on a bad day. Here's a partial list:
Sea glass I found on a beach
The film Amelie
A poem
Teenager who smiled at me
Fresh cut grass
Fortune cookies
Smell of Coconut
Smell of Cinnamon
Saltwater
A warm breeze
Peonies
My dogs
Quiet afternoons
French pop music
Swimming pool
Mason jar full of water and ice
campfire sparks
Deep indigo skies before a rain storm
Desert plants
Big white fluffy clouds
bright red lipstick
worn out black converse
Andy Warhol
Documentary about Anna Wintour
Bees
Tuna Fish
Diet Coke
Pineapple
Practicing French
Driving with the windows down
Fat Babies
Short Cuts
Mad Men
Charlie Hunnam
laughing
Kate McKinnon
secrets
That's my 8 minute list. One thing I learned in keeping track of the little things that made me happy in a given day was that there are so many things that do make me happy. Even on days when everything is terrible.
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