I’m Happy!!

I love being happy. I’ve usually an optimistic person, with a tendency to be happier than most people about ordinary things.

But the last few weeks have been weird and I haven’t been as happy as I usually am.

BUT I’M BACK. I’m back and I’m excited about everything. Nothing can get me down right now and I love it. I’ve been smiling and laughing more than usual and even when something turns sour or doesn’t go as planned I bounce back. It’s awesome.

So I decided to make a list of all the things that make me happier than my usual level of happy:

• chocolate
• getting hard cover books for really cheap
• seeing old friends that I haven’t seen in a while
• giant comfy blankets
• watches
• fruit roll ups
• when my parents are happy
• beaches/the ocean
• falling asleep on my living room floor next to my fireplace
• hugs from my boyfriend
• doing something well
• when someone is proud of me
• people with pretty eyes
• Dinosaur chicken nuggets
• coming home to my family
• when they wait for me to have dinner
• when no one sits next to me on the bus
• giant water bottles
• showing someone I care
• making someone else smile
• puppies/kittens/any baby animal
• hearing people laugh
• chicken cutlets
• when my siblings and I get to hang out together and do nothing
• when my boyfriend calls me “my love”
• that little burst of excitement when I decide to do something new, like learn Arabic (we’ll see how that works)
• the idea of traveling
• talking to my two best friends, both of whom don’t live in New York
• my Gutenburg Bible journal
• not fucking up at work
• having an actual good day at work
• spikes on jewelry/clothes
• leather clothing/accessories
• anything blue raspberry flavored
• anything raspberry flavored too (i just really like raspberries)
• watching documentaries about sea life, like octopus and jellyfish
• powerful words
• amazing poetry
• delicious sandwiches
• coloring
• teddy graham’s
• inspiring quotes that aren’t overused
• nick names
• the woman i work with who has become like my work mom
• actually having my own money
• the idea of summer
• visit my old college
• smiling

edit: I forgot to add sunrises… Sunrises are a huge deal. They need to be on this list