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100% happiness doesn’t exist someone very close to me told me. It was a hard pill to swallow but since I’m stubborn, I still went out of my way to find out for myself.
It’s the hardest task I’ve ever done and even Google failed to give me an answer. I thought playing clown to be liked will give me happiness. Or losing tons of weight or dating the hottest guys or a nice secured job or even endless traveling but I was wrong and it was a tiring search. It was tiring to follow what society says just to be happy and I found out that happiness already exist even before I started looking for it full time.
I stopped on my tracks, closed my eyes, think of the times when my heart swells and the list below came up.
- Opening the balcony door in the morning
- My gratitude journal
- The birds chirping as I write this
- The mood board that I myself painted
- Wool socks
- My arts and craft DIY basket
- Upbeat Spanish songs
- Browsing Pinterest for next DIY projects
- My Yoga mat
- Cleaning the house
- An empty sink
- Fresh clothes from the dryer
- Looking at the hill outside my kitchen window
- Strolling along the nearby river
- Sand between my toes
- My bare feet on the ground
- The crashing sound of the fallen leaves under my boots as I walk
- Wool turtleneck pullover
- Hot cup of chocolate
- Coffee
- The sound of coffee machine in the morning
- Cuddles
- Kisses
- Holding hands while walking
- Sweet text messages
- Clean sheets
- Fresh towels
- Clean bathroom
- My feet on the clean house floor
- Sitting in a deserted cafe while reading a good book
- Writing in my journal in a deserted cafe
- People watching as the cafe gets a bit crowded
- Candles
- A quick trip to the church to light candles up and say my graces
- Weekly grocery shopping
- My homemade bodyscrub
- Giving myself a mani and pedi
- Meditating
- Simple Yoga stretches
- Dry-brushing
- A long hot bath
- Watering my plants and removing dry leaves
- Harvesting tomatoes, chili and zucchini from my little edible balcony garden
- The rose plant on my worktable
- My pens
- My journals
- The smell of old pages of books
- A glass of wine after a long day
- Preparing simple vegetarian meals
- Thick and soft duvet
- Spanish songs
- Mowering the garden
- A trip to the bookstore though I still have a lot of unread books
- Reading
- Amazon book window shopping
- That Amazon package when I accidentally hit “Buy Now”
- Book markers
- Thrift shops and flea markets
- Cobble-stoned streets
- Misty glass windows after the rain
- The smell when it rains
- An empty laundry basket
- A new book
- Arts supply store
- Writing
- The crackle of fire in the furnace
- Burnt marshmallow
- Bonfire
- Lemon and ginger
- Zumba
- Afternoon naps
- Eavesdropping in the bus to accustom my ears in learning a new language
- Designing Pins and Graphics for my website
- Brainstorming for new articles
- Waking up before the alarm goes off
- Doing a simple daily morning routine
- Public libraries
- Finding money in bags or pockets that I have totally forgotten about
- Sending monthly support to my parents
- Cleaning
- Sorting my stuff
- My almost empty closet
- Thunderstorm
- Watching the sun set
- Unplugging and leaving the house without my mobile phone
- Sitting on a park bench and people watching
- Baking
- My name spelled correctly at Starbucks
- Candlelit dinner
- Sweat from a good workout
- Bubblebath
- Crickets singing
- Snow covered places
- Winter boots
- Daily devotion
- Publishing a new blog post
- A genuine smile from a stranger
- Singing
- Ratty shirts
- Mario
What about you? What makes you happy?
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I love how the list goes on and on. There really is so much in life to make us happy, if we just pay attention! Letting go of perfection is what makes me happy.
Perfection is the first thing that I had to let go. When I finally did, I started seeing things differently. Thank you so much for reading. =)
Hahah i have such a list too…makes us enjoy life more 🙂
that is so true. Happy to know that we have the same list. =)
Cool list!
I’m 100% with you on coffee, wool socks and kisses!
And what a good idea!
The other thing that makes me happy is a happy puppy face! X
A puppy face is heart! =) thank you for reading. =)
Such a nice list to have when you’re not feeling your best to just go and do some things from the list. Gratitude journaling is my absolute favorite 🙂
that is true. and gratitude journaling is just one happy activity. thank you for reading Ivana. =)
A lovely reminder that it is life’s little moments that make us happiest. An empty laundry basket= joy!
That is so true. I feel accomplished when I see my laundry basket empty. =) thank you so much for reading.
Happiness is always something we create inside of ourselves and the smallest things are really the things that make our hearts sing. I like that you listed out all the things that bring you joy and give you happiness. 🙂
that is so true. and thank you so much for reading them. =)
Wow! Such a positive piece of writing. Lifted up my mood instantly.
and thank you for reading. =)