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.

1. Opening the balcony door in the morning
2. My gratitude journal
3. The birds chirping as I write this
4. The mood board that I myself painted
5. Wool socks
6. My arts and craft DIY basket
7. Upbeat Spanish songs
8. Browsing Pinterest for next DIY projects
9. My Yoga mat
10. Cleaning the house
11. An empty sink
12. Fresh clothes from the dryer
13. Looking at the hill outside my kitchen window
14. Strolling along the nearby river
15. Sand between my toes
16. My bare feet on the ground
17. The crashing sound of the fallen leaves under my boots as I walk
18. Wool turtleneck pullover
19. Hot cup of chocolate
20. Coffee
21. The sound of coffee machine in the morning
22. Cuddles
23. Kisses
24. Holding hands while walking
25. Sweet text messages
26. Clean sheets
27. Fresh towels
28. Clean bathroom
29. My feet on the clean house floor
30. Sitting in a deserted cafe while reading a good book
31. Writing in my journal in a deserted cafe
32. People watching as the cafe gets a bit crowded
33. Candles
34. A quick trip to the church to light candles up and say my graces
35. Weekly grocery shopping
36. My homemade bodyscrub
37. Giving myself a mani and pedi
38. Meditating
39. Simple Yoga stretches
40. Dry-brushing
41. A long hot bath
42. Watering my plants and removing dry leaves
43. Harvesting tomatoes, chili and zucchini from my little edible balcony garden
44. The rose plant on my worktable
45. My pens
46. My journals
47. The smell of old pages of books
48. A glass of wine after a long day
49. Preparing simple vegetarian meals
50. Thick and soft duvet
51. Spanish songs
52. Mowering the garden
53. A trip to the bookstore though I still have a lot of unread books
54. Reading
55. Amazon book window shopping
56. That Amazon package when I accidentally hit “Buy Now”
57. Book markers
58. Thrift shops and flea markets
59. Cobble-stoned streets
60. Misty glass windows after the rain
61. The smell when it rains
62. An empty laundry basket
63. A new book
64. Arts supply store
65. Writing
66. The crackle of fire in the furnace
67. Burnt marshmallow
68. Bonfire
69. Lemon and ginger
70. Zumba
71. Afternoon naps
72. Eavesdropping in the bus to accustom my ears in learning a new language
73. Designing Pins and Graphics for my website
74. Brainstorming for new articles
75. Waking up before the alarm goes off
76. Doing a simple daily morning routine
77. Public libraries
78. Finding money in bags or pockets that I have totally forgotten about
79. Sending monthly support to my parents
80. Cleaning
81. Sorting my stuff
82. My almost empty closet
83. Thunderstorm
84. Watching the sun set
85. Unplugging and leaving the house without my mobile phone
86. Sitting on a park bench and people watching
87. Baking
88. My name spelled correctly at Starbucks
89. Candlelit dinner
90. Sweat from a good workout
91. Bubblebath
92. Crickets singing
93. Snow covered places
94. Winter boots
95. Daily devotion
96. Publishing a new blog post
97. A genuine smile from a stranger
98. Singing
99. Ratty shirts
100. Mario

What about you? What makes you happy?

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