As important as I feel it is to document the happiness I experience on each specific day, it’s also really great to write general happy lists. These things haven’t happened to me today, but they are always good, and good things deserve to be recognized!
- Paying in exact change
- Opaque yellow cups
- When I remember to put on the bathroom fan before I shower
- How my carpet looks for the first hour after I vacuum it
- Candy you can wear
- When Bug climbs on my shoulder like a parrot
- Lyrics on CD sleeves.. in the 90s
- The post office is the only place where you bring something in, pay money, and leave with nothing
- Ankle boots
- Sweatshirts with the collar cut out
- Salty chocolate
- When objects are exponentially larger or smaller than you’re used to them being (giant sunglasses, miniature art pallette)
- Feeling like you conquered something
- “Keep This” tickets
- The view from the top of a ferris wheel
- Cheese that comes from a pump
- When you do your hair haphazardly and it looks like high fashion
- Getting asked “what would you rather” type questions
- Brushing your teeth so well it feels like you just left the dentist
- The sound of opening a Snapple bottle
- Jumping in the water with my clothes on
- Realizing you have leftovers from a delicious meal
- Autumn mornings
- When ducks are in the water upside down
- Watching planes fly low above your head
- Catching something you were expecting to drop
- Skirts with pockets
- Wildflowers in the median strip
- Coupons for free things, no strings attached
- Getting unexpected support
- Liking something enough that you want to watch the commentary
- Bins of one type of item, all in the same color
- Realizing you still remember all the lyrics to ____
- Ignoring stereotypical gender roles
- Big bows
- The change in lighting on a stage
- Being really excited about a funny part of an episode that you’ve seen 20 times before
- Surprisingly good smells
- The narrator on Arrested Development (Ron Howard)
- Remembering unusual dreams later in the day
- Spotting glitter in beards
- Aesthetics of upside down ice cream cones
- Ron Swanson’s specific interests
- The band you came to see playing the song you really wanted to hear
- Accepting the “flaws” in others
- Crossing something off a to-do list
- Cranking the car stereo to full volume
- The click-clacks of an old typewriter
- Petting zoos
- How easily quote bubbles can be added to anything
What’s on your list of good things?
You might also be interested in my 100 Things That Make Me Happy list.