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What made you happy today? Was it a nice text that you gotĀ from a friend or significant other? Was it the nice weather on your walk to class? Or was it simple, such as a nice smile from a stranger or an extra fortune cookie you got from Panda Express?

If you take a moment to think about it, there could be anĀ endless list of things that made you happy at some point during your day.

This was a realization someone had and, in response, created an online challenge called The 100 Happy Days Challenge, at 100happydays.com. The website claimsĀ that we live in busy times and when busy schedules are the norm,Ā we are living less in the moment.

To all you college students out there, sound about right?

Their challenge was to find one thing a day that made you happy and post it online via Twitter, Facebook or Instagram

When I saw this, I thought it was a pretty easy thing to do. Some of the celebrities I followed on Instagram were even doing the challenge. So I figured, ā€œSure, I can find one thing a day.ā€ It might even be a morale boost.

The challengers warned that 71 percent of theĀ people who start this challenge do not complete it, withĀ ā€œlack of timeā€ theirĀ reason. They stated that people were just too busy to be happy. They ask, are you one of these people?

I figured, if I took the initiative to challenge myself to remind myself of what makes me happy and thankful, I could literally change my outlook and start being more optimistic. So,Ā I started I posting away with things that made me happy, such as having a good workout or a delicious meal I enjoyed that day ā€“Ā random things.

However, as I got further into the challenge, I started forgetting to post onĀ some days. As the days progressed, and school and life kept getting more hectic than it already was, I became one of those people who ā€œwas just too busyā€ and stopped posting.

But there is always a chance at redemption, right?

I did a little contemplation and realized that the heart of the challenge is to remind you to stop to smell the roses every once in a while and toĀ make you realize how blessed we all are.

This summer, I am starting fresh, challenging myself and everyone who reads this to take on the #100HappyDays Challenge. All you have to do is go to 100happydays.com, sign up and you are all set to go!

Happiness is in the eyes of the beholder, so you are free to post anything and everything thatĀ makes you happy each day. It can be a simpleĀ smile, good weather or, heck, even a delicious plate of food could suffice. You even get a book sent to you at the end of the challenge, which contains all the pictures you posted of things that made you happy.

In the words of Pharell Williams, do you feel like a room without a roof?

Are you willing to take on the challenge to be happy?

Yes?Ā Then get ready, get set and letā€™s go be happy!

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