Life is too exciting to be down in the dumps all the time. The trauma of finals is behind us, the rain of Seattle is (mostly) gone for the summer, people are finally able to return home to their families. So many amazing and jovial things get overlooked on a daily basis.
While not every day is great, it is important to look past those discrepancies and find the happiness in the little things before the opportunity escapes itself. It really is fascinating how a bad day can be reversed by taking a couple seconds to enjoy something truly beautiful.
Here is a list of 30 things that make your day a little happier:
1. Dropping your iPhone and picking it up to find it unscathed.
2. All green lights.
3. Waking up for that dreaded 8:30 and looking at your email to find that class is cancelled.
4. The feeling of a new tube of mascara.
5. Finding a place with unprotected wifi.
6. When your current, favorite jam plays on the radio.
7. Blasting music while alone in your car.
8. When a new season of your favorite show finally arrives on Netflix.
9. A really bomb hair day.
10. Finding a crisp $10 bill in your jeans pocket after having not worn that pair of pants in a really long time.
11. Spending and entire day watching movies with your best friend.
12. When they spell your name right at Starbucks.
13. Getting two bars from the vending machines instead of one.
14. Finding a really nice pen.
15. Watching military homecoming videos.
16. Really, truly, genuinely laughing.
17. Farmer's Markets.
18. Brick roads.
19. Reaching your all-time high of likes on Instagram.
20. Listening to a song that makes you have the feels.
21. Realizing how blessed you are to have your best friends in your life.
22. Watching your favorite bachelor on a one-on-one with the bachelorette.
23. A solid hug-- one of those hugs that lasts a little longer and feels a little tighter.
24. Getting a text from a friend that you haven't spoken to in a long time.
25. The anticipation of walking downstairs on Christmas morning with your siblings.
26. The Seattle skyline.
27. Listening to a song that reminds you of a past experience.
28. Taking a hot shower after being outside on a cold day.
29. The smell outside after the rain has stopped.
30. Being able to make someone else genuinely smile.
Happiness is a concept constantly overlooked by those who neglect to appreciate the little things in life. In a society so often seen as negative and cynical, it becomes apparent that happiness is a much needed necessity for our convoluted generation. What is it that makes you happy?
