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50 Things That Made Me Happy Today

Happiness is found in the simplest of things.

Mikayla Shamburger
Mar 14, 2017
Pacific University - Oregon
3606
50 Things That Made Me Happy Today

If you’re anything like me, sometimes life just gets to you and all you can do is take a step back and think of (or write!) all t he things that make you happy. Writing about what makes me happy always seems to counteract a bad day. I challenge you to write down a few things every day that makes you happy, and you’ll be surprised at all the simple things in life that can put a smile on your face! Here are 50 things that made me happy today:

1. A sunny spring day

2. Talking to my family

3. The 3 dogs I saw on campus

4. Cereal for lunch and dinner

5. Listening to Ed Sheeran’s new album on repeat

6. Iced vanilla coffee

7. The purple flowers outside my window

8. My friends

9. Finishing my lab report

10. Teal nail polish

11. Having the door held open for me

12. 24 hour Dutch Brothers

13. Clean laundry

14. Basketball open gym

15. 60 degree weather

16. Trees for hammocking

17. Cozy blankets

18. My awesome school

19. The two guys playing ukulele in the University Center

20. Peanut butter M&Ms

21. An open study room at the library

22. A fully charged laptop

23. A good book

24. Birkenstocks with socks

25. A “cotton candy” colored sunset

26. “That 70’s Show” on Netflix

27. Funny filters on Snapchat

28. Facetiming my sister and brother

29. Looking at pictures from summer vacation

30. Planning future road trips

31. Finding the jeans I thought I had lost

32. My mini Christmas tree that I still have up

33. Extra credit points

34. A full tank of gas

35. Lavender hand soap

36. Lemonade

37. Videos of dogs on Facebook

38. Journaling

39. My favorite sweatshirt

40. The mountains

41. New friends

42. A quiet campus at 7 o’clock this morning

43. Free events

44. Cheese bagels

45. Texts that make me laugh out loud

46. Starbucks on campus

47. Planning beach trips

48. Making it through the day without my phone dying

49. Tie-dye t-shirts

50. Writing for Odyssey!

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