Make every day a good day. Don't let the little things get you down. When they do, just remember these 60 things:
1. You wake up in America.
2. You wake up in an American college or university.
3. You wake up in a bed.
4. You wake up in your bed.
5. You wake up in your bed alone.
6. Or, if you prefer, you don’t wake up alone.
7. The weather app says it won’t rain.
8. The weather app also says it won’t be cold.
9. In fact, the weather app says you’ll be able to wear just your favorite hoodie today.
10. God, you can rock that sweater.
11. You walk outside to challenge the weather app, and it did not lie for once.
12. Today’s first cup of coffee didn’t burn the tip of your tongue.
13. The barista gave you a large drink, but only had you pay for the medium size.
14. You didn’t change your mind about the outfit you previously picked.
15. You have fresh clothes available.
16. Your acne has cleared up.
17. Your skin is glowing actually!
18. Your roommate(s) hasn’t/haven’t hogged the bathroom at this very minute.
19. Your roommate(s) has/have already gone to their classes, and left you alone in the room/house/apartment/palace/spaceship.
20. If you live in a palace or a spaceship, it’s always a good day for you.
21. It’s been about two or three days, so you can shampoo today.
22. Heck yeah—you can start using some sweet-new shampoo that you just bought!
23. You have time to treat yourself to a “ten-minute spa-day” (i.e. use a face mask, floss, clip your nails, paint your nails, shave, pluck eyebrows, or use a fancy product “just ‘cuz”).
24. Spotify’s Discover Weekly is actually awesome this week.
25. You just purchased Spotify for the first time.
26. Better yet: your parents just purchased Spotify for you.
27. Maybe even better still: the person who you woke up with (see #6) has a freaking epic Spotify of their own, and they shared their playlists with you.
28. You have time before class to do homework due later.
29. You have time before class to do homework due today.
30. You have time before class to study for today’s exam.
31. You go to class and are the only one who remembered today’s exam.
32. Better yet, your professor cancels the exam because everybody forgot it.
33. Because you remembered the exam, you’re given bonus points!
34. Your professor even considers giving bonus points.
35. You can get a seat at the dining hall.
36. You get a great seat at the dining hall.
37. Your friends saved you a great seat at the dining hall.
38. It’s your favorite meal at the dining hall.
39. You’ve been eating healthy, and today can be a cheat day.
40. You embrace your beauty regardless of societally-accepted images of body-normativity, and continue to eat whatever the hell you want.
41. God, it feels good to eat.
42. God, it feels good to eat enough to not have a stomach ache.
43. The sun is shining when you exit the dining hall.
44. It is warm as you exit.
45. You genuinely feel like exercising today.
46. You go to the gym and nobody is there.
47. You can do whatever you want—judgement free!
48. You run faster, jump higher, and can throw things on the ground.
49. There is a moment when you can un-ironically listen to Lonely Island as you work out.
50. You give yourself a practice exam, then you totally ace it.
51. You have time to give yourself a practice exam.
52. Your homework is easy.
53. Your homework is doable.
54. Your homework is nonexistent today.
55. You can take a nap instead of doing homework.
56. Heck, you can go to bed right now and end today if you want.
57. Your parents text you to finally reveal that trust-fund you always knew existed, and they say that you'll now sleep inside of a palace or a spaceship.
58. Your parents already gave you a palace or a spaceship, and now give you a bigger one.
59. You can fall asleep in your bed after a wonderful day.
60. You can fall asleep in your palace or spaceship after a normal day.
In the words of Ice Cube:
