There is still happiness amongst the stressful holidays, college applications, finals, shopping, general stress of living, and anything else life can throw at you. I was Inspired by a recent trend on Instagram to chronicle some things that make me happy, hopefully inspiring you to think about what makes you smile, even when life gets hard.

1. Reading poetry

2. Scented candles

3. Johnny Cash

4. Christmas time

5. Long drives with no real destination

6. Climbing to a tall place and letting your feet dangle off

7. Beaches at midnight

8. Sunrises

9. Fresh baked chocolate chip cookies

10. Putting cooling gel on sore muscles

11. Doing yoga and feeling connected to your body

12. Rainy days when you don't have plans and can lay in bed and do nothing

13. Board games

14. Fireplaces with wood that actually crackles

15. Funny kids movies with jokes for adults

16. French culture

17. Feeling sunshine soak into your skin and gradually warm you up

18. The feeling of someone playing with your hair

19. Freshly painted nails

20. Bubble baths with candles

21. That smell that puppies have for the first few months

22. Puppies in general

23. Writing

24. When you text the group chat and everyone responds

25. New CDs

26. Pasta and gnocchi

27. Warm homemade soup on chilly days

28. Seeing flowers grow naturally

29. Bumblebees

30. The transformers movies

31. Finding a new tv show and bingeing it for hours

32. Getting off the plane and looking at the welcome signs in the airport

33. Sitting in a parked car talking about life

34. Tall, soft grass and cotton shorts

35. Dark nails and makeup

36. Freshly dyed hair

37. Laying the seats down in a car and stargazing through the sunroof

38. Sleepovers where no one sleeps

39. But also sleepovers where you don't feel silly for sleeping at 11

40. Hearing people talk and how their voice picks up when they talk about what they love

41. Red Hot Chili Peppers

42. My whole, big, entire family

43. Every single one of my friends

44. Looking at old pictures with people you've reconciled with

45. Cleaning out pictures with people you haven't

46. Songs with slow guitar intros

47. Cleaning out my closet

48. Going to Disney and smelling all the food on Main Street

49. Slightly melted ice cream

50. Listening to people play piano (bonus points if you're sitting with them)

51. Learning new things

52. When teachers use your work as an example

53. Pizza with just the right amount of cheese

54. Swimming pools when no one else is there

55. Beachside hotels

56. Popsicles

57. Cashing in a paycheck

58. Buying presents for people

59. Smoothies

60. Coming home and seeing a bowl of fresh fruit

61. When you actually understand math!!

62. Finding a song that perfectly reflects your mood

63. New lip balm

64. Freckles

65. The color green

66. Horoscopes when they match up perfectly

67. 80’s movies

68. Big flannels

69. Football games when it's not super cold

70. Reconnecting with old friends

71. Hockey

72. Disney in general

73. California

74. Old Johnny Depp movies

75. John Green novels

76. Warm tea