35. Hot showers on cold days | The Odyssey Online
Start writing a post
Lifestyles

There Are A Million Little Things That Make Up A Happy Life But Here Are 44 Things To Get You Started

Happiness is something you find, not something that finds you.

661
There Are A Million Little Things That Make Up A Happy Life But Here Are 44 Things To Get You Started
https://unsplash.com/photos/0-uzdU3gUYw

We all get these ideas of what happiness looks like. Happiness is that perfect relationship with the Calvin Klein model who makes you blueberry pancakes and coffee every Sunday. Happiness is landing that big promotion that comes with the corner office with a view of downtown. Happiness is getting all your best friends together and taking a year off to go backpacking across Europe.

Maybe you actually do check all those big-ticket items off your bucket list and find happiness from them. Maybe you don't. And if you don't, don't give in to the idea that your life is over and meaningless. Happiness doesn't just come in life-changing moments. It comes in all different kinds of unexpected and ordinary ways. It's the small moments that make for a happy life, you just have to look for them.

What do they look like? Here are just a few examples:

1. Starting a new show on Netflix

2. Clouds that turn pink in the sunset

3. Not being able to stop laughing at a joke that's been over for hours...or days

4. Playing board games at 2 AM with your new college friends

5. The acoustic version of a song by your favorite artist

6. Being nose-deep in a really good book

7. Watching birds fly overhead

8. Getting breakfast the morning after a night out with friends

9. Singing along to a song on the radio you know all the words to

10. Hair that turns to princess curls in the rain

11. Watching raindrops race each other down your car door window

12. Making wishes on dandelions and shooting stars and 11:11

13. Pouring cream into coffee and watching it change color

14. Chocolate and peanut butter

15. Meeting new people who turn into your best friends

16. Anything pine-scented

17. Trying a new food that turns out to be delicious

18. Watching someone with headphones bop their head to the beat without realizing it

19. Christmas lights

20. A baby laughing

21. Anyone laughing

22. Sliding on hardwood floors with fuzzy socks

23. Standing in the surf and letting the waves bury your feet in the sand

24. Freshly washed sheets

25. Throwback playlists

26. Driving with the windows down

27. Grass-stained feet

28. Clothes that smell like smoke after a bonfire

29. Passing a test you thought you failed

30. Receiving packages in the mail

31. Ice cream sundaes (w/ hot fudge)

32. Having impromptu movie nights with your roommates

33. Playing on swings

34. Licking the batter from the spoon

35. Hot showers on cold days

36. Listening to live music

37. Fruit-flavored bubble gum

38. Bear hugs

39. Drawing smiley faces on the mirror after a shower

40. Home-cooked meals

41. Wearing a new outfit

42. Discovering a new song you love

43. Watching home videos

44. Stargazing

The list goes on and on.

Report this Content
This article has not been reviewed by Odyssey HQ and solely reflects the ideas and opinions of the creator.
Student Life

The Post Thanksgiving Panic And Anxiety

It happens to all of us, the weeks between Thanksgiving and Christmas the catch up with you.

64
studying

Thanksgiving Break is most likely everyone’s favorite break during the fall semester. You get to go home and reminisce with all your high school friends. That diet you’ve been on for the past month goes out the window, and you get to eat until you put yourself into a food coma. There’s no rush on homework and you can just lie in bed and Netflix to your heart’s content. To me that sounds like an ideally wonderful break, and totally stress-free.

Keep Reading...Show less
Grey's Anatomy

Even Shonda Rhimes, winning creator and executive producer of the hit TV shows Grey's Anatomy, Private Practice, Scandal, How to Get Away with Murder, and The Catch agrees that relationships with fictional characters are real. In her book, The Year of Yes she states, "I have spent more time with Meredith and Christina then many of my actual friends...When you watched TV, even spending a full hour with Christina once a week, you were likely spending more time with her then you spent with most people in your life. That relationship was real."

Keep Reading...Show less
Lifestyle

13 Ways To Become More Festive

How to make the holidays more merry and bright!

1515
winter
Pinterest

Why hello there December! It seems like we just had a holiday season, but here we are a year later starting a new one with our stomachs full and hearts overflowing with thankfulness. If you're anything like me and didn't realize just how close the holiday season was approaching, we need to perk our spirits up for the most wonderful time of the year! Fortunately you have someone on the nice list like myself who can help you out with tips and tricks to become more bright eyed and bushy tailed about this holiday season.

Keep Reading...Show less
dumbbell
Twist Photography

Going to the gym and working out on a daily basis (with breaks once in awhile) has been a great way for me to feel good about myself. It is 100% more than just looking good. Especially after starting college and having the stress and anxiety of tests, assignments, and just figuring out my future, the gym at my school has definitely been a place of relief for me and I have numerous reasons of why everyone should push themselves to get to the gym when they can.

Keep Reading...Show less
shameless
Tube Filter

Sometimes you need a break. A break from school, studying, work, anything that life throws at you. We are all guilty of binge watching a show that we just cannot get enough of. I know that I've gotten so fixated on a show that there have been entire days that I have day-dreamed about getting home and watching a particular show. Next time you find yourself having an urge to binge watch a series be sure, to check out the following.

Keep Reading...Show less

Subscribe to Our Newsletter

Facebook Comments