21,
Aug
2010

What Makes You Happy, continued

Making a list like this makes you realize that it’s not always the big things that make you smile or make you feel ‘at peace’, so it’s with that in mind that I start the second half of my list.

51. Walking through the woods
52. Sound of rustling leaves
53. Sound of crackling leaves under your feet
54. Sound of stones grinding together under your feet or car tires
55. Being able to capture a peaceful feeling either through poetry, photography or other art form
56. Sitting along a creek or stream, not doing anything else…just sitting
57. Taking a drive with no specific destination in mind, just driving
58. Feeling inspired
59. Laughing
60. Curling up with a good book and forgetting the world around you
61. Cuddling with someone you love
62. Looking at old photographs
63. Getting mail (other than bills of course)
64. Getting email (other than junk email)
65. Art
66. Reconnecting with old friends on FB
67. Having contacts & being able to actually see clearly
68. Photography, this is on my list twice because I get a lot of joy from it
69. Word Games (boggle, crosswords, etc.)
70. Technology (smartphone, etc.)
71. Surprising people
72. Gift giving
73. Receiving is fun too, haha
74. Making my mark aka blogging
75. Enjoying a beautiful sunset or sunrise
76. Swinging and feeling a cool breeze
77. People pronouncing Strasburg, Ephrata and Lancaster correctly – I know that’s a strange one, but there are so many people that pronounce them incorrectly
78. Eye contact and feeling connected to people
79. Sitting down and resting after a long, hard day
80. I’m a late bloomer and didn’t get my license until I was around 18 so the freedom of driving and being able to get up and go do something when I want
81. Donating to charity
82. The feeling I get when walking out of work at 4:30pm on a Friday afternoon…or before a vacation
83. Getting a figurative pat on the back after doing something good
84. Enjoying a nice quiet evening on our new patio furniture
85. The fun of being someone else for an evening (i.e. Halloween)…too bad I’m too old for trick or treating, haha
86. Finishing a large copying project without any paper jams, interruptions or having to refill any paper!!
87. Learning about things I enjoy
88. Knowing people care about me
89. Beautiful scenery
90. Heights
91. Trying on clothes and having them fit perfectly
92. When I can strike up a conversation (not always the easiest thing for a ‘reserved’ person)
93. My tattoos and thinking of what I want next
94. Finishing a challenging project
95. Having beautiful planted flowers to welcome me every time I come home
96. The feeling of Christmas time
97. Christmas decorations
98. Looking through keepsakes collected through the years
99. When work days going fast and weekends lasting forever
100. There's just certain redlights that I always get stuck at...my 100th thing that makes me happy is when those certain lights are green!
101. Checking things off my bucketlist
102.Being able to come up with 100 things that make me happy! And knowing I could come up with more!

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