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100 Things To Do To Be Happier

Never let someone steal your happiness

Amanda Thornton

Sep 28, 2016

University of Akron

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Sometimes life is moving way too quickly and we may feel like there's just too much pressure and not enough fun. As a college student I know what stress feels like and I don't enjoy it, so here's a list of things that might make you a little but more happy.

1. Listen to your favorite song

2. Call your best friend

3. Eat ice cream

4. Go to the park and look at everything around you

5. Take a hike

6. Go for a run

7. Ride your bike

8. Read your favorite book

9. Binge watch your favorite TV show

10. Write down your thoughts

11. Go shopping

12. Pet a puppy

13. Pet a kitten

14. Go sledding

15. Go on a hay ride

16. Bake your favorite cookies

17. Make your favorite meal

18. Swing on a swing

19. Jump on a trampoline

20. Go swimming

21. Go camping

22. Build a snowman

23. Drink hot chocolate

24. Call your parents

25. Call your grandparents

26. Go to the fair

27. Sing in the shower, on the top of your lungs

28. Dance it out

29. Paint your nails

30. Do a spa day

31. Dress up and go out to dinner

32. Watch Disney movies

33. Cut negative people out of your life

34. Do things for yourself

35. Make a blanket fort

36. Play with children

37. Laugh at people's corny jokes

38. Plant a garden, or tend to the one you may already have

39. Buy the person standing behind you their coffee

40. Help the less fortunate

41. Be loving

42. Work out

43.Take up a new hobby

44. Drink more water (just do it)

45. Eat better

46. Become better for yourself

47. Listen to others

48. Stop worrying

49. Hold the door for the next person

50. Say please

51. Say thank you

52. Be on time

53. Realize it’s okay to be independent

54. Learn how to let go

55. Be more connected with the world in front of you rather than the world at your fingertips

56. Eat the cake

57. Be honest

58. Follow your dreams

59. Don’t be a pushover

60. Always stay humble and kind

61. Never go to bed upset

62. Forgive people

63. Be patient

64. Adjust your sleep schedule (you’ll thank me later)

65. Learn from your mistakes

66. Go to the aquarium

67. Go to an amusement park

68. Go to a museum

69. Clean out your closet

70. Clean your home

71. Declutter your life

72. Learn how to cook if you don’t know how to already

73. Don’t lie to yourself or others

74. Learn to be better at your job

75. Let things go

76. Learn how to move on

77. Learn how to work through life’s challenges

78. Fall in love

79. Make memories that will last a lifetime

80. Take pictures

81. Explore new places

82. Meet new people

83. Go to the zoo

84. Go fruit picking

85. Color a picture

86. Make a new playlist

87. Do volunteer work

88. Go to a bonfire

89. Play Frisbee

90. Pray more

91. Adventure

92. Laugh more

93. Smile more

94. Love harder

95. Go on vacation

96. Meditate

97. Make your days more productive

98. Set goals

99. As a fishy once told us “just keep swimming”

100. Love yourself

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I'm technically an adult, so I'm legally required to live a little, right?

1. Watch an R-rated Scary Movie in a Movie Theater

2. Buy a Lottery Ticket

3. Vote in an Election

4. Participate in a Run (or a Walk, Realistically) for Charity

5. Go on a Road Trip

6. Start a Savings Account

7. Get a Credit Card

8. Sign up for Spotify Premium

9. Go to a Club

10. Start a Meditation Routine

11. Go to a Yoga Class

12. Treat Myself to a Dinner for One

13. Volunteer for a Charity

14. Participate in a Research Study

15. Bake Something (That Ends Up Being Edible)

16. Go Skydiving

17. Be Called for Jury Duty

18. Figure Out What I Want to Do With my Life

The holiday classics that shaped my life

1."But what would happen if we all tried to be like Santa and learned to give as only he can give: of ourselves, our talents, our love and our hearts? Maybe we could all learn Santa's beautiful lesson and maybe there would finally be peace on Earth and good will toward men."

"Sometimes the most real things in the world are the things we can't see."

"If you won't use your heart, who cares if it gets broken? If you just keep it to yourself, maybe it'll be like my rollerblades. When you do decide to try it, it won't be any good. You should take a chance. Got nothing to lose."

"Remember, no man is a failure who has friends."

"Life is made up of meetings and partings. That is the way of it."

"If you look for it, I've got a sneaky feeling you'll find a that love actually is all around."

"Sometimes things look good on paper, but lose their luster when you see how it affects real folks. I guess a healthy bottom line doesn't mean much if to get it, you have to hurt the ones you depend on."

"'Maybe Christmas,' he thought, 'doesn't come from a store. Maybe Christmas, perhaps, means a little bit more.'"

"Faith is believing when common sense tells you not to."

"There's room for everyone on the nice list."

Hopefully they will make you laugh.

1. Why are towels considered dirty when you get out of the shower clean?

2. Who closes the bus door once the bus driver gets off?

3. Why is there a "d" in "fridge" but not in "refrigerator"?

4. If you drop soap on the floor is the floor clean or the soap dirty?

5. Is the "S" or the "C" silent in the word "scent"?

6. Does expecting the unexpected make the unexpected the expected?

7. Would Lightning McQueen buy car insurance or life insurance?

8. Who put the alphabet in alphabetical order?

9. What color are mirrors?

10. If 2 mind readers read each other's minds whose mind are they really reading?

11. Is there a synonym for "synonym"?

12. If your shirt isn't tucked into your pants, are your pants tucked into your shirt?

13. Why is it called "quick sand" if you sink slowly in it?

14. If I try to fail, but succeed, which one did I do?

15. If Cinderella's shoe fit perfectly, why did it fall off?

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