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100 Little Things That Make Me Happy

It really is the little things...

Danieh Foltz

Nov 30, 2016

Juniata College

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This time of year can be stressful for a lot of people. While the holidays are supposed to be about spending time with the ones you love, we usually don't do too much of that. For the most part, our time is spent stressing out about hosting dinners or shopping or wondering how we are going to deal with our in laws. It's so easy to get lost in the superficial version of the holidays. So it's around this time, especially, that I like to focus on things that make me happy. I make sure to remember everything I have and how lucky I am to have so many amazing opportunities and privileges. Sometimes it's the little things that we forget about. So instead of thinking about stress and anxiety, I sat down and came up with a list of 100 little things that make me happy and hopefully there is something in here that makes you happy too!

1. Coming home from college

2. Family

3. Reading poetry

4. Sleepovers with my friends

5. Theatre

6. Going to my favorite class

7. Old family photos

8. Fairy lights

9. Sitting in coffee shops

10. Baking cookies for the holidays

11. Glitter

12. Watching films

13. Listening to old records

14. Listening to new records

15. Riding on a train

16. Cats

17. Rain

18. The sound of leaves crunching under my boots

19. Fuzzy socks

20. Wearing all black

21. Using a new lipstick for the first time

22. Going to art gallaries

23. Cozy weaters

24. Eating croissants

25. Braiding my hair

26. Looking at houses

27. Writing

28. Taking day trips

29. Lighting Candles

30. Painting my nails

31. Walking around cities

32. The 70s

33. Wes Anderson films

34. Making tea

35. The smell of coffee brewing on Saturday mornings

36. Putting on my glasses when my eyes are tired

37. People watching with my headphones in

38. Eating ice cream

39. Looking out airplane windows

40. Wrapping presents

41. Taking walks in the spring

42. My roommate

43. Taking pictures

44. Talking on the phone

45. Sundresses

46. Walking outside without shoes on

47. Playing the ukulele

48. Bookstores

49. Learning about other cultures

50. Catching up with old friends

51. Going to the beach

52. Putting on a face mask

53. Dressing up

54. Having a conversation in another language

55. Pinterest

56. Shopping local

57. Reading the newspaper

58. Holding hands (romantically and platonically)

59. Using my favorite pen

60. Succulents

61. Getting flowers

62. Taking my makeup off

63. Bed and Breakfasts

64. Dancing

65. Getting my eyeliner perfectly symmetrical

66. Carving pumpkins

67. Listening to people talk passionately about something

68. Light up nights

69. Lace

70. Anything French

71. Festivals

72. Babies

73. Bubble baths

74. China teacups

75. Going to parties

76. The color pink

77. Putting on my favorite pair of jeans

78. Cutting my hair

79. Noodles

80. Opening windows in the summer

81. Photo booths

82. Farmers markets

83. Brunch

84. Being backstage before a show starts

85. Singing

86. Packing

87. Organizing things

88. Musicals

89. Boardwalks

90. Bonfires in October

91. Balconies

92. Hiking

93. Seeing the sunrise

94. Riding my bike

95. Diners

96. Finishing a book

97. Going to museums

98. Grocery shopping

99. Being downtown at night

100. Seeing other people happy

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4. When you need to see an advisor, but they are too busy/unresponsive.

5. Trying not to dress like a bum for your appointments with your advisors/department heads.

6. When you have a perfectly planned out schedule, and one class ruins it.

7. Carefully moving things around to accommodate a different class/section.

8. Waking up at 6:00 a.m. for your enrollment time.

9. Concocting a new schedule at your enrollment time after your original plan gets changed.

10. Getting into a class and filling the last available seat.

11. When all of your classes finally go through.

12. Realizing that you forgot a class that was a pre-requisite for everything else.

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12. When it's your last class of the day and you're about to go home.

13. But then you remember rent is due tonight and the anger comes back.

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