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45 Things That Will Make Any Bad Day Brighter

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Hannah Gabaldon

Feb 15, 2018

University of Iowa

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45 Things That Will Make Any Bad Day Brighter

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Here are 45 things that make me feel happy when I'm feeling down, and things you should do for others to make any bad day they are having just a little bit brighter. :)

1. Fresh Brewed Coffee

2. Laughing For No Reason

3. Waking Up Before Your Alarm Goes Off

4. Fresh Baked Cookies

5. When Your Favorite Song Comes On The Radio

6. A Good Workout

7. Unexpected Texts

8. A Simple Act Of Kindness From A Stranger

9. Ice Cream Sundaes

10. Random Notes On Your Desk From A Friend

11. Seeing A Dog On Campus

12. Cotton Candy Sunsets

13. Birthdays

14. Cancelled Class

15. Random Shopping Trips

16. A Good Hair Day

17. Discovering New Music

18. iPhone Low Power Mode

19. Krispy Kreme Donuts

20. Matching Socks

21. Spontaneous Road Trips

22. Essential Oils

23. Driving With The Windows Down

24. Frozen Pizza

25. Nights Out With Your Best Friends

26. A Clean Room

27. Bible Verses

28. Family Dinners

29. 100% Charge On Your Phone

30. Looking Back At Old Pictures

31. A Hug From Your Best Friend

32. Clear Skin

33. Smiles From Strangers

34. A Warm Shower

35. Unexpected Packages

36. Tinted ChapStick

37. Binge Watching Netflix

38. White Chocolate Mochas

39. Good Smelling Perfume

40. Bonfires

41. Eating Your Favorite Meal

42. Praying

43. New Makeup

44. Thanking God For All You Have

45. Knowing You Did Your Best

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1. When course schedules are released and you have a conflict between two required classes.

2. When there is only one section of a popular course.

3. Receiving the 18,000 emails reminding you to register ASAP.

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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5. When you finish taking the test and you're pretty sure you failed...

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7. When you've been up for 12 hours straight writing a paper.

8. And then you manage to stay awake in class the next day.

9. When you have to butter up your professor for an extra credit opportunity.

10. When you're assigned a group project.

11. And your group-mates are trying to chat about life instead of the assignment.

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

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