Times are tough. Things have been crazy. Many people are sad, scared, upset. I am, too. That's why I compiled this list of things to make me happy. It made me happy to make it, and I hope it makes you happy to read it.

1. Puppies

2. Taco Bell

3. The smell of cookies in the oven

4. Breaking through plastic seals on merchandise

5. When you pop a bag of popcorn perfectly

6. Peanut butter

7. When you move your hand in one direction on carpet then reverse it

8. Getting a letter in the mail

9. When a bag of Takis is spicier than usual

10. When they make a mistake in the drive thru so they give you free food

11. Passing through a yellow light without having to speed up or slow down

12. When you turn on the radio and an amazing song just started

13. Singing loudly to that same song while driving around

14. Going out for breakfast

15. Making coffee at home on a crisp fall morning

16. Road trips

17. Three day weekends

18. Making people laugh

19. The sound of the ocean

20. Food that is painfully spicy

21. Vacuuming

22. Cooking for groups of people

23. Scary movies

24. Doing voices of characters from King of the Hill

25. Talking about farts

26. Riding elephants

27. Walking barefoot through sand or grass

28. Drinking a glass of Coke that has a lemon slice in it

29. In-N-Out

30. Iced coffee while traveling

31. Donating blood

32. Bottomless fries

33. Airports

34. Saying the word, "fart" in front of a group of kids

35. Farting in front of a group of kids

36. Farting by myself

37. Dramatically quoting Anakin Skywalkwer's lines from Star Wars

38. Comparing things to other unlikely things

39. Doing things for other people

40. Drinking Kroger flavored carbonated water

41. Getting rid of old things

42. Playing Kingdom Hearts music

43. Throwing bouncy balls really hard at the ground

44. Singing "This is Gospel" by Panic! at the Disco

45. Writing weird tweets

46. Lifting weights

47. Writing really bad poems

48. Arguing about hot dogs

49. Staring at dogs

50. Trying new flavors of chips

Hopefully, you felt at least a smidgen of happiness from somewhere on this list. Try sitting down and compiling a list of the things that make you happy, then get more of those things in your life.