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50 Things That Made Me Happy Today

Happiness is found in the simplest of things.

Mikayla Shamburger

Mar 14, 2017

Pacific University - Oregon

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If you’re anything like me, sometimes life just gets to you and all you can do is take a step back and think of (or write!) all t he things that make you happy. Writing about what makes me happy always seems to counteract a bad day. I challenge you to write down a few things every day that makes you happy, and you’ll be surprised at all the simple things in life that can put a smile on your face! Here are 50 things that made me happy today:

1. A sunny spring day

2. Talking to my family

3. The 3 dogs I saw on campus

4. Cereal for lunch and dinner

5. Listening to Ed Sheeran’s new album on repeat

6. Iced vanilla coffee

7. The purple flowers outside my window

8. My friends

9. Finishing my lab report

10. Teal nail polish

11. Having the door held open for me

12. 24 hour Dutch Brothers

13. Clean laundry

14. Basketball open gym

15. 60 degree weather

16. Trees for hammocking

17. Cozy blankets

18. My awesome school

19. The two guys playing ukulele in the University Center

20. Peanut butter M&Ms

21. An open study room at the library

22. A fully charged laptop

23. A good book

24. Birkenstocks with socks

25. A “cotton candy” colored sunset

26. “That 70’s Show” on Netflix

27. Funny filters on Snapchat

28. Facetiming my sister and brother

29. Looking at pictures from summer vacation

30. Planning future road trips

31. Finding the jeans I thought I had lost

32. My mini Christmas tree that I still have up

33. Extra credit points

34. A full tank of gas

35. Lavender hand soap

36. Lemonade

37. Videos of dogs on Facebook

38. Journaling

39. My favorite sweatshirt

40. The mountains

41. New friends

42. A quiet campus at 7 o’clock this morning

43. Free events

44. Cheese bagels

45. Texts that make me laugh out loud

46. Starbucks on campus

47. Planning beach trips

48. Making it through the day without my phone dying

49. Tie-dye t-shirts

50. Writing for Odyssey!

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All names should be "unisex names."

1. Communicating via email can be awkward.

2. Appointments usually accompany weird looks.

3. Introducing yourself to someone is never without a hitch.

4. You’ve probably thought about changing your name.

5. You’re often asked why you have the name you do.

6. You get excited when you meet someone of your gender with your name.

7. You feel awkward when you meet someone of the opposite gender with your name.

8. You’ve had someone say to you, “I knew a [your name], but they were [your opposite gender].”

9. You’ve heard a bad joke/pick-up line or two about your name before.

10. People are surprised when they see you.

11. You’re extra sensitive to other unique or unisex names.

12. You’ve fought with your parents about it.

13. All things considered, you’re happy your name makes you unique.

You know that all of these things apply to you. You'll just never tell.

I get it... I'm pale.

1. At least I can't lose you in a crowd!

2. Oh my goodness your skin is like glow-in-the-dark.

3. Can't you just get fake tan?

4. Do you tan or just burn?

5. Your kids are going to look like Casper the Friendly Ghost!

6. *holds arm against your arm* Look how much darker I am compared to you!

7. *holds pale arm against another pale arm* Aw, at least you're darker than her!

8. I laid out by the pool almost every day over break!

9. I haven't used sunscreen since I was, like, five.

10. *adjusts selfie lighting to their face* Oops, where'd you go??

11. *after working out* Your face is SO red!

12. *wears white* Look! You're all one color!

13. You need to get some sun.

14. Aren't you excited for summer?

The struggle bus is real.

1. Child prodigies:

2. Hearing other musicians in the practice room next door and accepting that you will never be as talented as them:

3. That anxiety that takes over before every performance:

4. Taking a million 0 credit classes:

5. When there's a paper due the next day, but you have to attend yet another concert in order to pass a 0 credit class:

6. When your friends try to encourage you after a performance, even though you are criticizing everything in your mind:

7. Knowing that there's always that one professor during juries:

8. The oh-so-attractive band/choir uniforms:

9. Realizing that a college campus is maybe not the best atmosphere to finish your latest composition:

10. Hearing "Oh, you sing opera? I LOVE Phantom of the Opera!" for the hundredth time:

11. When people think finals week is a breeze for you.

12. When you're drowning in the stress that comes with 18+ credits (and not to mention all those 0 credit classes) and people ask you how you are:

13. When it all comes down to it, though, you know that at the end of the day, music is your passion:

Because you need it in your life.

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6. holds arm against your arm Look how much darker I am compared to you!

7. holds pale arm against another pale arm Aw, at least you're darker than her!

10. adjusts selfie lighting to their face Oops, where'd you go??

11. after working out Your face is SO red!

12. wears white Look! You're all one color!