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Everyday Reasons To Be Happy

It's the simple things in life

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Everyday Reasons To Be Happy
Abigail Minzler

Everyone has those days where it's neither here nor there and everything seems kind of "eh" A while ago I was looking around a little bookstore called The Book Loft. If you ever find yourself in Columbus you should check it out I could spend all day there. Anyways, I found this book that was pretty much an extremely long list of all of the things to smile about that are not what you necessarily always think of first. I recently found the book buried amongst the stuff I just brought back from college. I decided I was going to make my own list to share with everyone. Here are 33 reasons to be happy:

1. Sunflowers

2. Getting lost in a good book

3. A warm towel after a shower

4. Bath bombs

5. The smell of chocolate chip cookies in the oven

6. Baking in general

7. A cool breeze on a hot day

8. Watching the sunrise/sunset

9. The sound of kids laughing

10. Looking through old photos

11. A good hug

12. Finally getting the food you've been craving

13. Finishing a hard workout

14. A nap where you don't wake up tired

15. Puppies

16. Laughing until your stomach hurts

17. Doing well on a test you studied really hard for

18. Watching a movie with an ending that doesn't leave you with too many questions

19. Meeting a baby for the first time

20. When little kids fall asleep on you

21. Cuddles

22. Getting together with friends you haven't seen in a long time

23. Taking a good picture

24. Painting

25. Being kind of sore the day after you work out

26. Having a clean room

27. Getting hooked on a new TV show

28. Making the perfect playlist

29. Listening to music

30. Not having to set an alarm for the next morning

31. Winning an argument

32. Ice cold drinks when it's hot outside

33. Finishing a list

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