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100 Things That Make Me Happy

Happiness is letting go of what you think your life is supposed to look like and celebrating it for everything that it is.

Christina Rasmussen
Jan 30, 2017
College of Mount St. Vincent
70
100 Things That Make Me Happy
Larisa Bogomolov

1. A handwritten letter

2. Cats

3. Clean sheets

4. Clothes right out of the dryer

5. Long weekends

6. Finishing a good book

7. Singing with my best friends in the car


8. A sale at your favorite store

9. Spending time with my family

10. A pretty new notebook

11. Anything Audrey Hepburn related

12. Mint chocolate chip ice cream

13. Cheesecake

14. Spring

15. Country Music

16. Polaroids

17. Writing

18. Inside jokes

19. Fireworks

20. God

21. Snapple

22. Messy buns

23. Netflix

24. The cold side of the pillow

25. Road trips

26. Forehead kisses

27. Snow days

28. Random acts of kindness

29. Cute texts

30. Concerts

31. Christmas

32. Homemade gifts

33. Hugs

34. Wearing my favorite sweater

35. Being home

36. Discovering new places

37. Going to the movies

38. Cuddling

39. Home cooked meals

40. Crying (when I need it)

41. Roses

42. Dancing in the rain

43. Swimming

44. Any Rascal Flatts song

45. Seeing my Yiayia smile

46. The Office

47. Roasting marshmallows

48. Late night drives

49. The Little Mermaid

50. Making my parents proud

51. Gossip Girl

52. Times Square

53. Going to bed early

54. Receiving mail

55. Nathan and Haley

56. Long, hot showers

57. Sweet dreams

58. Starbucks

59. Poetry

60. Getting a mani/pedi

61. Converse

62. Seeing my best friends happy

63. Snapple "Real Facts"

64. Changing into sweatpants

65. Disney

66. Milkshakes

67. Macaroons

68. Tacos

69. Surprise visits

70. Old pictures

71. Greek food

72. Christmas lights

73. Old stories about my family

74. Musicals

75. Root beer floats

76. Family dinners

77. Dairy Queen blizzards

78. Venting to my mom

79. New pointe shoes

80. Traditions

81. Giving a compliment

82. Receiving a compliment

83. Reminiscing

84. Hearing someone say "I love you"

85. Laughing

86. Smiling

87. A flat tutu

88. Lighting a candle

89. The Bachelor/Bachelorette

90. Drew Chadwick

91. The old Disney Channel

92. Getting a good grade in a hard class

93. Bath bombs

94. Carving pumpkins

95. Scrapbooking

96. Brandy Melville

97. Family movie night

98. VSCO

99. Watching summer fade to fall

100. Living

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