I’ve had a rough couple days. This morning I woke up feeling like there was a cloud of anger and bitterness lingering over me. I can’t remember the last time I woke up in a bad mood.
Sure enough, I got to work this morning only to find a disgusting coworker’s lip prints all over MY coffee mug, which he had so kindly left on my desk, still dirty and half full of coffee. And then I opened up my email to a slew of passive aggressive messages from another coworker. Needless to say, my mood wasn’t improving.
I started browsing the internet, hoping to find a cute puppy video or something to put me in a better mood. Instead, I ended up on a blog that gave cliche “how to be happy” advice. But today is one of those days when I need advice, as cliche as possible, please. So I’m taking the advice of that blog and writing a list of things that make me happy. I’m going to try to get to 100. Here goes:
1. Love
2. Mama
3. Family
4. Friends and socializing
5. Online shopping
6. Baking
7. Eating
8. The attention of men
9. Sex
10. Chocolate
11. New experiences
12. Travel – seeing new places
13. Art
14. Tea
15. Coffee
16. Fruity Curry
17. A random act of kindness
18. A random smile
19. New shoes
20. Clouds after the rain
21. A sunset
22. The beach
23. Being outside
24. Going for a walk
25. Our new apartment
26. A kiss
27. Trees
28. Flowers
29. Color
30. Driving with the windows down
31. Baba O’Riley
32. Music
33. Memories
34. Live music
35. Reading
36. Philosophy
37. Deep conversations
38. Random conversations
39. Completely understanding another person
40. Dancing
41. Spinning
42. Animals
43. Sleeping with Riley
44. A kitty rubbing it’s head on you
45. Swings
46. Picnics
47. The cliffs
48. Wandering around aimlessly
49. The warmth of the sun
50. Having nowhere to be
51. Cuddling inside while it’s raining
52. Gratitude
53. Humor
54. Poop jokes
55. Surprises that show someone cares
56. Someone that listens
57. Someone that notices and appreciates random things about me
58. Someone that understands my brain and thinks I’m smart
59. Holding a kid’s hand
60. Seeing people I love succeed
61. Accomplishing a goal
62. Setting goals
63. A dominant sex partner
64. A kinky sex partner
65. Orgasms
66. A cold/cranky/period day spent eating something bad for me, drinking something warm, and watching something stupid
67. Being appreciated
68. Brunch
69. 69 🙂
70. Fresh summer fruit
71. A juicy peach
72. Acting like a kid
73. Learning
74. Tilt a Whirl
75. Meditating
76. Hugs
77. Santa Cruz Forests
78. Mission Bay Park
79. Cuddles
80. Content silence
81. Deep breaths
82. Random texts
83. Emojis
84. Old photographs
85. Sore muscles after a workout
86. Laughing so hard you cry
87. Laughing for no reason
88. How I Met Your Mother
89. The Mask
90. Getting dressed up
91. Wearing the ugliest clothes I own, but being cozy in them
92. Fuzzy socks
93. Random local coffee shops
94. Lingerie
95. Compliments
96. Cookies
97. Getting an early start on a weekend
98. A Netflix night in
99. A wild night out
100. Being alive
Life is Like a Roller Coaster 