I’ve seen versions of this post all over the place lately. I think its a great idea to focus on the positive in your life, whenever you can. I haven’t been nominated by anyone to write this list, but what the hell, I need some positivity in my life right now, so I’m taking the initiative and writing it anyway!
Ladies and Gentlemen, the top 50 things that make me happy:
- The sound of wood pigeons cooing
- Summer evenings
- When Oscar uses a word in the right context, particularly if it’s unprompted
- Oscar’s time at nursery
- Painted toenails
- Bare feet
- That second glass of wine feeling
- Eating out, particularly lunch
- Getting in to clean, fresh bedding. Definitely cotton, preferably white
- The smell of my perfume; Jean Paul Gautier Le Femme Intense
- The look and smell of newly cut lawns
- Writing a post that illicits a response from people
- When people tell me they love my writing
- Diet coke in a tall glass with lots of ice and a straw
- Facetiming my mum and watching Oscar try to kiss her
- Baking. With the boy or without
- Weigh in night homemade burgers
- When Ben tells me how delicious something I’ve made is
- Receiving unexpected parcels (or letters) in the post
- My swishy straight hair after it’s washed & dried
- A trip to the hairdressers
- Memories of holidays past
- Having a full diary (no seriously I’m happiest when I’m busy)
- Going on holiday
- Spending sunny days in the garden
- Finding the perfect gift for someone
- Knowing there’s something I really want to watch waiting for my on the Sky+ (and the fact I can record it in the first place!)
- Selling things, either on Facebook or on eBay (eBay gives me more of a thrill, but FB is easier!)
- Volunteering with my local NCT group, particularly at the Nearly New Sales
- The smell of washing dried outside
- Kisses. Smooches, baby kisses, air kisses, all kinds of kisses
- Everything about BBQs
- Bread and butter
- The five minutes (five minutes who am I kidding, five seconds) after the lounge is hoovered
- Making Chutney
- Seeing my friends, be they near or far and whether I saw them for the last time two days ago or two years ago
- Hugs
- Being trusted
- A cheeky bounce on the boy’s trampoline
- Binge watching TV series on Netflix
- Having my expectations exceeded
- Lying under a large tree in the sun
- Popping candy
- A roaring fire
- When Oscar says anything even approximating mama
- Finding good free wifi when out and about
- Christmas Eve
- The smell and taste of cinnamon
- Saturday mornings in bed with my guys
- When Ben brings me coffee.
OK so I thought that was going to be inordinately hard to think of 50 things, but once I started it was ridiculously easy and I could have kept going past 50! I think this list shows I’m quite a sensory person. Sounds, tastes, sights and smells all feature heavily in here. Who knew!
I think the original idea of this post was that you tag other bloggers to go on and write their lists. However, as this has been going on for so long there probably isn’t a blogger left who hasn’t already done it. Therefore I ask anyone who wants to compile their list to have a go, blogger or not. It’s immensely satisfying and once you start thinking about the things that make you happy you may realise just how many there are, regardless of how small they may be.
Do you share any ‘happy things’ with me?