Through the blogosphere, I found this post about writing happiness lists. I thought it was an absolutely stellar idea and decided to take the time to write one myself, even if I have to write it over time.
1) Buying songs on iTunes
2) Jim and Pam on The Office
3) Starbucks Caramel Apple Ciders on cold winter days
4) Christmas radio in November
5) Spending the holidays with my family
6) Looking at pictures from high school and before
7) Playing handbells
8) The Hunger Games
9) Josh Groban music year round
10) How I Met Your Mother
11) Memorizing the lyrics to Dr. Horrible and Chess the musical
12) Having long, unexpected conversations with friends
13) Fall
14) White Sox, Bulls, and Blackhawks games live
15) Pie
16) Surprises
17) Setting out and accomplishing things
18) Live concerts
19) Answers to prayer
20) Friendship
21) Extended family
22) Pitch black at night
23) Summer nights
24) Strawberry lemonade
24) Connecting with unexpected people
25) Blogging
26) Reading
27) Teaching piano
28) Playing piano
29) Going to the movies
30) Smell of wood, fresh paint, pine, or pumpkin
31) Christmas movies on Thanksgiving
32) New haircuts
33) Paychecks
34) Fridays
35) Compliments
36) Fireplaces
37) Dogs
38) Downtown Chicago
39) Musicals
40) Dinner with friends
41) Movie trailers
42) Film scores
43) Chicken nuggets with Ranch
44) Soccer
45) Working out
46) Learning new things
47) Exposure to great music I never knew existed
48) Playing percussion
49) Getting my hair done
50) Open windows in the car
51) Shopping when I have the money
52) Giving unexpected gifts to people
53) SNL Digital Shorts with Andy Samberg
54) Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
55) Dessert
56) Wrapping a gift really well
57) Baking
58) Wearing matching scarves and gloves
59) Inspiration from films and books
60) Glasses on boys
61) Nerds who aren’t know-it-alls
62) Eating a spoonful of icing
63) Fresh flowers
64) Spontaneous trips
65) Silly string
66) Making lists
67) Straightening my hair
68) Making others laugh
69) Supportive tennis shoes
70) Getting new emails
71) Writing for no reason at all
72) Craigslist
73) Encouragement from godly friends
74) Appreciating the sweet amidst the sour
75) Quotes
76) Jingle All The Way and Happy Gilmore
77) Charlie Sheen’s “Winning” motto
78) Ballet flats
79) Cute boots
80) Jon Schmidt music
81) Jay Sean’s “Down”
82) Trying to rap
83) Sunny weather
84) Lord of the Rings
85) Acceptance
86) Forgiveness
87) Getting moved by an unsuspecting film
88) Woody Harrelson in Zombieland
89) Curly hair on men
90) Hot showers and long baths
91) Candles
92) Pandora
93) Fiction
94) Crossing things off lists
95) Funny or Die videos
96) Dr. Pepper
97) Tweeting
98) Vacation days
99) Candy stores
100) Vintage wall art
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