List 30 things that make you happy.

1) The joy on people’s faces I see when I cook them something that’s warming to their soul

2) When any animal comes up to me and wants to cuddle or be pet

3) The fresh smell of the kitchen after spending an hour cleaning up

4) Finding a really good deal on a clearance rack that I can’t pass up

5) When I talk to my aunt on the phone and she says “hellllllloo” in her funny way that she always does

6) Having a wine buzz and not being too nervous to sing in public

7) My grandpa visiting me in my dreams and making me laugh

8) Being able to help a stranger without them noticing

9) Making spontaneous decisions and it working out in my favor

10) When I make a positive impact on someone without realizing it

11) Having a patient at work tell me that I chose the right career path and was meant to be a nurse

12) Having both a good burger and a good beer in the same meal

13) When my niece runs to me or calls for me

14) Being in the center of a club and feeling the energy, feeling the sounds that are bouncing off the walls

15) Baking something new and it turning out perfect

16) Checking the last box off of a list

17) Writing a paragraph or a sentence that is profound and extremely well written

18) Laying on the beach and smelling the ocean

19) Introducing new people to the places and people in my life that are most important to me

20) Waking up from a long nap

21) Eating food that feels like a party in my mouth it’s so yummy

22) Accomplishing something that people around me doubted my ability to accomplish

23) Creating something through art that tells a story I wasn’t able to tell with words alone

24) Mac and cheese

25) When someone hugs me from behind

26) Looking at pictures of myself from my childhood and reminiscing

27) My cats 🙂

28) Having a randomly deep and meaningful conversation with someone who I don’t know very well

29) Going to a new place but still feeling at home

30) Waking up still hugging my stuffed animal