According to an article in the Daily Mail, finding a £10 note in an old pair of jeans came top in a study of 3,000 people and the things that make them happy. Other items in the top thirty included getting into bed with freshly washed sheets, hearing a baby laugh, and finding a bargain. Which prompted me to wonder what would be on my list. And you know me – I can’t resist an opportunity for list making.
Here then, straight off the top of my head and in no particular order, is a my list of happy-triggers – and sure enough they’re more ‘simple‘ than I would have thought.
- chocolate
- Great food
- Sunny days
- CJ behaving like a kitten
- Growing my own food
- Good movies
- Good wine
- The sound of the sea
- Reading to someone
- Being read to
- Good, easy going, pub nights out with pals
- Taking photos
- Flap jacks
- The Kids (my niece & nephew)
- Early summer mornings
- The Theatre
- Great music
- Audio books
- Writing something I suspect might be pretty good – and then finding out it is!
- Baths
- Being surrounded by trees
- Animals
- Expresso coffee
- Italy
- Teaching
- Close friends
- Creative people
- Being warm
- Getting loads done
- Spices
- A really amazing night’s sleep
- Coming home
- Making Lists
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* Cooking for friends
* laughing
* That wonderful sense of wellbeing
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Darn – cooking for friends should have been on my list too! 🙂
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“Making lists” LOL
How are we related? 😉
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You can add it to your list now 🙂 Good things about forums like this is that you can share ideas
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In no particular order…
Sunshine
The first cup of tea in the morning
Freshly laundered bedsheets
My mums roast dinners
The smell of freshly cut grass
A large glass of wine
A good book
My friends
Getting proper mail such as a hand-written card or a parcel
Cadbury’s mini eggs
Romantic comedies
Cooking for friends
Dancing
Packing my suitcase
Hot chocolate with whipped cream and marshmallows
A walk along a beach whatever the weather
Just thinking about all these things made me happy! 🙂
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Great list Samantha. Loving the blog too. 🙂
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My sense of happiness felt from making lists can’t resist this 😉
Cooking for fun
My cat, Diego
Making my mum smile
Completing a run (I’m a beginner)
Playing with my baby nephew
Finding the perfect present for someone
Reading in the bath
Not being able to put a book down because you just have to know what happens
Watching a film in the cinema where there are no other distractions
A good cup of tea
Waking up after sleeping well for a change
Spending time with good friends
Singing (badly and loudly)to my favourite music when alone in the car
Having ideas
Looking at photos of good times
When my husband, who is Brazilian, says something typically English like “it’s not my cup of tea”
Pancakes
Finding something I thought I’d lost
A good proper hug
Realising, after making a list, how many things do actually make you feel happy….
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I’m beginning to realise that reading other peoples lists makes me happy 🙂
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I did make a list but it ended up going on my blog (Sorry)lol if you fancy seeing it;
http://manty67.wordpress.com/2012/06/26/24-june-day-60/
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That’s ok Manty. Great list! I can see why you made a blog post out of it 🙂
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I love your list! It definitely made me smile 🙂
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