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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