What Makes You Happy?
The other day, one of my super-fabulous readers sent me a very nice, sweet and encouraging message about job searching. In his email, he also asked me a question that made me think. “What is it,” he asks, “that makes you tick? What makes you happy?” I thought about it and here are a few of my answers (in no particular order):
1. Writing
2. Creating art
3. Sunny weather
4. Happy people
5. Success
6. Progressive politics
7. Chocolate
8. Travel
9. Men
10. Smiling faces
11. My nephews
12. My friends
13. My sister
14. New York City
15. Self-awareness
16. Growth
17. Surprises
18. Fashion
19. Kisses
20. Ocean views
21. Beaches
22. Bare flesh
23. Paintings
24. Art
25. Interesting film
26. Buttery popcorn
27. Barack Obama
28. Paul Walker
29. Central Park
30. Choc-raspberry cupcakes with vanilla frosting
… and the list goes on. So, tell me, what makes *YOU* happy?
March 8th, 2007 at 2:45 am
getting on the subway when the train arrives. or, when a cab doesn’t keep hitting the brakes on every red light but times it just right so it turns green by the time he gets to the intersection.
March 8th, 2007 at 9:27 am
that warm relaxed atmosphere you get after a long dinner with family and/or friends where you just talk and laugh about life in general and simply enjoy each other’s company.
summer evening’s in town where you end up meeting everyone and his aunt and come home way later than expected with incredible stories to tell.
reading/seeing/hearing something that makes you laugh so hard that it just makes your day.
March 8th, 2007 at 12:45 pm
Success. Chocolate. Reading a good book. Listening to a good song. Watching a good movie. Spending time with people I like. Sleep. Baking. Getting what I want. Vacation/holiday. Chocolate (it deserves a double mention me thinks!).
March 8th, 2007 at 9:14 pm
Sleeping in makes me very happy. Going to bed at night knowing I can sleep in the next day makes me even happier. Apparently sleep is important to me. As is chocolate. And cheesecake. And did I mention chocolate? (In case I’d forgotten, I see Darwin has it covered.)
March 8th, 2007 at 9:56 pm
Sunshine
Surprise visits
Snail mail (yes, I still love to get the old fashioned kind)
Travel, especially foreign
Clean bathrooms
Clean sheets
organization
and more…
March 8th, 2007 at 11:09 pm
sunlight in my window, orange leaves in fall, slow tongues on quivering bellies, cold ice cream on warm cake, blended voices of in a choir, dj worshiping at a rave, how the beat makes ur chest tingle, the smell of my nephew sitting on my lap, the sound of the ocean when i’m sitting under a tree…
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March 9th, 2007 at 10:15 am
melo: Ooooh, both of those make me happy, too! Especially the subway thing.
Firefly: GOOD ONES!
Darwin: My favorite in your list? Getting what I want.
Stefanie: Years ago, I went to a really good exhibition on chocolate at the Field Museum in Chiacago. Museums such do stuff like that more often.
Pegs: I totally forgot all about travel!! :-) Speaking of which, when’s your next trip to New York??? We haven’t seen the married version of you yet.
HippieChyck: Can I tell you how much I *LOVE* your entire list?? :-)
March 14th, 2007 at 11:18 am
NYC is Awesome!
I wish I lived there!
Damn, so expensive though!!