Becka’s Project Journal

A lot of people around me right now are totally stressed out.  Impossible supervisors, looming deadlines, things that pile up one on top of another and then add some dull grey days and bitter cold.  Ugh.  I spent most of today being sarcastic and grumpy.  Not so pleasant.

When I was in college, I bought myself a poster that titled was something like “865 things that make me happy” and it was covered in tiny text and silly things like “hot chocolate with extra marshmallows” or just little nonsense that makes you smile for no reason.  I thought maybe before I went to make a cup of hot tea and have a lemon shortbread cookie (two things that make me happy), I would start a little list of things.  Spend a minute thinking of something that makes you happy and share a few in the comments if you wish!

Things That Make Me Happy

• striped socks
• the smell of cloves
• finding a treasure tucked in the pages of a used book
• puppy snores
• reading the first page of a new book
• tea, earl grey, hot
• spotting the Big Dipper