Things to Be Happy About

Based on the book, 14,000 Things to Be Happy About, I started making my students compile a list of things to be happy about as bell-work  and I did it with them. What I quickly found is how much I love compiling the list and decided to publish my never-final, always-growing list on my blog. 

  • My family
  • Scarves
  • “Fall” boots
  • Big band music
  • Holiday smells
  • Ice cream
  • Making pierogis
  • Nalesniki
  • Leaves falling
  • First snowfall
  • Christmas lights
  • The smell of a new book
  • Blogging
  • Picking apples
  • Cider and cider mill donuts
  • Stargazing in Africa
  • Swimming pools
  • Swing dancing
  • Running
  • Playing canasta
  • Clothing swaps
  • Cornmazes
  • The smell of a turkey cooking in the oven on Thanksgiving morning
  • The first “cool” day to welcome fall
  • Lilacs
  • Broadway musicals
  • Silent movies with Charlie Chaplin or Buster Keaton
  • Reading C.S. Lewis
  • Newly painted nails
  • Sentimental weddings
  • Pumpkin spiced lattes from Biggby
  • That first rush when going down the hill on the Millennium at Cedar Point
  • Smell of pumpkin pie in the oven
  • Bright colors
  • Getting handwritten letters from my best friend
  • Getting ready for the new school year
  • Having the windows open on a summer night and hearing the crickets chirp
  • Holding an 8-week old puppy
  • The smell after “spring” rain
  • Watching swimming during the Olympics
  • Vanilla almond milk
  • Chai teas
  • Being freakishly organized
  • Knowing my best friend comes home 2 or so weeks
  • My animals (2 dogs, 2 cats, and a bird)
  • Holding a newborn baby
  • Waking up to the sound of the water coming off Victoria Falls 
  • Shakespeare quotes
  • Running 8+ miles
  • When Christmas music starts playing on November 1
  • Being in the villages of Africa
  • Cooking
  • Competitive jump rope
  • Sarah Kay (spoken-word poet)
  • Wizard of Oz with Judy Garland
  • Pinterest
  • Doing life with my lifegroup
  • Twitter
  • Snapchat
  • My boyfriend




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