A-B-C's of Happiness

I was on Tumblr for the first time in forever, and I found myself in love with Tumblr again. Sometimes I take breaks from it, so when I go back, I fall back in love with it. (Follow me on Tumblr!!)

A Tumblr post inspired me to do this post. Here are the A-B-C's of my happiness.

A: AS, art museums, avocado, art, aquariums, adventures
B: balloons, buttondowns, blogging, Bible verses, bumblebees, buttons, babies, baby spinach, bubbles, bagels, beach, blankets, books, bookstores, beluga whales, bicycling, boats
C: camp, cuddling, Coldplay, corn on the cob, crab legs, Coca Cola commercials, candid photographs, campfires, chino shorts, crepes, coffee, cheese, complements, coffee shops, cursive, cheesy jokes, culture, chimpanzees, charades, candy corn, concerts
D: dogs, deep talks, design, documentaries, Disney movies, dolphins, driving with friends, dressing up
E: English, education, event planning
F: fro-yo, fonts, fresh mozzarella, flowers, fireworks, friends, family, food trucks
G: graphic design, Gossip Girl, gingerbread cookies
H: happiness, happy tears, handwritten notes, headbands, H
I: indie music, ice cream, Ingrid Michaelson
J: John Mayer, Jack Johnson, J.Crew, John Green, juicing
K: kids, Kindergarten, kayaking, Kate Spade
L: local businesses, learning, listening to friends' problems, lemon water
M: MGMT, MS, Mexican food, magazines, music, mac & cheese
N: newspapers, naps, nonfiction books
O: One Tree Hill, ocean
P: photo booth strips, posters, puns, parmesan cheese, paper airplanes, people watching, pancakes, pizza, photography, playing, poetry, painting, pillows, pumpkin anything (bread, pie, latte), popsicles
Q: quotes
R: reading, rainy days, rock climbing, roller blading, road trips
S: sleepovers, SS, shoes, salads, sunglasses, snail-mail, singing out loud, showers, sunshine, splashing in puddles, stripes, sleep, sparklers, sailing, strawberry picking, student council, school, snickerdoodles, sunrises & sunsets, scooters, swimming, smoothies, sales, Spotify, SW
T: traveling, Tory Burch, teachers, tomatoes
U: Up (the movie)
V: VV
W: witty remarks, Wall Street Journal, walking, Winnie the Pooh, 'windows down & sunroof up' driving,
X: Xmas (Christmas... sorry, I tried my best)
Y: yearbooks, yellow pants
Z: zippers, zoos, zebras

I'll be adding to this list as life goes on. In a different font color so we'll be able to see happiness as life goes on. What are your A-B-C's of happiness?

Happiness.

What is happiness? I honestly think that happiness is being at peace with yourself. Despite all the crazy that the world throws at you, you know it will all be okay in the end.

After hearing a lecture about happiness in robotics club and a deep talk with my true friend H, I think I've found that. I've been really stressed these past weeks, and I think something as simple as a true, genuine conversation was enough for me to make some internal changes.

Here's how I found peace with myself...

1. Do what you love.
2. Be with who you love. (Friends, relationships, family, peers)
3. Don't knock yourself down.
4. Be optimistic.
5. Put yourself first.
6. Prioritize.
7. Organize.
8. Be healthy.
9. Get enough sleep.
10. Read.
11. Educate yourself.
12. Don't care what others think about you.
13. Forgive others.
14. Forgive yourself.
15. Do what you think is the most important.

I'll elaborate on each of these bullets and my personal stories later on. I just wanted to share. I hope everyone is happy! And if you're not currently happy, I hope you find yourself happy soon.

I'll leave you with the wise words of our amazing speaker from robotics today: "You don't want to wake up one day and find that you're not smiling. Do what makes you happy."

It's the Little Things

I'm ready for this 3 day weekend.

Here are some little things that are making my week better (unfortunately, they aren't making my week faster! Friday, where are you?!)

 

2 (and a bit) Hours of Jack Johnson.

Yes please.

 

Change: I actually am not a fan of change. Well not the concept of change, but change is needed. Change is good. (Most of the time...) I joined a new club, Robotics, and I'm social media coordinator for it! I'm really excited. This is definitely out of my comfort zone (Student Council, Beta Club, Future Business Leaders of America, volunteering with kids)... but I'm excited to see what I'll find in Robotics club! I now have four Twitter accounts on my phone: my personal, Student Council, Beta Club and Robotics.
I also got accepted into my school's Ambassadors program. It's where students give rising freshmen tours of the school and answer any questions they have. We encourage them to join clubs and sports, and it's going to be really fun! I have my first informational meeting on Thursday and I'm really excited! I knew I wanted to be an ambassador the day I went to freshmen orientation and saw the students doing this! It's going to be so much fun! I know that two of my friends are also ambassadors, so I'm really excited!

Kate Spade Surprise Sale: I don't think I'm going to be buying anything at this surprise sale, but Kate Spade has some great deals! Here are some of my favorites.

Sign Post Scarf

Gold Pyramid Carousel

 

 

Charm City Ostrich Presley

 

 

Marble Hill Christy

 

 

 

 

Daycation Bon Shopper

Candids:

Twin Day, captioned "Why are you so obsessed with me?"

 

Not joking, this was a candid.

Watercolors (Kinda):

Original photo

The watercolor is more obvious when it's bigger.

I love watercolors. Especially ones I can make with the click of a button. Shout out to cell phone apps for making art out of photos just like -that!-

Hope this made you happy. Blogging always makes me happy, so I had to share!