Each day, May to August, I posted a photo and story of something that made me happy. (#100happydays is a trend at the moment.) I like the structure of a daily themed post! Here are my insights:
1. Certain things always light me up. Positive advertisements. Food. Good design. Glass and wood. Snuggling up with a book. Quiet moments. Cats, that’s actually common one — something soft to be affectionate to. The best part? It’s easy to have more of that in my life.
2. The reframing happens immediately. The “oh goodness, what will I post about today” emotion sets in Day 1. I look around — “how can this make me happy? how does that make me happy? what’s a detail I can notice?” Once you start looking for happiness everywhere, happiness jumps out at you.
3. You need to give yourself permission to be happy. Sometimes, I’ll have forgotten to post or take a picture all day. In order to stick with my daily post, I’ll look around my house and find something about myself to be happy about. I let myself see the happiness in these everyday things.
4. What I really wanted to do was to learn more new things. I invited a few friends to start #100learningdays with me! Each day a photo and something new, a word, concept, life lesson, fun fact, how to, and so on. Look for another post.