I was inspired by this video by soulpancake which is an excellent youtube channel trying to make the world a better or at least a happier place. They give street compliments, motivational prep talks and they talk about love, life and gratitude. In the following video they asked the fungbrothers: "What makes you happy?".
Here are a few. And I love the idea of a steady continued "List of Happiness" (maybe I'm starting a new page for that) that I can come back to and smile because reading things that make you happy makes you happy I guess.
What makes me happy
Chocolate - and candy in general. I really and honestly love the people who thought: We should create food that isn't for nourrituring your body, we should create food that is just for enjoying, something sweet and delicious, something wrapped in crinkling metallic foil.
Or think about desserts! They're great. Who doesn't like desserts? I love them, especially since I read "Jeremy Fink and The Meaning of Life" by Wendy Mass. The title, freely "translated" into German is "Das Leben ist kurz, iss den Nachtisch zuerst!" (Life's short, eat dessert first) - which is actually a quote by Jacques Torres (There you go, learn new things everyday).
Learning new stuff is a thing! I love it! Everyday at University I'm like:
Especially learning languages is a favourite of mine in learning new stuff. I crave the moment I'm like: Aaaaahh! So there's the connection between this word in German and that word in French/English/whatever... And I love finding new vocabulary in texts and be like: Bitch, please- I know that word ! ;)
Being abroad and travelling make me happy, so I get to use all my language knowledge and broaden it, and on top of it, my horizon. Every journey to another place is a journey to yourself. You learn so much by comparing your culture to another, by seeing that you're just a part of the great wide world. Gosh, I am infected by "Fernweh" (= the contrary to being home sick, the dream of being far away and travel).
Places make me happy. Like the house I grew up in, my home. How it's always cozy and how it is the essence of my childhood and the feeling of being loved.
Chimney fires are something I don't want to miss in my life. They are amazing. And candles, too. They manage to make a room comfortable, romantic and more like home in a second.
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| Update from my bedside table. I love books, by the way. |
Paris makes me happy. I miss it so much to be there and I'm hoping to go there again in March and visit all the places of my memories from last year.
My best friend's house makes me happy, because it is a place full of funny memories and his smell.
The cinema makes me happy, the tension when the lights go out, it is still magical after all those years.
Touching movies make me happy. If they're funny, or if their fascinating plot just thrills me, or if they make me cry or if they make me think - I just love good movies!
Plus: The smell of fresh popcorn is from heaven!
And watching series make me happy! "Sherlock" is a series I just discovered that I'm totally in for, I mentioned "Faking It" and "Awkward" before - I'm currently watching the new episodes. I like "New Girl", I love "The Middle", I still find "Desperate Housewives" is gold and don't get me started on "Gossip Girl". "Adventure Time" is lovely, "scrubs" is just PRAISE - series in general are the best! If you don't know any/one of them, check them out -
this is an order!!! [to make you happy]
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| SHERLOCK = BEST *-* (http://www.daserste.de/unterhaltung/film/sherlock/videos/sherlock) |
Friends and nice people add to my happiness. Literally ROFL-ing (rolling on the floor laughing) with my friends, having great meaningful or silly conversations about everything or just tickling them - the absolute best!
Shoutout to the people who are nice and polite in everyday life!
For example the girl who smiled at me at the bus stop, the man who bent down for my change in the queue at the supermarket, the bus driver who greeted me so kindly this morning - shoutout to these people! Sometimes they really make my day.
Cuddling is priceless! :) I love to cuddle all the people I care about. And animals, too.
And Kissing! Whoever invented this in the first place is my hero! Because everyone does it or did it or has done it or will probably do it in their life time and hopefully enjoy it as much as I do, but basically noone knows why we do it. It's funny and lovely and for me it can be magic.
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| "How to combine two topics in a text perfectly" by Lotta (Roy Liechtenstein - We Rose up slowly...) |
Key word Art and "inspiring": Museums make me happy. Exhibitions, artists who have visions, ideas and a whole lot more talent than I have, in creating beautiful or thought provoking sculptures, paintings, films, anything.
Videos make me happy, like the one by soulpancake about happiness. They inspire me to create things (/art?) on my own. Youtube is an inspiring platform (and also one of the best places for procrastination, by the way). Charlie's videos make me happy or new episodes of Crash Course Psychology :). Basically my whole subscription list.
Music is a killer. Everyone loves some kind of music. There is music for every mood you can be in. Anger, romantic fantasies, sadness, delight... There's a tune to it. Music lightens up my life. Life without music would just suck, wouldn't it? I love good movie soundtracks. I love chill-out playlists or real rock at concerts.
I love festivals and the atmosphere there with all the people just enjoying and sharing a moment. I love making music just for the hell of it.
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| festivals are my favorite! And I forgot sunsets of course. Who doesn't love them???(source: farm4.static.flickr.com) |
I could go on and on on this list (and maybe I will, soon).
Like one of the brothers in the video said: if you're in the flow, you just find more and more things that make you happy. And that are worth living for. These are some things that make me happy. And it made me really happy writing them down.
What about you?
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