50 Things That Make Me Happy

In today's society, it seems common for people to focus on the negatives in life. Although I am guilty of doing this myself, I feel like we should be focusing more on what makes us happy and what we enjoy about life. As the cliché saying goes, "You Only Live Once", so we need to start living life to the fullest and appreciating all that we have. Whilst reading Thirteen Thoughts' blog, I stumbled across the "50 Things that make me happy" tag and wanted to give it a go. I hope you enjoy reading my 50 things, and that it maybe inspires you to also take a step back every now and then, and just take a moment to appreciate all the good things in life.

1. My family. Especially my mum as she is also my best friend.

2. My boyfriend. He has helped me become the person that I am today, and I am so grateful that he is a huge part of my life. He has the biggest heart of anyone that I've ever met. Every time that he looks at me, I wonder how I ever got so lucky. I love him with all of my heart.

3. Puppies. I don't have one (yet), but every time I see one, I get the overwhelming urge to want to play with it.

4. Travelling

5. Crisps (I think I might be addicted...)

6. Going to the cinema

7. Having a tidy bedroom

8. Sunny weather 

9. New makeup

10. Having an early night

11. Sunbathing on holiday

12. Driving 

13. Summer

14. Spending some time alone

15. The feeling of satisfaction when an assignment is finished

16. Seeing the squirrels running around campus

17. My laptop

18. Green tea (especially with honey)

19. Pay day

20. My Grandma and Grandad. Remembering the things we used to do together when I was younger always brings a smile to my face. I miss my Grandma more and more everyday.

21. Christmas

22. Ben and Jerry's "Phish Food" ice cream

23. Nachos at the cinema 

24. Long summer evenings spent with family and friends

25. Laughing uncontrollably

26. Walking along the beach as the sunsets

27. Hot chocolate with marshmallows

28. Jewellery - I blame this on working in a jewellers

29. Lush bath bombs

30. Looking back at old photos

31. Knowing that I've done something to make other people happy

32. Cosy nights in just cuddling and watching films with my boyfriend

33. Rom-coms

34. Catching up with friends

35. Getting my nails done

36. The smell of my mum's fresh laundry

37. My phone

38. Nights at home with my family

39. Visiting new places

40. Airports 

41. Reading a really good book on holiday

42. Going out for dinner

43. My pandora bracelet that my boyfriend bought me for my 18th birthday

44. Berkley (a stuffed dog toy also bought for me by my boyfriend).

45. City breaks

46. Buying new perfume

47. Finding the perfect gift for someone's birthday

48. Skinny vanilla latté's from Starbucks (Costa's aren't as good unfortunately)

49. Getting hooked on a really good TV series

50. My blog