A list of nice sounds:
Steady raindrops
Turning pages of a book
Coffee being poured
Skate blades on ice
Typing
Hearing a smile in someone’s voice
Sleepy voices
Sounds constantly zoom around us. Sounds constantly zoom around us in different forms, different languages, different patterns. Satisfying sounds, annoying sounds, relaxing sounds, steady sounds. Sounds that make one happy are unique to a person.
What to do when feeling bored with life:
Organize your bedroom/study space
Go for a drive
Change your hair
Dance around your room
Go out to lunch with friends
Laugh like there is no one else around
Sing your favorite song. Loudly.
It is easy to feel like your life is becoming too steady; your life should always be full of things that can make you happy and relaxed. You shouldn’t have to feel bored in your own life. In your own life you can do things that you can control. Spice it up a bit, feel new again.
How to be successful (my version):
Take the time to curl your hair, you’ll feel glamorous all day
Perfect your winged eyeliner; it’s a life skill
Grab a five dollar iced vanilla latte from Starbucks, it’ll be worth it
Hold the door for someone; even the smallest gesture can brighten someone’s day
Have another slice of pizza and ignore anyone who gives you a weird look
A little retail therapy is sometimes all you need
Be the person who smiles at babies in the checkout line just for the chance to make them smile back. It will make you, the baby, and the adult with them happier
Avoid those who bring negative thoughts into your life; they probably aren’t worth it
Take some extra time for yourself because the first person’s happiness that you need to worry about is your own. Don’t let someone tell you that you shouldn’t do something that is completely harmless to your well-being. If it will make your day a bit better, it should be okay.
Things that I really like:
New York City (or spending time in any city; GR, Chicago, etc.)
Coffee
Reading
Organizing
Being alone, but not being lonely
Late night conversations
Chocolate cake
The smell of the air between summer and fall
Taking walks through small towns
Curling up in a corner with a cup of coffee or tea, with soft pillows and blankets, with soft music playing, and a good book in my hands
A short list of pleasurable tastes, smells, places, and things. These are unique to me and these make me happy. It’s important to find your own list of things you like. Thinking, breathing, eating, sleeping, laughing. Find people to share your good things with.
Self-Help – Matt Heig
“How to stop time: kiss
How to travel in time: read
How to escape time: music
How to feel time: write
How to release time: breathe”
Happiness is all about what you do in the time you are offered. Time is a serious matter that needs to be controlled differently sometimes. Sometimes it needs to be stopped or traveled in or escaped or felt or released in order to achieve happiness.
A happy place of mine:
Sitting in a coffee shop drinking a latte. If I’m by myself I would either be writing or reading a book. If I am with a friend, we would have nice conversations, nothing too heavy. It might be raining outside; rain makes every place seem cozier.