101 Happy Things to Do.

A bad day can turn into a bad attitude. A bad attitude can become a negative personality. A negative personality can make for a miserable person. To stop the cycle, stop the bad day. There are so many things to do that can change the course of a day. How to be happy? Remember, happiness is not a given. Happiness is a choice. So, read on and choose to do something that will bring you some joy.

101 things to do that will make you happy.

• Do something you love for the joy and don’t care about the outcome.
• Find the end of the rainbow.
• Be grateful you talk to your mom a lot.
• Dance your patootie off in your living room, by yourself while singing at the top of your lungs.
• Help an elderly person.
• Love a child.
• Be loved by a child.
• Let a dog lick your face.
• Run into the ocean.
• Dive into a lake.
• Read Ralph Waldo Emerson.
• Get rid of all the junk in your house.
• Be grateful for your health.
• Send your Dad a thank you card.....just because.
• Let a wild bird eat crumbs right out of your hand (some will).
• Go for a hike and make it one mile longer than you thought you could go.
• Laugh with your partner, often.
• Tickle a baby.
• Cease to gossip.
• Soak in the bath tub for a really long time, with a glass of wine.
• Kneel down open your arms wide and let a child run straight into you.
• Walk barefoot in the sand.
• Do something crazy you’ve never done before.
• Stick your face in a fresh pile of powder snow.
• Skip down the block. (You’ll make other people smile too)

• Skip rocks
• Roll down a grassy hill.
• Be the crazy person in the car singing and bobbing in rush hour
• Hug several people you know.
• Go through old pictures.
• Make a great dinner and invite your whole family over, use the good dishes.
• Donate to a worthy organization, time or money.
• Make a sad friend laugh.
• In complete silence lie on your bed arms at your side and be open to The Universe for five minutes.
• Write your spouse a note and stick it in their lunchbox.
• Watch the sunset, from beginning to end.
• Show gratitude everyday.
• Don’t wear a watch.
• Hug a tree....seriously you’ll feel great.
• Watch the sunrise.
• Turn off the T.V.
• Turn off the computer.
• Listen to an album. Hold the cover and remember the joy of records.
• Spend the day in your pajamas.
• Order the expensive item on the menu.
• Take a long walk on a crisp fall day.
• If you usually say, “Yes,” say, “no.”
• If you usually say, “No,” say, “yes.”
• Doodle and see where your thoughts take you.
• Do one thing that puts you closer to a goal.
• Speak out when you hear a racist or sexists conversation,
• Learn a new skill.
• Stop and pay attention to your kids every time they need or want it.
• Wash your car on a really hot day, and scrub the tires.
• Put your rubber boots on and jump in mud puddles in the rain.
• Lay in a hammock with a great book.
• Go fishing.
• Close your eyes and imagine what a hole in one would feel like.
• Take a long drive and only make left turns. See where you go.
• Listen to that inner voice that keeps telling you to follow your dream.
• Make a list of everything you love. People, things, places, food and be grateful for every item on the list.
• Buy cookies from a Girl Scout.
• Make a To Do List and do it.
• Buy a sick friend flowers.
• Grab a map of the area you live, another country, or your state, close your eyes turn the map around and around point your finger and go wherever it lands.
• Watch JP Patches. (If you don’t know who he is see above.)
• Gather all your UPB cords, cell chargers and figure out which ones you don’t need and get rid of them.
• Clean out your junk drawer.
• Plant flowers.
• Leave your favorite Christmas ornament out all year and look at it often.
• Jump into a river on a really hot day.Stand in front of the wood stove on a really cold day.
• Let a six pack of beer chill in the river.
• BBQ anything.
• Hang out by a campfire.

• Surprise your honey...with anything.
• Break in a new pair of boots, any kind.
• Find a really farcical word in the dictionary and use it five times that day.
• Read the last page of a good book first. (Come on you know you want to.)
• Drive 5 miles under the speed limit to work and notice 10 things you’ve never seen before.
• Take the bus.
• Be a tourist in your own town.
• Forgive yourself for something you have held onto for to long.
• Forgive someone for something you have held onto for to long. (You don’t have to tell them, but you’ll feel better.)
• Don’t say one negative thing for an hour, then a day. It’s harder than you think.
• Smile and say, “Hi” to every person you pass on the street. (It really freaks people out.)
• Find a swing set and swing on it.
• Keep promises.
• Buy the wrapping paper you love most for Christmas presents.
• Eat a big bowl of soup with your favorite spoon.
• Love everything for a day.
• Be your best self.
• Prey.
• Cuddle often.
• Twirl.
• If your vehicle has 4WD go somewhere and use it.
• Believe you can be happy.
• Smile even if you don’t mean it.
• Laugh at yourself.
• Listen to rain.
• Live in truth!