After a day of long emails, a hard test or getting rejected, happiness can be hard to grasp. The little things, most of the time, can add up to make even a hard day a good one, but when the small bits of happiness cannot give you what you need, just remember:

1. Drinking hot chocolate on a cold winter day
2. Riding a bike with fall leaves all around you
3. Having your pet sleep on you for hours
4. Ice skating on an outdoor rink with family and friends
5. The first bite into a fresh chocolate chip cookie
6. Jumping into the ocean, a lake or a swimming pool on a hot summer day
7. Falling asleep while it’s raining outside
8. Studying hard for a test, and then seeing an A in the grade book 
9. Snow days and unexpected, extended sleepovers
10. Sunday brunch with grandparents
11. Going on a nice long run to come home to a hot breakfast
12. Doing yoga in your bedroom with your cat
13. The smell of spring when it rains and the snow begins to melt
14. Making animal shaped pancakes
15. Adding a new sticker to your water bottle
16. Finally getting the package in the mail that you have been waiting so long for
17. Singing at the top of your lungs with friends on a late night as you drive
18. Getting as many toppings as you want on your frozen yogurt
19. Finding the new sweater that is perfect in every way
20. Going to the animal shelter to play with the puppies and kittens
21. Decorating for Christmas 
22. Holding a newly born baby
23. Finishing all of your homework early in the night
24. Getting a full nights sleep 
25. Taking a long bath while watching your top three favorite movies
26. Or taking a bath and eating ramen at the same time
27. Or all there combined (Ramen, bath, movies)
28. Jumping into a giant pile of leaves
29. The final product of a carved pumpkin
30. Deciding on the Halloween costume that you will wear
31. Eating a popsicle on a hot day
32. Stepping into a building that is very air conditioned after being outside all day 
33. Listening to Christmas music while snow falls outside
34. Skiing down a hill with fresh snow on it 
35. Eating your favorite food 
36. Falling asleep on the couch while watching Gilmore Girls
37. Exploring new places and trying new things with friends
38. Running through the woods in the early morning, listening to the birds sing
39. Building a snowman with your cousins 
40. Setting up a hammock by the lake and reading all day
41. Driving home in the rain, listening to jazz
42. Riding the ferris wheel at the State Fair
43. Buying concert tickets with your best friend
44. Reading a whole book in one night
45. Running in circles on a trampoline 
46. Finishing the essay that you have been working on for two weeks
47. Screaming for your football team while it’s raining
48. Or just going to football games with your best friends
49. Climbing a tree and watching the world pass you by
50. Watching your friends succeed in what they love, as they do the same for you
51. Doing what makes you happy

​These are the 51 things that make me the most happy, and maybe you feel the same, but whatever does make you happy is what is most important. Spread happiness and what you love to do to those around you, make a list of what you love and on those hard days never forget the 51 ways that you can be happy.