101 Ways to Get Your Happy On!

​Who doesn't want to be happy??!! Here are some surefire ways to GET YOUR HAPPY ON!

1. Smile (because a smile is the beginning of love)
2. Take a walk in nature
3. Find your Tribe (I love Women on Fire!)
4. Hang some twinkle lights
5. Send a handwritten letter to a friend (get a free greeting card)
6. Make your password a happy one... like - HaHaHappy! or 1LaughAday
7. Surround yourself with people who lift you up
8. Turn up your favorite song and dance!
9. Read Dr. Seuss (My favorite is On Beyond Zebra!)
10. Play kickball
11. Grab some crayons and color! (take an adult coloring class at melissaAnne Colors)
12. Sing in the shower
    
13. Draw a ketchup smiley face on your cheeseburger (just like my son does!)
14. Take an art class (it's my happy place!)
15. Make a pun - they are punny! (get a Pun a Day)
16. Give a random stranger a flower
17. Slow down
18. Build with legos (get inspired at the Lego Gallery)
19. Doodle (check out the book: 365 Days of Doodling by Carin Channing)
20. Meditate (I uses the Headspace app)
21. Swing at a playground
22. Jump in leaves
23. Make a snow angel
24. Run through a sprinkler
25. Plant flowers
26. Hang Happy Art in your home (I have originals and prints available at my website)
27. Write a bucket list
28. Make a collage (check out how I made Picked Just for You)
29. Travel
30. Forgive someone - maybe even yourself. (Check out this video of Brene Brown talking about Forgiveness)
31. Eat a chocolate kiss slowly - savor it!
32. Paint your toenails in 5 different colors
33. Be curious
34. Roast a marshmallow
35. Give a loved one a huge hug
36. Journal (Learn why journaling is beneficial)
37. Have a party
38. Say "No" when you don't want to do something (get some strategies to do this)
39. Play Frisbee
40. Exercise - get those endorphins moving (get inspired by Sue Markovich of Clear Rock Fitness)
41. Make and fly a paper airplane
42. Get stuff done - accomplish a task
43. Pet a dog or a cat
44. Find "pictures" in the clouds (visit the Cloud Appreciation Society and get a cloud a day)
45. Reminisce
46. Conquer a fear
47. Write a letter to loved ones and let them know your hopes for them (Here is my Letter to my Sons)
48. Say "I Love You"
49. Paint, draw, sketch - get your art on
50. Do something nice for someone else (get some Random Act of Kindness ideas)
51. Play a board game
52. Build a playing card tower
53. Apologize
54. See the good in others - even the ones who you don't like
55. Go to the beach and listen to the waves
56. Find Random Hearts in nature (check out all of Carrie Saba's hearts)
57. Write motivational and inspirational messages on your bathroom mirror (I use window markers)
58. Take a nap
59. Sit under a weeping willow tree
60. Watch the sun rise
61. Celebrate the little things (I once had a Come-Sit-Your-Ass-On-My-New-Couch party)
62. Call a friend that you haven't talked to in a long time
63. Do Yoga (I love AntiGravity Yoga at Synergy)
64. Take a drive in the country
65. Do something that scares you
66. Build a sandcastle
67. Be spontaneous
68. Read a book for fun
69. Take a hike (find a trail near you)
70. Put a little umbrella in your drink
71. Chalk on the sidewalk (and listen to I Chalk by Justin Roberts)
72. Give your car a name
73. Be grateful (I use Grati Pads from R Nichols)
74. Jump in puddles
75. Savor the moment (read my book Moments Meant to Savor)
76. Write a message on a helium balloon and send into the great beyond
77. Use emjois (create your own emjoi with Bitmoji)
78. Go to a marathon and cheer on the runners
79. Make fingerprint characters (learn how with Ed Emberley's Complete Funprint Drawing Book)
80. Find your way through a corn maze
81. Relax in a hammock
82. Ride a roller coaster or a carousel - which ever is your speed
83. Embrace your imperfections (read Brene Brown's Gifts of Imperfections)
84. Lay in the grass and look up at the stars
85. Fly a kite
86. Listen to a toddler giggle
87. Get Silly String and have fun
88. Tell corny jokes (What do you call an illegally parked frog? ......... Toad.)
89. Buy yourself flowers
90. Have a picnic
91. Visit a sacred place (a church, synagogue, monument, out in nature or anything that feels sacred to you) and sit quietly and simply be
92. Make a goofy face
93. Ditch the toxic people in your life
94. Make a wish and throw glitter into the air
95. Create a vision board of all your hopes and dreams (learn more about vision boards)
96. Believe that you can do ANYTHING
97. Let someone know that they made a positive impact on you (I talked about this in my blog)
98. Listen to and graciously accept compliments
99. When you are feeling joy - take a moment to pause, breathe and really feel it
100. Ride a teeter-totter (cherry-bombs are not allowed)
101. Love and let yourself be loved

Make it a HAPPY day!

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