While reading Lily Collins’ book, Unfiltered, I fell in love with a chapter where she listed things that maker her happy. She made sure to be specific, which I thought was important because it made the list unique to her, and I can only assume made her smile while she was writing it. After reading through her list, I was immediately inspired to make my own. So, here are 34 things that make me happy:

1. Writing (figured I’d start with an obvious one)
2. Night driving with loud music
3. John Cusack movies
4. Laughing at commercials that shouldn’t be funny
5. Macaroni & cheese
6. Watching sports (on TV or in person, both ones I know and new ones I can obsessively ask questions about so I can learn the rules)
7. Converse shoes
8. Chocolate milk
9. Watching awards shows and crying when people achieve their dreams
10. Getting even one Jeopardy question right
11. Houseplants (especially those that don’t die right after I buy/plant them)
12. Fishing
13. Harry Potter
14. Finding the perfect gift
15. Collecting ticket stubs, programs, menus, or any other souvenir I can get when I go somewhere new
16. Proving myself (and others) wrong
17. Listening to podcasts when I get ready in the morning
18. Saying words that end in “-sts” (a.k.a lists, casts, etc. I just love that noise!)
19. Ice cream in waffle cones
20. When waiters bring you mints with your bill
21. A clean house
22. Making people laugh
23. Dangly earrings
24. Excel spreadsheets
25. Going to church
26. The Olympics
27. Trying every single new flavor of Oreo
28. Crossword puzzles
29. Dancing at weddings
30. Requesting Whitney Houston’s, “I Wanna Dance with Somebody” at weddings
31. A good playlist
32. Big cozy jackets
33. Finding weird places to stop/things to look at on road trips (i.e. WLRA’s)
34. Ending this list on my lucky number (17) multiplied by 2. (a.k.a nerdy math-ish things)