Day 1: No appointments

I’ve joined the #100happydays challenge. Daily, for 100 days, I will post something that makes me happy. The challenge: Can you be happy 100 days in a row?

I’ve seen these memes on Facebook. Sometimes, when I stumble upon one that says “Day 158”, it feels like I’m joining the party a little too late. But the nice thing is, each post is interesting on its own. So…I’m in! At the risk of kicking myself for an unnaturally ambitious project, I will post on FB and here (so I can expound at length, a luxury that’s not as easy on FB.)

Today is the first day and I’m wandering the house looking for something to post. Like a scavenger hunt. So first, I took a picture of our mantel. Every time I look at it, it makes me happy.

But I don’t think it’ll show up all that good in a photo. So I walk around some more. Of course! My adirondack chairs on the front porch. I’d wanted to own a pair since forever, and now I do.

On a cool, rainy day like today, do they really make me happy? I shivered and went back in. And then I remembered my reaction this morning when I looked at the calendar.

Yes, yes, that makes me happy!

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It’ll be interesting to do all this happy stuff publicly. One of the rules is to post something that makes you genuinely happy, not what you think other people will like. And in this age of “like” addiction, it’s very tempting to be a poseur, to offer up something that would be popular.

Usually, I post my whole life for everyone to see on FB, but this makes me feel a little self-conscious. It’s one thing to brag about my kids and, as a friend once called me, be the community photographer. It’s another to focus on me and what makes me happy. Still, like my nephew says, “I’m g for it.” (G meaning game) Bring on happy!