As of August 4th, 2025.
The world right now is in upheaval and will be that way for who knows how long (unless you know history cycles/patterns), so why not remind myself of what makes me happy in hopes of some silver linings.
- Coffee with plant milk
- Vegan pizza
- Sunrises
- Squirrels climbing trees
- Kpop Demon Hunters soundtrack
- Sourdough (especially with vegan butter)
- Diced tomatoes with soy sauce, nooch, and chili crisp
- Clean crisp bedsheets
- Butterflies
- Watching Barbie/Bratz/Monster High movies
- Seeing people be courageous and go after their dreams
- The disintegration of the patriarchy
- DPR
- LGBTQ+ representation in the media
- Stationary (journals, pens, etc.)
- Writing (journal entries, blog posts, stories)
- CATS
- Salty snacks (corn nuts, potato chips, pita crisps)
- Dancing around my apartment
- Mint chocolate vegan ice cream
- BTS
- Reading fiction that was not influenced by booktok
- The color purple in all tints and shades
- Everything exfoliating shower
- Cute boots
- Money being added to my bank account
- Sitting in my cozy chair
- Successfully living alone and taking care of myself
- Vegan nachos
- Autumn mornings when it’s 70 degrees with a slight breeze
This list isn’t ranked highest to lowest of things that make me happy, it’s just the order that they all popped into my head. There are probably going to be people, places, and things that I didn’t list but that’s perfectly fine. What makes us happy and adds to our cups will change over time. I am just glad that I can have this list here to show where I find happiness at this time and maybe it will inspire others to look around a bit more. Because it really is the little things.

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