Go Ahead Make Your Day: 50 Ways To Make Today Shine
Many of you have commented on how it’s the little things that bring happiness and smiles to your everyday. I am always looking for little things to help make my day just a little bit brighter.
For me starting the day bright and early with a great cup of coffee and a bagel is tops. Another little pleasure of mine is to canoe around the lake in the summer with Gwynn watching the sunset, or standing outside in winter catching extra large snowflakes on my tongue.
Here are 50 little things that can make your day shine. They are not expensive or elaborate but rather simple and satisfying. Try indulging today in some of the little things that make you happy or even help someone else enjoy the simpler things in life. Go ahead…make your day!
- Enjoy a sunset
- Walk barefoot in the grass
- Dance in the rain
- Enjoy the feeling and smell of clean sheets
- Smile at a stranger
- Have a killer cup of coffee
- Splurge on your favorite wine
- Crack a cold beer on a hot day
- Listen to your favorite music
- Play with your children, grandchildren, nieces or nephews
- Indulge in your favorite chocolate
- Dance like nobody’s watching
- Go for a drive to nowhere in particular
- Write in a new notebook
- Bake some bread from scratch
- Get all dressed up for a dinner at home
- Watch a movie while eating fresh popped popcorn
- Soak in a hot bath
- Bake chocolate chip cookies to share
- Play fetch with your dog
- Pull your kids in a wagon
- Organize a picnic
- Feel the wind blow through your hair
- Enjoy a grilled cheese sandwich with chocolate milk
- Relax at home after a tough day
- Have a few sticks of licorice
- Get a massage
- Have your nails done
- Splash around in a pool
- Blow bubbles and run around popping them
- Make a snow man
- Laugh uncontrollably at something that’s not that funny
- Take 10 minutes and flip through the latest edition of your favorite magazine
- Make snow angels
- Get buried in the sand at the beach
- Take a nap in the afternoon sun
- Wake early and enjoy the quiet
- Watch the sunrise
- Eat french bread dipped in a mixture of olive oil and balsamic vinegar
- Use an electric blanket on a cool night
- Enjoy hot tea with lemon and honey when you’re sick
- Enjoy chicken cordon bleu (one of my favorites!)
- Warm your feet by a fire
- Read your favorite book
- Smell the fresh rain
- Canoe around a lake at sunset
- Reminisce about years gone by it’s great to see how far you’ve come
- Get your kids to nap at the same time
- Listen to the sound of a waterfall
- Wear a pair of soft fuzzy slippers
Remember to slow down and take time to focus on the little things it might just help make your day a little less ordinary.
What are a few of your simple pleasures?
See also:
7 Little Things That Make Me Disproportionately Happy
The World Around You Is An Amazing Place – Take Time To See It
Photos credits
Sunrise: thombo2
Rainboots : mimentza
Cookies: Mrs Magic
Hammock: *Mickey
Nap: BrittneyBush
Waterfall: quas
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What a list! Here’s mine:
- I enjoy sitting out on my front porch when there’s a nice warm breeze and listening to the birds sing.
- I also love a tall glass of homemade lemonade, or sweet tea. (Yeah, I’m a Southern girl)
- I like to sing really loud when nobody’s home, which is very rare.
Okay, there you have it. A few of my simple pleasures. Great post, Sherri. Really fun!
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51. Go to the beautiful Miami zoo on sunny 72 degree day.
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Hey, Sherri! I love all the items on your list… except maybe the waking up early part (I still haven’t discovered the joy of that one.)
I know you had “dancing in the rain” but one of our favorites is blowing bubbles in the rain because it makes them bounce instead of pop. Has to be a light rain though, not a thunderstorm. Never blow bubbles (or dance) in a thunderstorm.
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Great list. Some of my simple pleasures are:
1. Going home after a long day and seeing my loved ones.
2.A delicious meal with my friends and family.
3.Hugs and kisses are awesome.
4. Fudge and cupcakes
5. Sunshine
I could go on but then this comment would get too long!
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What a great list! There are several of these things that I do every day (or at least as often as possible), but the one that struck a chord with me today was #11, Indulge in your favorite chocolate. I did that today…got my first chocolate ice cream cone of the year…and it was…exquisite.
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Fantastic list. I just read a 50 things you can do to make you miserable today. This one is much better.
51 – Take a walk in the bright morning sunshine.
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I’m glad you liked it everyone! Thanks for sharing your additional small things they’re all great!! Singing, the zoo, hugs and kisses, and chocolate ice cream…I think I should have made a longer list
Lisis, I’ve never tried blowing bubbles in the rain I’ll have to give that a go this summer it sounds neat!
Stephen, I’m glad you found this one to counter balance the misery in the other post
Glad you liked it!
Sherri, your list made my day! I found myself smiling as I was reading it.
Hi Mary,
Hope you have another great day!
That’s great! THAT makes ME happy
awesome list! at first i thought, “50?? you found 50?” but as i read, i thought, “of course you did, and i can too.” that’s great.
here are a few:
1. biking early in the morning to work, i have the neighborhood streets to myself, mostly. historic architecture/homes, the Gateway Arch in the near distance, the sleeping farmer’s market.
2. saying “hello” to our two labrador retrievers when i get home from work, and seeing their hardly containable excitement, as they wag their tails so hard it wags the back halves of their bodies.
3. the moment i finish washing dishes and know that the kitchen sink is empty again, if only briefly.
@ adam – Welcome! I’m glad you enjoyed the list! It’s amazing how many things you can think of that make your day when the little ones aren’t over looked. We also have two lab retrievers and know EXACTLY what you mean about wagging the back halves of their bodies
Thanks for your comment!
Simple pleasures are great and they are something we sometimes take for granted. Some of my favorite simple pleasures are:
- writing in my journal
- spending time with my dog
- sleeping in
- indulging in a bowl of ice cream
- reading a great novel outside
Thanks for sharing all of these wonderful ideas. Now I have more simple pleasures to try out!
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Positively Present – The little things are often over looked absolutely! I love your list of simple pleasures thanks for sharing!
The activities on that list alone could keep me smiling for the rest of my life.
Number 19 is a definite favorite. My chocolate chip cookies are a source of pride for me.
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Number Two, walking barefoot on the grass is number one for me.
A way I like to take that further is to go barefoot in some really slimy mud. The feeling in between your toes is amazing.
Great list Sherri
Tom Maurer | Simple and Spiritual’s last blog post..Simplify The Bathroom
@ David – LOVE chocolate chip cookies, those with a great cup of coffee…heavenly!
@ Tom – Welcome! Mud between the toes that’s awesome! That reminds me of another…I can’t walk past a pile of sand without running my hands through it, it’s very relaxing! Glad you liked the list and thanks for your comment.