51 little things that can make you happier

Happiness: Many people spend their lives looking for it. Of course, until today, an exact recipe for happiness has not yet been found, but some small things in life can give us that full feeling, even if only for a few moments. We tend to lose track of what makes us happy in the midst of the crazy routine that we are almost forced to take on account of our professional life, studies, family.

What does it really mean to be happy? It is already known that money, beauty, the fashionable cell phone, thousands of friends and even sincere love are no guarantees of happiness. There are those who have all these things and don’t feel complete, just as there are those who have almost nothing and go hand in hand with the joy of living.

So, what is the formula, what is the great mystery surrounding the long-awaited happiness?

Although there is no exact answer, it is possible to increase the duration of our happy moments throughout the year, the month, the day. As? Simple, looking to fit small pleasures between everyday tasks. If you want to be happier and you don’t know how, the following list will help you to exercise happiness little by little.

1. Rescue songs from the teenage years;
2. dance alone at home;
3. watch the sunrise every now and then;
4. making small talk with a friend;
5. buy a new book;
6. make friends in unusual places;
7. visit old acquaintances;
8. walking hand in hand with a friend or a love;
9. see the rain fall through the glass;
10. discover a new band;
11. receive a handwritten letter;
12. give someone a flower;
13. finding money in the pocket of a garment that had been stored for a long time;
14. look at old family photographs;
15. watching a cartoon that marked his childhood;
16. sleeping on freshly washed sheets;
17. make someone else smile;
18. a fireworks show;
19. waking up early and seeing the fog over the city on cold days;
20. receive a gift for no particular reason;
21. hug someone;
22. see the movement of clouds in the sky;
23. witness a special meeting between strangers;
24. the smell of ironed clothes;
25. eat your favorite dish on any given day;
26. receive an unexpected call from someone very dear;
27. suddenly hearing that cool song on the radio that you hadn’t heard in years;
28. take a mid-afternoon nap;
29. discover a new skill;
30. scraping off the rest of the raw dough from a cake;
31. inspirational movies;
32. travel;
33. devour – guilt free – an entire chocolate bar or a whole pan of brigadeiro;
34. coincidences;
35. find the elevator stopped on the floor you are on;
36. see balloons in the city sky;
37. the traffic light is open, when you are in a hurry;
38. finding to buy that candy you used to eat when you were a kid and never seen again;
39. to receive a favor from an uninterested stranger;
40. laugh until tears flow;
41. sing alone while driving;
42. sleep listening to the rain on the roof or window;
43. a very refreshing drink on a hot day;
44. kisses;
45. baby smell;
46. come home and find everything tidy;
47. waking up early and discovering it’s Sunday;
48. finding a very dear object that you thought you had lost;
49. take a long bath;
50. the pleasant smell that stays on the skin after showering;
51. discover that happiness is much simpler than it seems.