Five for Ten: On Happiness
To be honest, I’ve always had a running a mental list of what would make me happy. If I only had (fill in the blank) I’d be happy. And over the years, that (blank) has changed. It was a complicated moving target.
But something happened when I became a mom. You’ll see what I mean.
Five Things That Made Me Happy Before Babies:
1. A relaxing mani/pedi on a lazy Saturday afternoon.
2. Happy Hour(s).
3. Sporadic trips to DC and/or NYC. Riding on airplanes on a whim.
4. Sleeping in.
5. GordiePug sleeping in our bed.
Five Things That Make Me Happy Now:
1. When I am able to carry a small purse, not full of baby-related accouterments.
2. Sleeping, slightly sweaty babies.
3. Washing travel mugs and pre-loading the coffee maker the night before.
4. Getting to work without spit-up on my clothes or in my hair.
5. Finding out, the hard way, that maybe I AM cut out for this motherhood business after all.
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May 13th, 2010 at 12:10 am
Love the post. Aidan would love your graphic!
May 24th, 2010 at 2:26 am
Happiness is a state of mind that really depends how we see the situations in our lives each day. you can have all the riches in the world but still see it as a lonely place.:.”
May 25th, 2010 at 3:09 pm
I get all of this, all of it, except the travel mug part. What’s up with that? Is it like one of those things that easy to do and then you feel really proud of yourself for doing it? I totally get that then
October 11th, 2010 at 8:43 pm
Happiness is the goal of every human being in this planet , everyone wants to be happy,-”
October 23rd, 2010 at 11:31 am
everyone aims to have happiness on their lives and live a life that is full of it”.-
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