100 Happy Days: 1 - 10

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92 days ago me and my sister were having a bad day. We had recently started working together and I had begun to feel the strains of 9 to 5 life. So, instead of complaining about it, as we usually would, we decided to become more positive.

We first believed that we could only manage shed our years of pessimism for 24 hours and, as you can see, our family were highly supportive. But, after enjoying our optimistic day, we decided to jump on the 100 Happy Days band wagon and appreciate the little things in life for 100 days. I am going to use my blog as a platform to recount my 100 days of happiness as a reminder to myself, and others, that there are things to be happy about every single day.

Day 1

I began my quest for daily happiness by celebrating my new job with my mum. I only got my job thanks to my sister's determination and was glad to be in employment so soon after leaving university. And so, to celebrate this, me and my mother ate chicken.

Day 2

After celebrating my employment outside of work it felt more than appropriate to celebrate it in work in the form of a Graze box. 

Day 3

I was initially hired as a link builder but I was more than happy to fill the role of copywriter too; another string to my bow.

Day 4

One of the best things about moving back home after university: coming home from work to presents and food.

Day 5

After binge-listening to my friend's band's album it was great to finally see them perform.

Day 6

As a rule I dislike humans who are under the age of about 20 I make a couple of exceptions. I hadn't seen my friend Sarah and her baby Rosalie for about 6 months when we met up in July.

Day 7

Again, a second exception to my rule, my cousin Rosie is one of my favourite humans. She is a beautiful, intelligent little angel and I have the desire to squish her face any time anyone even mentions her. I absolutely love spending time with her.

Day 8

A lovely summer's evening spent with my mum, aunty, uncle and two little cousins. We talked, we laughed and we ate incredible food.

Day 9

Now I'm working I have very little free time. When I do get some I spend it with the people I love. (Or sleeping, I also spend a lot of time sleeping).

Day 10

This day marked the beginning of an incredible journey and the second biggest highlight of my year: The Great British Bake Off series 5.

Being happy and remaining positive rarely relies on grand gestured or conscious efforts. My first 10 happy days consisted of simple pleasures and appreciated moments; whether it was a snack I'd been looking forward to or an evening spent with my family it wasn't hard for me to find happiness within my day.