Thursday, February 24, 2011

Journal #3-100 Things in Life that Make Me Happy (NETS I, III)

1.       My family
2.       Friends
3.       Horseback riding
4.       Snowboarding
5.       Sushi
6.       Bread
7.       Food J
8.       Pedicures
9.       Shopping
10.   Getting good grades
11.   Massages
12.   Hot bath
13.   Swimming
14.   Zumba
15.   Getting my hair done
16.   An adult beverage
17.   Vacation (I don’t even have to GO anywhere, just that I don’t have to DO anything)
18.   Looking at my wedding pictures
19.   Rain (when I’m indoors)
20.   Photography (looking, not doing)
21.   Sitting in my pjs on my couch
22.   Dancing
23.   Great art
24.   Talking crap to my friends (in the most uplifting way possible)
25.   When my husband hugs me from behind when I’m doing dishes and tells me I’m beautiful
26.   Picturing what our kids will be like
27.   Finally finishing school and getting to do what I love
28.   Finding a good book that I cannot put down
29.   The comics in the newspaper
30.   Cyanide & Happiness
31.   Going to the movies
32.   Hiking
33.   Being that girl that will try nearly anything
34.   Memories with my aunt
35.   Singing at the top of my lungs and not caring who hears (usually involving #16)
36.   Being spontaneous
37.   Being surprised
38.   Having my house cleaned for ME
39.   Maintaining my 50 pound weight loss
40.   Bicycling
41.   Daydreaming
42.   Learning about other cultures
43.   Animals
44.   Helping those with speech impediments
45.   Sitting with the elderly and talking to them about the “good ‘ol days”
46.   Sun bathing
47.   Discovering new things I like
48.   Grocery shopping (on a full stomach)
49.   My boat!
50.   Laughlin
51.   Las Vegas
52.   Cirque de Soleil
53.   Christina Aguilera
54.   Mariah Carey
55.   Old school songs that take me back to when I use to love those songs
56.   Live music
57.   People watching
58.   My home
59.   Sunday morning breakfast with my parents and husband
60.   Babies laughter
61.   Getting loving text messages
62.   Candles
63.   Being told from people that they are proud of me
64.   Daddy’s hugs
65.   Mom’s hugs
66.   The library (it’s nice and quiet)
67.   Egg nog
68.   Sleep
69.   Waterpolo
70.   Volleyball
71.   Swimming
72.   Being tan
73.   Warm drinks
74.   Comfortable couches that I can cross my legs on comfortably and still slouch
75.   The smell of Plumeria flowers
76.   Texting
77.   Us Magazine
78.   Fireplace fires
79.   Idylwild
80.   Laughlin
81.   Driving with the windows down on a warm day with the music blaring
82.   Wine tasting
83.   Spa Days
84.   Massages
85.   Looking at my wedding photos
86.   Decorating my house
87.   Picnics
88.   MAC Lip Conditioner
89.   Taking a bath
90.   Girl’s night
91.   Kittens
92.   Bates Nut Farm
93.   Disneyland
94.   Rainy days, when I’m inside
95.   Winter coats
96.   Wakeboarding
97.   Tubing
98.   Walking along the beach with my shoes off
99.   San Francisco
100.   Disney movies

Questions:

1. Is there anything in technology that contributes to your happiness?
Many of these things are possible to do online, reading comics, magazines, viewing art, etc. Technology has made it easier to enjoy everything that makes you happy, from the livingroom or place in your home that makes you happy.

2. How can you ensure your students remain happy in your classroom?
At the beginning of every year I could pass out a survey, or ask them to create a list such as the one above and attempt to incorporate some of those things into my teaching agenda.

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