Thursday, March 4, 2010

Day 17: Start a happiness box

I love this idea of starting a happiness box.  I've cleaned out so much clutter since I've started this "happiness project" and I have a few things left over that I didn't want to throw away.  It makes sense now because they are the things that make me think of happy times in the past.  I think having a place to keep some treasured things is a good idea because I can look at them whenever I need a smile.
Some things in my happiness box:
  •  A few special pictures - my dad and me when I was 10, mom/sis/me all dressed up, Nate/me drinking margs at the Rio.
  • The first two months of my calendar when Nate and I first started dating.  Our first date at a wine bar.  Our second date we went to a Nuggets game.  Third date spent all day walking around, drinking and talking in downtown Denver one Sunday.    You get the idea...it's nice to remember.
  • A pack of cards I made when I was 12 years old with positive affirmations; "You are beautiful."; "Smile.", "Life is what you make it."...you know things that a 12 year old wants to be reminded of so they write down those things on cards.  LOL! 
Side note about fighting right:
So far I have been reminded to fight right!  Whenever Nate and I begin to "get into it" I am reminded to fight right.  I always want to say 'always' or 'never' but I've stopped myself.  It feels so much better the next day knowing that I fought right.  I'm seeing that by dealing with the issue at hand is better because the next day I don't have to apologize for things I regretted saying.  Instead I just have to apologize about the actual fight and not all the harsh words that would have been said if I had said them...make sense?

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