It’s always good to stop and think about the things you enjoy and do, eat, or even buy more of those things. I was thinking about this earlier and I thought I might share five things that make me happy.

1. Notebooks and pens📔🖋️

I love note books and pens and filling them with ideas and lists. There’s nothing like browsing the notebook section of a store, starting a new notebook, or even looking over old notes and ideas. And my favorite pens to use are gel pens. I love dark bold and vivid pen strokes. I’ll use regular ink pens sometimes but they just don’t quite cut it.

2. Makeup💄

It’s always fun to me to shop for new makeup. Watch videos and tutorials or read makeup forums and blogs or write about make up. Its fun to put on makeup to start the day, or just because, and also to see how it transforms you. I like everything about it.

3. Coffee☕

When I was in my teen years I tried coffee and did NOT like it. I did try it black so that could be a reason. lol A few years ago, a coffee lover I know recommended that I try a frappe as a way to dip my toe into the coffee world. And I have not looked back. That resulted in me trying coffee other ways. And I started making it at home in a regular drip coffee maker and liked that just as much. I felt so alive when I drank it with all that caffeine pumping through my veins and I asked myself “Where was this all my life?”. My favorite coffee flavor is Vanilla. Occasionally, I will mix in a bit of hot cocoa powder especially in the fall and winter months. And I have to have half and half in coffee.

4. Browsing and shopping 🛍️

What’s more fun than shopping for new stuff. Even just browsing and window shopping is therapy in itself.

5. Chocolate🍫

I’m a long time chocolate lover. I’ve convinced myself that chocolate is healthy. The cocoa bean grows on a tree therefore chocolate is a vegetable. And it is also medicine for the soul. I don’t like anything in chocolate. It is best when it is plain.

I could keep going but I’ll stick to five for now and save the rest for another post. If you want you can let me know five things that make you happy or just use it as a journal prompt.

Thanks for being here,

Amber ❤