Happiness, #2
Dec. 14th, 2008 05:25 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ladyspriteToday it's incredibly easy to think of something that made me happy. If anything, the hard part is limiting myself to just one thing - there's a corner of my mind that wants to save up all the little good pieces and parcel them out later in the week, when I'm tired and worried about not having enough work and feeling unproductive.
(And there's another part of me that still wants to linger on yesterday's happiness, too - going to a party with lots of good friends, celebrating another friend's birthday, managing to overcome any lingering social anxiety thanks to the company of patient people willing to talk to me, and being told that I looked darn good in my party clothes - all credit to![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
new_man on that score. But that was yesterday.)
Anyway. Dim Sum today was wonderful, and a hundred thanks to everyone who came and helped me celebrate. I love watching the different social circles I play in overlap, and introducing new people, and finding out who already knows who. I love the conversations that build, and the positive charge I get from being surrounded by friends. The food was good, but it was secondary to the company - and I have enough good feelings stored up now to get me through a whole lot of dark, cold days.
Part of me wishes that I could have spent more time being social, but circumstances and headaches prevented that, and so I'm home now, surrounded by cats, in a house that now smells like coconut and oranges instead of almonds and cranberries. (Have I mentioned that I love holiday baking season?) Tomorrow's another errand-running day - I'm trying to take advantage of the slow-work season to get as many chores done as possible.
The more I think about this meme, the more I like it. I'm finding myself looking forward to each upcoming day, wondering what I'll find in it to make me happy. That's a much more pleasant outlook than I tend to have, and one I really ought to try to keep....
(And there's another part of me that still wants to linger on yesterday's happiness, too - going to a party with lots of good friends, celebrating another friend's birthday, managing to overcome any lingering social anxiety thanks to the company of patient people willing to talk to me, and being told that I looked darn good in my party clothes - all credit to
new_man on that score. But that was yesterday.)Anyway. Dim Sum today was wonderful, and a hundred thanks to everyone who came and helped me celebrate. I love watching the different social circles I play in overlap, and introducing new people, and finding out who already knows who. I love the conversations that build, and the positive charge I get from being surrounded by friends. The food was good, but it was secondary to the company - and I have enough good feelings stored up now to get me through a whole lot of dark, cold days.
Part of me wishes that I could have spent more time being social, but circumstances and headaches prevented that, and so I'm home now, surrounded by cats, in a house that now smells like coconut and oranges instead of almonds and cranberries. (Have I mentioned that I love holiday baking season?) Tomorrow's another errand-running day - I'm trying to take advantage of the slow-work season to get as many chores done as possible.
The more I think about this meme, the more I like it. I'm finding myself looking forward to each upcoming day, wondering what I'll find in it to make me happy. That's a much more pleasant outlook than I tend to have, and one I really ought to try to keep....
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Date: 2008-12-14 11:54 pm (UTC)Have a great day! Happy happy!
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Date: 2008-12-16 12:29 am (UTC)looking darn good...
Date: 2008-12-16 04:27 pm (UTC)Re: looking darn good...
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Date: 2008-12-17 07:19 pm (UTC)Hear, hear. I may well keep this one up beyond the statutory eight days, simply because it makes me look for things in my life to be happy about, and that's a good habit to be in...