30 Things That Make Me Happy

Alan Simpson
1 min readAug 4, 2024

I wrote this in response to a prompt on WordPress

I looked back and saw that I once struggled to complete a list of 10 things that make me happy. Let’s see if I can get to 30.

  1. Spending time with my wife and kids
  2. Seeing my kids happy
  3. Visiting my family in Kentucky
  4. Spending time with friends
  5. Traveling
  6. A good cup of coffee
  7. A good book
  8. A good meal out
  9. Music
  10. Going to the movies
  11. When my teams win
  12. Making people laugh
  13. Working with teens
  14. Working with the goats at the farm
  15. Working with the horses at the farm
  16. Early mornings at the farm before anyone else is there
  17. Early mornings at home when everyone else is asleep
  18. Finishing the Sunday crossword
  19. Fall weather
  20. When the grass stops growing for the season
  21. The Christmas season
  22. Snow days
  23. Watching a good TV show
  24. A day with nothing to do
  25. Good surprises
  26. Making other people happy
  27. Compliments
  28. Random texts from friends
  29. Random food and drink rewards from restaurant apps
  30. Being at the end of this list.

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Alan Simpson

I am a semi-retired former librarian who writes about a variety of topics. I review TV shows. I review books. I write about what is happening around us.