100 positive things.

So my lovely friend, Drew, recently started making a list of 100 positive/optimistic thoughts each day in his blog. He suggested I do it too, and I ended up sending him my lists through Facebook messages. Instead of just sharing it with him, I thought I'd also make my own blog for my lists and to share other positive things :)  


Since I try not to repeat anything from previous lists, they make me dig deep for really simple things, things that I tend to overlook and take for granted. Sometimes the lists include material things or just positive thoughts, but either way, they have really increased my positivity. I go throughout my day finding so many positive things that I want to put on my list and get excited to sit down and spill out 100 things at the end of the day.


Here it goes: 


1. Starting this new blog
2. Having a complete lazy day today
3. Today being a lot less humid in our apartment
4. Thank gosh for fans!
5. Jacob Bicknase giving me a relaxation CD that his dad made
6. Jacob's kindness
7. Making dinner with Drew last week
8. Learning how to make enchiladas
9. Learning how to cook in general
10. Made my first homemade pizza last week with the kids I nanny for
11. Learning that one package of active dry yeast is only 2 1/4 tsp
12. How nice and positive Rachel is (the mom of the family I nanny for)
13. Having a wonderful conversation with her about meditation, mindfulness, yoga, my epilepsy, etc. 
14. I really like nice people
15. Anna's performance on the Terrace 
16. Having Ashly/Breall's cute dog here for a few days
17. Drew Lynde has been such an influential person in my life
18. It's a day to commemorate all the awesome dads out there
19. My shoutout got posted today, haha
20. Getting my first credit card!
21. The friendliness of the UW Credit Union employees
22. Opening up accounts with the UW Credit Union
23. Thad is an awesome financial specialist
24. Receiving some of the most amazing compliments from my new boss at the WI Center for Educational Research
25. Looking forward to decorating my office there
26. I'm really interested in what I'm doing with this research job
27. I got to see Nicolette Johnson this weekend!
28. We are going to make plans for the 4th of July
29. Visiting her in Appleton, hopefully more than once this summer
30. Plato's Closet
31. Little kids make me so happy
32. When guys are good with kids, it's so attractive.
33. Spending Sixel's last night in Madison out on the town
34. Cramming too many people into the photobooth at Whiskey
35. Recently, I've gotten to know Sixel more :)
36. She is going to have the time of her life in Venezuela!
37. Hoping she gets me something, hehe :)
38. I like using exclamation points and smiley faces in texts and online
39. Late night runs
40. Cool breezes on summer nights
41. Jewels, things that are bedazzled
42. Being able to pick out the design for my new credit card and debit card
43. My credit card background is the Capitol at night and State Street
44. My debit card background is a silhouette of people jumping and says "Jump Around"
45. Badger pride
46. Pretending like I'm never going to graduate
47. Running into so many people I knew last night
48. Sixel leaving her freeze pops here along with some other food to eat 
49. Getting excited to go on a run after you've made a new playlist for your iPod
50. Sand volleyball
51. Curling my hair
52. Flag Day party success!
53. Matt Griffin showing up wearing a flag as a cape
54. The cops letting us off with a warning
55. Seeing my brother, cousin, and his friends
56. How much fun everyone had :)
57. People trying to learn sign language to communicate with my brother and his friends
58. Fried and Fabulous cart, YUMMMMM
59. Finally meeting Kris Hoskins
60. Meeting new and fun people
61. Not buying any of my books last semester by borrowing books from people and using books on reserve at the library
62. Saving money 
63. If anyone ever has any simple tips on how to save money, let me know :)
64. Knowing that someday I will not have to worry about money
65. Jose lending us his speakers for our party
66. UW Madhatters concerts
67. Cheap concert tickets
68. Smiling at strangers
69. Living with Maggie Farley for a few weeks and getting to know her
70. Living in a place where I have clean air to breathe
71. The availability of organic, healthy foods when I nanny
72. The family I nanny for lets me eat whatever I want in their kitchen
73. Hybrid cars
74. Learning that the World Naked Bike Ride is actually real
75. Discovering currants and picking them & eating them from a community garden
76. The amount of things I've learned from a 9 year old and 13 year old
77. Children are just fascinating
78. I don't know what I want my career to be, but I do know that I want to help others, be happy, make a positive impact, and only make enough money to at least live comfortably.
79. Being happy without ridiculous expensive things and materialism
80. Book suggestions
81. The Life You Can Save by Peter Singer
82. Reconnecting with people you haven't talked to or seen in a while
83. Skype is free
84. Recent purchase of running shorts that look like the UnderArmour ones, except for about 20 dollars cheaper
85. Cool nail designs
86. Painting your ring finger a different color than the rest of your nails
87. Amber Sheahan calls it the 'party nail'
88. Getting a bus pass for free by being a UW student
89. Finding a bus route that works well with my nannying schedule
90. Nice bus drivers that greet you
91. Compliments
92. Backpacks
93. Nuggeting backpacks in high school 
94. The fact that it never got old and I would die laughing every time
95. Crying from laughing so hard
96. When people ask what I like to do, laughing is on the list
97. Big dreams
98. Miller Park
99. Sharp cheddar cheese
100. Warm summer weather