100 Happy Days Challenge – Cynic Edition
I’ve been inspired to participate the #100HappyDays challenge. This international social media experiment that challenges individuals to find something to be happy about for 100 days in a row. Learn more about it at 100happydays.com
Astonishingly, 71% of people fail at this challenge. Personally I think even the most cynical person can find 100 things to be happy about. So for all you cynics who need help, here are 50 days worth of things to be happy about:
Day 1 – Received no Candy Crush requests due to forgetting Facebook password
Day 2 – Did not board a flight with screaming infants
Day 3 – Did not fall down stairs
Day 4 – Roommate asked if I was okay before pointing and laughing at me for falling down stairs
Day 5 – Cat only destroyed one shoelace
Day 6 – Chocolate pudding in the cafeteria was not expired for once
Day 7 – Dental floss did not get stuck between teeth
Day 8 – Phone battery lasted 10 minutes longer than usual
Day 9 – Missing Lego piece located with the help of stubbed toe
Day 10 – Managed to eat spicy Indian food without consuming more than 3 glasses of water
Day 11 – Bruises from falling down the stairs no longer visible
Day 12 – Took only 12 minutes to locate car keys this morning
Day 13 – Successfully avoided sitting on gum all day long
Day 14 – Roommate did not push me down stairs
Day 15 – Did not break bones when roommate pushed me down stairs
Day 16 – Did not smell a sweaty person all day long
Day 17 – Chinese restaurant delivery man came close to pronouncing name correctly after 2 years
Day 18 – Annoying person at work went on vacation
Day 19 – Avoided shaking hands with man who had cold
Day 20 – Did not spill hot coffee on lap
Day 21 – Creepy man followed someone else instead today
Day 22 – No freak thunderstorms while grocery shopping
Day 23 – Landed on feet when tripping over box roommate left next to stairs
Day 24 – Could not afford meat that was recalled due to e-coli
Day 25 – Realised I’m marginally luckier than Tom from Tom & Jerry
Day 26 – Carried umbrella and did not get drenched as usual while walking home with groceries
Day 27 – Solved mystery of missing watch when cleaning cat litter box
Day 28 – Successfully ate lunch without getting spaghetti stains on shirt
Day 29 – Roommate’s excuse for not paying rent was more creative than last month
Day 30 – Roommate did not eat my groceries
Day 31 – Annoying person from work did not bore me with vacation pictures
Day 32 – Funeral service got me out of boring staff party
Day 33 – Required only 1 Band-Aid after wrestling iPhone away from cat
Day 34 – Roommate did not attempt to trip me for over 10 days
Day 35 – Noticed fungus on bread before attempting to eat sandwich
Day 36 – Found pair of matching socks with no holes
Day 37 – Roommate did not try to trip me for 1 day
Day 38 – Sat next to (relatively) thin person on flight
Day 39 – Hotel Wi-Fi password worked (after nagging hotel staff for 2 hours)
Day 40 – Toddler at breakfast buffet spilled entire grape juice cup before passing my table
Day 41 – Headphones drowned out neighbouring passenger’s snores
Day 42 – Caught railing and narrowly missed falling down stairs
Day 43 – Saved money due to liquor store being closed
Day 44 – Successfully dodged annoying coworker at mall
Day 45 – Ate roommate’s lasagna instead of slaving over stove
Day 46 – Constipation cured thanks to roommate’s lasagna
Day 47 – Captured roommate tripping over cat and falling down stairs and posted video on YouTube
Day 48 – Restored iPhone to usable condition despite roommate’s attempt to destroy it
Day 49 – Ate delicious chocolate cake at work (cake was in honour of annoying person who was promoted and is now new boss)
Day 50 – Applied to job halfway across the world
This sounds fun! I think I’m going to attempt the 100 days, make notes each day and at the end of it will do a post on it, and link back to this one!
Great idea to start the year off 🙂
Happy new year!
Good luck! Here’s hoping you last for 100 days 🙂
PS I hope my post is going to be the first entry on what made you happy
It most certainly is 🙂
So you just have to find something in the day to be happy about, not be happy the entire day?
Yeah just one thing is enough. I suspect even the happiest man in the world cannot be happy all the time for 100 days
Optimism and wit — such a great combination. Thanks for posting.
This is a great idea! I participate in a weekly blog hop listing what I’m thankful for from the week – I was a bit cynical at first – but it’s a good exercise to help focus on the positive. Good luck with the challenge!
let’s be really cynical – who is behind this #100happydays? and what are they doing with all the photos sent to them? what are the t&c’s of their site?
Perhaps they use the pictures on their upcoming website lamethingsthatmakepeoplehappy.com
Hahahaha awesome thing to do I think I’ll try doing that on my blog- post something that made me happy each day. I’ll probably fail quite soon but it’s worth a try (starting tomorrow) 😉
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