Finding Happy…

January 27, 2010

I’ll be the first to admit, I’ve been a walking crankfest lately and its beginning to get annoying. Actually, its annoying. Period. And karmically bad. I know I’ve been trying to process a lot of frustration where school, family, work, relationships and my past in a relatively short time. It’s many years of damage, especially where my past is concerned, piled up and ignored and now I’m paying the price because I have to work through them to move on with my life. Also there’s work where I’m realising none of what I visualised is happening now and I have to keep changing, keep adapting to things which in turns leads to people deciding that I’m flaky and undriven. I have plenty of drive, thank you, its merely that when life throws an obstacle your way, you can decide to hang around, frown and demand that your old way be followed or you can immediately change your battle plan, adapt and attack it some more. I prefer to be active.

But anyway,what makes me happy. I love finding happy and even after everything, I’m glad to say, my child-like imagination and happy-finder is still very much alive and kicking:

1. Riding always makes me happy. Zipping through the roads or slowly trundling through the forest, getting mucky and muddy, feeling the adrenaline rush gives me a kick like nobody’s business.

2. Watching movies and shows. Amelie tops my list of happy inducing movies. Which coincidentally, is why I named my Blackberry Amelie. Also, any Audrey Hepburn film is happy making. Current shows include Big Bang Theory and Sex and the City.

3. Making up truly weird and twisted stuff for my own (and maybe selected friends’) viewing pleasure. Even better when we work together on stuff like that.

4. Reading cookbooks. A good cookbook tells a story and lets you escape into someone else’ world where your life doesn’t really matter for that little bit. Trying the recipes just make it even better.

And that’s about it. How do you find your happy?