{"id":6949,"date":"2014-01-01T14:20:47","date_gmt":"2014-01-01T13:20:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.justtravelous.com\/?p=6949"},"modified":"2024-04-18T15:48:31","modified_gmt":"2024-04-18T14:48:31","slug":"what-makes-you-happy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.justtravelous.com\/en\/what-makes-you-happy\/","title":{"rendered":"What makes you happy?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>What makes you happy?<\/strong> And as easy as this questions seems, if you really think about it &#8211; close your eyes and think about it now &#8211; the answer might be not that easy. What was the first thing that came to your mind?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Was it something that means a lot to you?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Was it something simple?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Did you think about something you need to be happy but missing at the moment?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For everyone it can be something different. Love, Health, Money, Family. But maybe also things like the smell of coffee in the morning. The first rain in summer. Sleeping in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;ve asked people I&#8217;ve met while traveling the world, and here are their anwers:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><iframe src=\"\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/83125670?title=0&amp;byline=0&amp;portrait=0&amp;color=c22d57\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What makes <strong>YOU<\/strong> happy? Maybe you already know the answer. So make yourself happy. With the small things and the big things. And stop doing things which aren&#8217;t making you happy. Say goodbye to all the negative stuff. And yes, this applies also to people. And then when you&#8217;re happy, deep inside you and around you, it will be easier to make other people happy. And wouldn&#8217;t that make the world a better place?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What makes me happy, you ask?<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>(No guarantee for completeness and in no particular order)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>My friends and family<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>All of you, because you&#8217;re crazy enough to read this blog<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The smell of fresh coffee<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The smell of freshly baked cookies<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The first warm days in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justtravelous.com\/en\/tulip-fields-netherlands\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"15639\">spring<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Diving (with sharks)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>When I wake up before the alarm rings<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>To stare on water<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>To take pictures<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>To bury my toes deep into sand<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pina Colada at the beach<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A gentle breeze in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justtravelous.com\/en\/tour-du-mont-blanc-bestmultidayhike\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"13117\">mountains<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hand written stuff<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hemingway<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hot chocolate<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Marzipan<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The last few <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justtravelous.com\/en\/best-thing-to-do-summer-berlin\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"3410\">warm days in summer<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The sound of rain on a window<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Laughing until my face hurts<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>To spend the first day of a new year with good friends in pyjamas on my couch<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justtravelous.com\/en\/croatia-vacation-roadtrip\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"13880\">Road Trips<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Glittering <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justtravelous.com\/en\/northern-lights-kiruna\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"3512\">snow<\/a> and scrunching snow<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lakes and rivers and oceans<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hugs<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A good book<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>chick flicks<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Popcorn at the movies<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>To think about what makes me happy and to know that there are so many more things but I just can&#8217;t think of one more right now<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-6947\" src=\"https:\/\/www.justtravelous.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/what-makes-you-happy-2-640x480.jpg\" alt=\"what makes you happy\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.justtravelous.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/what-makes-you-happy-2-640x480.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.justtravelous.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/what-makes-you-happy-2-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.justtravelous.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/what-makes-you-happy-2.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">WHAT MAKES YOU HAPPY?<\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What makes you happy? And as easy as this questions seems, if you really think about it &#8211; close your eyes and think about it now &#8211; the answer might be not that easy. What was the first thing that came to your mind? Was it something that means a lot to you? 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