Happy Activities: Celebrating I Want To Make You Happy Day

I Want to Make You Happy Day is an awesome idea. It is such a challenging thing in life to work on your happiness, much less others. A lot of times, I find that they are one and the same thing. Often, making someone else happy, gives you the ultimate feeling of selflessness and all the feels. Today we are going to celebrate the “I Want to Make You Happy” day in style. Let’s go through some awesome “Happy” gifts to give your friends and family, a free printable for you to use as mantras or giveaway cards, and finally a perfect 10-minute way to celebrate a day of happiness for just you by yourself.

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10 Minute Happiness Project

Now what makes you happy may differ from person to person. It may be drawing, or hanging out with your kids, or puppy videos. I, occasionally, like to go down a four-hour rabbit hole watching Ellen give deserving people a bunch of stuff. It usually ends with me crying my eyes out, but it makes me happy to remember that there are good people that do good things in the world. To enjoy happiness, you need to take some time for yourself. But, I fully believe that making others happy is the best way to feel happy yourself. Our ten-minute happiness project has a couple parts:

Write down one thing you will do for someone this week to make them happy. It could be as simple as writing a special note, to paying for someone’s coffee.

One of the biggest things that I love about my boyfriend is his big heart. One night we were in a Chipotle and a CHP officer was behind us. He asked the cashier to pay for his meal. It was a generous gesture and it made such a happiness impact on me, my boyfriend and the officer. So, think about how you can impact someone this week. Stranger, friend, family, doesn’t matter.

 Put your happiness pledge on your fridge so that you see it and are reminded of it.

Altogether, making a happiness pledge shouldn’t take you longer than about ten minutes. Commit to making someone happy this week! (And by proxy you). And let’s see those happy pledges! @EventOTB #happypledge.

Fun Happy-Themed Gifts

 

Do One Thing Everyday That Makes You Happy

This book is a very fun way to incorporate a quick journal prompt into your morning/night/midday. (To each his own. I’m a night person). It has prompts to help you discover and appreciate what really makes you happy. It also has quotes and wisdom about the subject of happiness. Take a page a day and commit to being happy! Or gift it to someone else to help them celebrate “I Want To Make You Happy” Day.

Get yours here.

 

Instant Happy Notes

 

This book is not unlike my free printable. It is a whole book of rip out sticky notes for you to pass around the office – your house, your kid’s lunch – to help make the people you love happy! There are 101 sticky notes in this set making it possible for you to give out one a day for over three months! That’s three months of happiness for you to spread.

Buy yours here.

Happy Cactus Bookmarks

I love reading. Since childhood I have read a ton of books. These Happy Cactus bookmarks are cute little succulents with little smiley faces. They are magnetic and clip on books, papers, or can hang out with you just for fun. I used them to take pictures for this blog post. They make me happy! And will make you happy too.

Get yours here.

 

HomeEco Happy Hour Bath Bombs

This set of 6 bath bombs is pretty cool. It’s cocktail themed so the scents are Margarita, Pina Colada, Blue Hawaiian, Blackberry Cabernet, Mojito, and Pomegranate Champagne.  Besides the awesome cocktail scents, the best thing is these bath bombs are made of great for you ingredients. They have coconut oil, cocoa butter, essential oils and are paraben/phthalates free! The packaging is awesome and you could pair this with a bathtub wine holder for the ultimate spa indulgence for you or a friend. Wine not included. (Sorry.)

Buy these guys here.

 

52 Lists for Happiness

I love this book. It is a once a week investment, which makes it super easy to use. It’s a journal prompt for positivity, balance and joy, as the subtitle states. Take ten minutes out of your Sunday and fill out one of these happiness prompts. It promotes self awareness and fulfillment. It’s great for yourself (I highly suggest it) or a friend!

Get yours here.

 

Happy Mail

This book is super cute. It’s a book dedicated to the long lost art of snail mail. The subtitle is “keep in touch with cool & stylish snail mail”. You’ll love getting back into the art of mail. I love receiving mail. And let me tell you, it’s pretty much all bills nowadays. So, the art of snail mail is pretty fun! It walks you through doodling and making your own special snail mail stationery. It includes more than 40 cards and stationery designs along with step by step project instructions. You can encourage your friends and family to get a pen pal thing going!

Buy yours here.

 

Do More of What Makes You Happy Magnet

This is pretty straightforward. It’s just a cute magnet design with a little saying “Do More of What Makes You Happy”. It’s fun and colorful. This would be a perfect add on gift to a basket or theme gift.

Get yours here.

 

Happy Bag

Speaking of gifts! I know I claim to love a lot of things on this blog, and I do. But, I LOVE gift wrap. I am currently obsessed with these bags that have confetti trapped inside. You may have seen some super cute ones at Bath & Body Works. But this is a gift bag, perfect for wrapping any of the fun happy gifts on the list. It’s a beautiful turquoise background with the word HAPPY really large on the front and a loose confetti filler. Perfect way to finish up a small gift —-it is a small bag. (5.5″Square x 3″Deep).

Buy yours here.

 

Free Happy Card Printable

I picked out eight of my favorite happiness quotes and created cards for you guys to download and share. They can be your short little mantras to yourself. Maybe keep them in your purse, car or dresser. Somewhere you will see them, read them and be inspired. Alternatively, you could give them out to friends, family or even strangers. I left one in a library book once, for the next person to find. The idea of these little cards is to inspire and promote happiness for us and everyone else! It only takes a minute to make a smile.

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