August 2011
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august 30th, 2011
spending time with my mom today made me happy.
August 23, 2011
Finally taking the initiative to exercise today made me happy.
I feel good.
- jkd
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I haven’t posted anything in a while. What makes me happy these days? Hmm.
Pretty boys? Hehe.
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August 11th, 2011
Today I took my last final for the semester. I feel this immense sense of relief of not having to do any homework for the next 2 weeks. I will be able to do what I want, when I want!
But the happiest piece of news today is, that my math professor helped me out and bumped my grade in math which made me pass the course.
I cannot put into words how HAPPY I am. I will finally be able to graduate...
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August 9th, 2011
New phone = Happy Nafiza.
*happy dance*
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Spending time with myself made me happy today. A long bus ride, time with my thoughts without the barrage of information and advertisements - that made me happy. The sunshine, the breeze, the music in my ear. It was a lovely day.
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My website →
So I spent all night trying to fix the layout of my website. I finally got it done and I am pleased with the way it looks.
I’m pretty happy!
- jkd
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August 5th, 2011
I was relatively happy until I saw the pictures of the people starving in Somalia. I even had something in my head that would show my “happiness” and then those pictures happened and I learned that 29000 children had died of malnutrition.
29000 children.
That took the happy out of my day and replaced it with a guilt so intense that I sat down and felt sick. They are dying from lack...
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august 2nd, 2011
making coffee for the first time in my new coffee maker made me very very very happy today. i drank coffee after a 15 day haitus, and boy am i glad to be drinking it.
=)
- jkd
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August 2nd, 2011
It’s difficult to find things to make you happy when your entire being has coalesced into one intense sensation: hunger. Everything else seems like fripperies that your fingers itch to saw away. I realized today that so many times in ourselves, it is we who make things and situations unnecessarily complex. Why care what other people say about what you do? You have your own life to live. A...
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August 1st, 2011
When you are fasting, you don’t have energy for much. Every single time you move, every breath you take, the thirst deepens. I went for seventeen hours without food and water today and really, it wasn’t all too bad. What made me feel happy - no, happy seems a bit too frivolous in this case, grateful would be a much better word - what made me grateful today was the fact that I am lucky...
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July 31st, 2011
Happiness today was in the little things. Wandering the isles of the supermarket. Sipping a drink designed to get me sugar-drunk. Snuggling up to my mom. Teasing my brother and bickering with my sister in law. Reading a good book and wishing someone the best. Today was a day where nothing stood out by itself but fit together with everything else. Just right.
Nafiza.
July 2011
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WatchListening to this kid sing amazed me today. He is so young but his expression and his voice sound like they belong to someone much older. Someone who has way more experience. It reminded me that miracles come in all sizes.
30/07/11
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27/07/11
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Today I finished the first draft of a novel I have been writing. It made me feel tremendously accomplished. I don’t know whether I’ll be able to get this work agented or not but the fact that I actually finished it makes me feel like I’m on the right track to achieving something. To being someone.
Nafiza
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July 27, 2011
Watching Harry Potter today made me happy.
I was anticipating this film for a very long time. I’m happy that I was part of this generation and had the privilege of watching these wonderful movies and having access to the J.K. Rowling books.
-jkd
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July 25th, 2011
realizing i have few but GREAT friends.
i am truly blessed.
-jkd
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25/07/11
Listening to my mother tell me stories about her childhood.
Nafiza.
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24/07/11
Today there were a myriad of reasons to be happy:
1. Perfect summer day. Exactly the right temperature. 2. Spending time with family. 3. Laughing at a funny awards show. 4. Crispy, crunchy cucumbers. Yum.
Nafiza.
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23/07/11
My mom got me an autograph from a rugby player I’ve fangirled for almost ever. I grew watching him. Cheering for him. It was an unexpected surprise and a welcome one. My mother rocks.
Nafiza
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Spending the day with Nafiza, for the first time.
We are ‘so compatible’ she said.
I have to agree.
- jkd
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21/07/11
Texts with a friend I barely talk to. It was a kind reminder that life may have pulled us in opposite directions but the feelings remain.
Nafiza.
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There were two things that brought a smile to my face today and coincidentally enough, both were directly related to mailboxes:
1. I got an unexpected package from a publisher. It was a book I had never heard of filled with the dreams of someone who lives in the same city I do.
2. A friend received the package I sent her and her happiness made my day so much brighter.
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The crisp taste of watermelon, the explosion of sweetness in my mouth. Like ambrosia. Cool, cold and a miracle in and of itself. It made me happy.
