find at least one thing each day that makes me happy and record it everyday for a year

-Sharing a lot of time with my sister, making plans for the Christmas gifts of our parents, talking about my niece.
-Long decluttering session ( Will I ever defeat the paper monster???)
-Going to a retirement course at the church, it was about “joy”. They said that happiness is an active attitude, it’s something we decide to live. It depends on us to change our vision and try to see the beauty, and the opportunities that arise even when we are going through difficult times in our lives. Making a vow to focus more on the positive aspects of my life.

-Physical therapy in the morning.
-Decluttering
-Going out with H. to a very nice place called Abadia. Marvellous music(Though I had a great time with H. I missed my love a lot and I couldn’t avoid travelling next to him when one of his favorites songs was sounding)
-Chatting with my love. He wrote ” I wish you were here”

-Pink and orange clouds of a beautiful sunset.
-My last Japanese class of the year. Sharing a nice moment with students from all the classes.
-Learning to make a Christmas tree in origami.
-Finally being able to chat with my love again after a week of very short e-mails.
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-Having a lot of fun with my students in our Christmas celebration.
-Receiving a lots of presents and letters. One letter almost made me cry, it was very cute.
-Winning a DVD player in a raffle.
-The beginning of one-month Christmas break !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

-Going to the mass with my mom. Praying for my aunt (She has a breast tumor, she will be operated on Thursday) Helping my mom to be strong in order to support my aunt in this difficult time.
-Calling Bibi for her birthday.
-Actually having Christmas spirit (I used to be Scrooge in December, but this year I’m really enjoying the Christmas preparation)
-The words of my love.
-Reading Pamuk again.

-The smiles and hugs of my students at school.
-Meeting with a group of teenagers to discuss about family union and the use of Internet.
-Sharing the tradition of the Candle´s night with my family. We did some candle holders with cut plastic bottles and colorful paper, they were very pretty. (In the morning we had the house painted and the grass mowned so our house looked really beautiful.) The neighbourhood is really lively in December. Everybody was outside, lighting candles talking,laughing. In some houses people were doing bonfires and listening to loud music. We went for a walk with my sister and my cousin and were amazed by the joyous and colorful celebration.
- Helping my mom to decorate the Christmas tree.

-The beauty of the raindrops shining on plants and trees after the storm.
-Going to the mass.
-New socks.
-Talking to my father on the phone.

-A great afternoon with my friend Justice Boy. He went with me to help me buy my outfit for my presentation at the musical night of the Japanese academy. I bought a beautiful blue wig and false eyelashes.Then we went to a book fair, ate hamburguers, and talked for hours.I’m very happy to count on a friend like him.

-Great performance at my Hiragana exam.

-Team work and a lot of fun to prepare our show for the musical night.(the actual show was a disaster, we forgot half of the song…but people laughed a lot with our toy’s outfits, the star was a boy who was dressed as a giant toy box.)

-Sunny morning, outdoors yoga. (Being patient with the man that insisted in talking to me between each asana of my session)

-Meditating for 10 minutes (I know it’s not much, but it’s been a long while since the last time I meditated, so it feels really nice to be able to do it again)

-Productive organizing session in my room.Weeding out various files from work.

-Working hard.

-Surviving Tuesday with very few sleep hours.

-Solving a complex situation at work in a good way.

-Phone call conversation with H. Deep,long conversation. Making clear that I’m only interested in a friendship with him.

-Paying my credit card.

- Going to bed at 8:00 p.m …finally sleeping

-Waking up very early in the morning to discover my love was staying awake late in Japan, 4-hour chat session which was really fun. I felt as if we were on a real date. We watched lots of videos together and he deticated songs to me that made me cry from happiness. I love him plain and simple and I really wish from the bottom of my heart to see him again some day.

-Helping my sister with her 3000 pieces puzzle. I have no patience, but I have a great eye for details.

-Receiving a phone call of my friend A. We had an argument a week ago and I believed that it was going to be the end of our friendship. Luckily, she changed her mind and we worked things out.