So, the craze at the moment, along with selfies, seems to be hashtag 100 happy days. If you haven't heard about this then you must live under a rock - If you're unsure what it's about click this link http://100happydays.com/
I must admit I love taking pictures, uploading them to instagram and then trying to think of a quirky/interesting caption. The 100 happy days thing seemed like it could be an interesting way to do this. I watched friends give it a go and they gave it a fair shot. Recently I've seen a few people make it to 100 days. I thought to myself, surely this can't be so hard. Take one photo everyday of something that makes you happy, add a caption and either upload it publicly or save it privately, either way after 100 days it's something to look back on. An interesting experiment I thought. I really believed that I felt happy at least once a day. It's not that difficult...
I decided to go for the private option. I can be a little bit simple sometimes and think that the things that make me happy are probably a little boring to others. So to avoid criticism of something I wanted to do for myself I decided to keep it private.
For 12 days I managed to upload a picture on time. However, I'm not sure if the 100happydays hashtag worked every single time - hence why I kept it private. I started criticising myself, not even because simple things were making me happy, but because I personally didn't believe that some of the things were truly making me happy, and that I was just posting them because I HAD to for a challenge. After 1 week I realised, maybe I'm not happy every single day. Which, by the way, doesn't mean I'm sad or depressed...it's just difficult to be happy, especially when you are constantly searching for it!
The problem now is that I don't want to give up! I'm on day 20 something... but already I've been doing catch up pictures because sometimes I can't be bothered to sit down, look back on my day and realise I didn't have that tingly moment of "oh I'm so happy right now." Maybe I was stupid for thinking that that feeling happens every single day of my life. Maybe I'm a really negative person for not having that feeling every single day of my life. Personally, I think I have more tingly "oh I'm so happy right now" moments when I'm not waiting for them to happen. I think this 100 day search for happiness has made me feel even more negative.
As much as I don't want to give up, I think it's safe to say I have. It was definitely an interesting experience but already in the last few days I've felt happier without it. But even so - I did manage 21 days of posts -- looking back some were rubbish... but I've managed to choose 10 that I'm ok with sharing... I leave you with those!
xo Kirsty
I must admit I love taking pictures, uploading them to instagram and then trying to think of a quirky/interesting caption. The 100 happy days thing seemed like it could be an interesting way to do this. I watched friends give it a go and they gave it a fair shot. Recently I've seen a few people make it to 100 days. I thought to myself, surely this can't be so hard. Take one photo everyday of something that makes you happy, add a caption and either upload it publicly or save it privately, either way after 100 days it's something to look back on. An interesting experiment I thought. I really believed that I felt happy at least once a day. It's not that difficult...
I decided to go for the private option. I can be a little bit simple sometimes and think that the things that make me happy are probably a little boring to others. So to avoid criticism of something I wanted to do for myself I decided to keep it private.
For 12 days I managed to upload a picture on time. However, I'm not sure if the 100happydays hashtag worked every single time - hence why I kept it private. I started criticising myself, not even because simple things were making me happy, but because I personally didn't believe that some of the things were truly making me happy, and that I was just posting them because I HAD to for a challenge. After 1 week I realised, maybe I'm not happy every single day. Which, by the way, doesn't mean I'm sad or depressed...it's just difficult to be happy, especially when you are constantly searching for it!
The problem now is that I don't want to give up! I'm on day 20 something... but already I've been doing catch up pictures because sometimes I can't be bothered to sit down, look back on my day and realise I didn't have that tingly moment of "oh I'm so happy right now." Maybe I was stupid for thinking that that feeling happens every single day of my life. Maybe I'm a really negative person for not having that feeling every single day of my life. Personally, I think I have more tingly "oh I'm so happy right now" moments when I'm not waiting for them to happen. I think this 100 day search for happiness has made me feel even more negative.
As much as I don't want to give up, I think it's safe to say I have. It was definitely an interesting experience but already in the last few days I've felt happier without it. But even so - I did manage 21 days of posts -- looking back some were rubbish... but I've managed to choose 10 that I'm ok with sharing... I leave you with those!
xo Kirsty