Happy list - Prompts list 2

[sleeplesssoul]

Challenge 2
Day 1: LIST 10 THINKS THAT MAKES YOU REALLY HAPPY

1. Cooking

I started cooking when I was 7. Probably even earlier. The first thing I learned to make was rice. In the photo, Mama Anita and I are making rice for a party, one of my aunt’s weddings, I believe.

So of course, my specialty was always Mexican food. But when I turned 35, I went to India for the second time and completely fell in love with Indian cuisine. Now, these are my two culinary passions.

Cooking Mexican food is like making love; cooking Indian food is like making magic.



2. Max

I adopted him when he was a month old, and ever since then he’s loved curling up in my hair near my neck. He also likes sitting on my shoulders. I have 7 cats and I love them all, but Max will always be the one who makes me happiest.

4. Reading

The scent of the pages of a new book ❤️

You can here a small part of my story with books  👉Here

reading and re reading:

Baarish loves books too

5. India

I didn’t know it was possible to love a place this much. It’s hard to put into words, but being there, on the terrace of any rented house, breathing in the smells of food, seeing the colors in the streets, the kites in the sky… I can still recreate every sensation if I close my eyes. And I can’t describe it any other way, it’s the feeling of being happy because you belong to a place.

6. Drawing Mandalas and replaying the time lapse process after
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7. The first coffee in the morning






8. Having my own place

I have a small apartment in a neighborhood on the outskirts of the city. It’s nothing fancy. More of a working class area, as people would say. Even though I have the means, it’s not very decorated or finished with expensive details because I don’t have the time. It’s not always perfectly tidy either. I can be messy due to my mental health, but having it makes me happy.

Just arriving, opening my door, and knowing it’s my place...that feeling is everything. I dreamed since I was a child of having a place of my own, filling it with books, and I did it as an adult. That feels good. And even just planning to remodel it, even if I don’t have time yet, makes me happy too.

(I dont have picture for this one because of the messy issue XD)

9. Seeing my smile in the mirror.

I’m in the final stage of my dental rehabilitation after years of covering my mouth with my hand when I smiled, feeling insecure, and going through a lot of pain when eating. I had perfect teeth in my 30s after wearing braces, but again, my mental health ruined my smile,literally, until it got to a point where I couldn’t stand or hide the pain anymore, and I decided to start the process.

It will be finished in about a month, but even now I can smile with confidence, and it makes me happy how I look and how I feel :)

(I don’t have a photo for this yet because I still don’t know how to smile for pictures haha)

10. Visiting mom and dad

They always make me happy. Since forever.

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It was more difficult than I thought...

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