good feelings

I just cleaned my room for the millionth time this week and it actually looks pretty good now. My life is pretty much centered around cleaning my room. What a life I live. It gets exciting sometimes though. I've found a few things that I thought were gone forever! It's a pretty great feeling. Having a clean room is also a great feeling. I feel like now I'm completely moved out of college and back into my house, which actually, I don't really like the feeling of but that's how things will be going for awhile. Not that I don't like being at home for a long time, I really love it, being around my family is another great feeling but not being in college anymore still kind of hurts.

Ok, no more bad feelings. Some things that make me feel great that will hopefully outweigh any bad feelings are as follows:

Rediscovering songs I haven't heard in a long time - I'm gonna be upfront about this list, as a quick side note, everyone probably feels the same about these things. I'm gonna list them anyway. Rediscovering songs is great because it will really take you back. I heard Bright Eye's First Day of My Life today and it made me so happy because it reminded me of when I used to spend hours on iTunes. This is weird but I actually used to spend so much time on iTunes going to artists I sort have heard of before, trying them out, going through their related artists (I don't know why I'm calling bands artists all of a sudden. I guess they do make art!), it was so much fun. I pretty much do this with Spotify now but that song was just so nostalgic. I really like how music does that, well, sometimes I don't but that will be a story for a different time.

Getting up early - I might actually be in the minority on this but I really enjoy waking up early. The earlier the better. If I sleep in past 9 the day is wasted. Ha, okay, I don't really mean that but I do feel bad getting up after then. While I was at school getting breakfast on campus was one of my favorite things to do. I liked going when it was early so I could have time to myself. Although, my junior year my roommate and I would meet me at our dining hall for breakfast and those were some of the best meals I had throughout college. I miss them! We would do the jumble crossword, read some of the newspaper, talk to random people. It was great. I hope when I start getting into a routine with my internship and then a job or whatever comes next I can have some sort of early morning ritual. It would make each day more enjoyable. I can sleep in when I'm dead!

Seeing things through to the end - When I say this I mean it in a few ways. First, which I don't think everyone would really understand is when I finish up a makeup product completely. The other day I, as what beauty gurus and bloggers alike call it, "hit pan" on my very first blush ever purchased. I was ecstatic as I swirled my brush in the pot and saw the little bit of silver unearthed. Knowing I could get through a blush in probably a few more months is a wonderful feeling. I won't be wasting this product! I hate to waste things, especially things I've spent a lot of money on. Makeup is one of those things I spend a lot of money on. If I can use it up completely then I 1. know it's a good product and 2. I haven't wasted my money. It's really fantastic. The second way I mean this is probably a little more relatable to a larger audience but I love it when I finish a book or a paper or get to the top of a mountain or anything that I've spent a lot of time doing. It is pretty satisfying.

I have a few honorable mentions that I will just list because this post is pretty lengthy as it is:

- good hair and/or skin days
- people saying they love you, romantically or not, it's just nice to hear
- getting rid of dead weight, or finally letting things in the past go
- making a good meal
- finally, making people happy, it makes me happy

I apologize this wasn't up yesterday. I just got to it too late and then didn't realize how long it would be.

I hope this post gave you some good feelings.

Until tomorrow,

Caroline