1. Scents. Eu de Miel by L’Occtaine is my go-to scent for picking up the morning. It smells literally like honey water and just a whiff of it makes my day about 1.5x better. I mean, let’s be real, wtf kind of smell is going to make your day significantly better? I’d say 1.5 is pretty generous.
2. Happy music. I haven’t been tuning into my usual Youtube/Pandora/Grooveshark stations since starting on web because, much like writing, I can’t concentrate on scripting when listening to things with lyrics (and by god…there is a lot of scripting on this project). Lyrics just mess with my head. But, shit like Glee and Ella Fitzgerald and Doris Day and Final Fantasy orchestrated give me calm + (faux?) endorphins in chaos.
3. Clothes. Comfy clothes that DON’T make me feel like a complete scrub. My Nine West ‘Rocha’s in black are amazing. Classically styled pumps with a tiny platform that makes them super comfortable whilst still being 3+ inches tall. Gold. Ditto to my recently acquired sweater from JCrew that’s perfect for summer/beach wear.
4. Cute sites. I don’t mean cute sites, but sites that share cuteness. Like dailysquee.com. Powder puff is not amused.
5. That’s about it, really. No round number here. If these things are lacking a bad day is more or less doomed to shit.