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100 Things I Love

When I was younger, I read a self-help book about the power of gratitude. The book recommended writing down ten things you were grateful for each night before falling asleep. The purpose was to shift your focus from negative to positive ones – or even to what I’d call “positive negatives”, such as being grateful that your car started this morning. Something most people probably take for granted when driving to work every day. We rarely think about the inconvenience we would face if the car hadn’t started.

A few weeks ago, I decided to sit down and make a meticulously curated list of one hundred things that I love. It wasn’t as difficult as I had anticipated. I wrote half the list in one sitting, while the other half took a couple of weeks to complete. What made the process so interesting was that whenever I said the words “I love”, my mind immediately returned to the list. It made me more conscious of what I focus on in my daily life. Do I mostly talk about the things I love, or the things I hate? Where is my attention directed?

Having a list of the things you love can be comforting on difficult days when life feels especially gloomy, or when you’ve spent too much time scrolling through social media, or listening to the news, (which can be particularly depressing). It can also be interesting to compare that list to your daily life and ask yourself where your focus truly lies.

What do you actually spend most of your time and energy on? The things you love – or the things you hate?

100 things I love

  1. My family
  2. To dance
  3. To sing
  4. To laugh
  5. My friends
  6. To write
  7. Fantasy
  8. Animals
  9. Children
  10. Nature
  11. A sky full of stars
  12. To Swim in the ocean
  13. Philosophy 
  14. Handball 
  15. Music 
  16. Poetry 
  17. Dresses 
  18. Fruit 
  19. Cheese 
  20. To workout
  21. Languages
  22. The seasons
  23. Go to the cinema 
  24. The Sun 
  25. OV Helsingborg (My first team)  
  26. Art 
  27. Old architecture
  28. Castles
  29. Fairytales 
  30. Sunrises
  31. National parks 
  32. Romance 
  33. Paris 
  34. Christmas 
  35. Board games 
  36. Lord of the rings 
  37. Museums 
  38. Egypt 
  39. Flowers
  40. To live 
  41. Sunsets
  42. To hike
  43. Ice hockey
  44. Eric Blair (George Orwell)
  45. To travel
  46. Chocolate 
  47. To cuddle
  48. Adventures
  49. To make lists 
  50. Skåne
  51. Jewelry 
  52. To challenge myself 
  53. To watch people succeed 
  54. Epic Music 
  55. Immanuel Kant 
  56. Rain 
  57. Tolkien 
  58. Hotel Breakfast
  59. To throw things 
  60. Helsingborgs IF 
  61. Old buildings 
  62. To explore 
  63. Cozy movie nights at home 
  64. Animated movies 
  65. To fight for what I want 
  66. Being healthy 
  67. Public international law 
  68. Period dramas 
  69. To learn new things 
  70. ”Friends”
  71. Beaches
  72. To make people happy 
  73. To be helpful 
  74. J.K Rowling
  75. Sleeping in a new-made bed! 
  76. To read
  77. Words 
  78. Promenades 
  79. Scandinavia 
  80. The moon 
  81. Helsingborg 
  82. Sabaton 
  83. Beachhandball 
  84. Powernaps
  85. Metaphysics 
  86. To walk barefoot 
  87. Herbs 
  88. Geography 
  89. Massages
  90. Rögle BK
  91. Hands
  92. Quotes
  93. Snow 
  94. Picnics
  95. Books
  96. Anthropology
  97. To smile 
  98. France 
  99. Epistemology 
  100. Myself 

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