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. Coco Chanel 
87. Herbs 
88. Geography 
89. Massages
90. Rögle BK
91. Hands
92. Quotes
93. Snow 
94. Picnic 
95. Books
96. Anthropology
97. To smile 
98. France 
99. Epistemology 
100. Myself