Ridiculously tiny things that produce a ridiculously giant mood boost

Cheerfulness is the best promoter of health and is as friendly to the mind as to the body.  - Joseph Addison

I think a lot about things that make me happy, things that I expect to make me happy that actually don't and things that make other people happy that don't make me happy. 

But there is also a category of ridiculously tiny things that make me disproportionately happy. One day, there will be clinical evidence of how much each of these activities contributes to mental health. Try one / some / all of them... 

1. Paint your toenails: feet are gross. I get that. But looking down to your 10 brightly-coloured foot-fingers (disgusting, no?) is disproportionately happiness-making.
   
   
2. Give or get a hug: hug anyone. Accept a hug from anyone. Even if you think you're not a hugger.
   
   
3. Take a hot shower: I defy anyone to wash their hair, loofah themselves and rinse off their makeup and not feel great.
   
   
4. Listen to classical music: nothing else so effectively mellows you out and perks you up. If you aren't sure where to start, start here, with Mahler No. 9.
   
   
5. Read the weekend papers (on paper, not online): seriously, it's pleasant.
   
   
6. While you're at it, have a cup of really good coffee.
   
    
7. Doing all of your laundry: this may be my least feminist (Boyfriend: "but also super-useful") trait, but I think there are few achievements as emotionally satisfying as having done all your laundry. Grammy? Whatever...Nobel Prize? Pffffttt... Empty hamper? Incomparably rewarding.