1000 Awesome Things

1000 Awesome Things is more or less a blog (I told myself when I started this blog I wouldn't blog about a blog but once again I'm breaking my own rules). Anyways I'm sure a lot of people have already heard about this since Neil Pasricha has a book coming out now but 1000 Awesome Things is basically a blog about all the little things in life that Pasricha happy or thankful for.
I think this blog was a great idea on his part since so often these days people look over all the small things in life that really, when we think about it, make us happy or do more for us then we think. So often we only realize how much something is important to us when it is too late and it has been taken away. These little things, in my opinion, begin to be huge parts of our life when added together and in the end become most of what we remember. Ever thing back to when you were very little? At least with me most of what I remember at a young age is all little things, like sitting in the kitchen in the summer with the dishwasher running. A really small, simple thing right? There were some bigger events that happened to me when I was little. Once my dad was carrying me and he tripped. I fell and ended up spraining my ankle. Funny thing is I had to be told about all that even though I was at the age when kids start to remember things. I guess what my point is that small things can end up meaning a lot and that its mostly the small things that make us happy when it really comes down to it. Both The Book of Awesome and 1000 Awesome Things are helping to make us more aware of that so we don't forget just how much the small things mean. At the risk of sounding cheesy, I find that really awesome.