Brick By Brick...

When Monday morning makes you feel like you’ve stepped on a lego, turn it into an opportunity to build a foundation of optimism- brick by brick. //

Never forget that the smallest act of kindness can make all the difference in a stranger’s day. Sometimes, all you need is a stranger to hand you something silly in the long check-out line at the grocery store, or a librarian giving you a hug to remind you that we are all in this together. Today, I was able to give away 150 legos to those who needed a start-of-the-week reminder that anything is possible with the right attitude.
There are 52 Mondays this year and how you spend them is up to you. Start off the week knowing how powerful you are. Happy Monday- PASS IT ON! #thehappymondayproject

Lost Your Marbles?

This week’s project was inspired by the magical story of Peter Pan and the movie, “Hook.”

“While in Neverland, Thud Butt gave Peter a small bag containing Tootles’ marbles, revealing that they were his happy thoughts and he lost them literally rather than metaphorically.”

Attitude is Everything; Everything is Temporary // Life is tough, but so are you! Lost your marbles? You are not alone. Between keeping up with my kids and work, my mom brain can barely remember my own name. Today, I gave away more than 100 bags of spare marbles to frazzled strangers to remind them that we are all in this together.

There are 52 Mondays this year and how you spend them is up to you. Start off the week knowing how powerful you are. Happy Monday. PASS IT ON! #thehappymondayproject

Let Whimsy Lead the Way

Trusted by indecisive legends since the playground era.

Toolkit for making important life decisions: rock, paper, and scissors.

When logic wavers,

let whimsy lead the way. //

Never forget that the smallest of gestures can make all the difference in a human’s day. Today, I gave away 100 toolkits to strangers who needed a reason to smile.

Life is tough and it is better when you’re laughing. Don’t forget to look for the whimsical glimmers. Happy Monday- PASS IT ON! #thehappymondayproject

Reverse the Direction of Your Monday

Reverse the Direction of Your Monday.

Keep an Uno card in your back pocket- You never know when you might need it. When life deals you a bad hand, stack the deck. //

Never forget that even the smallest of gestures can make all the difference in a human’s day. Today, I was able to give away more than 100 Uno reverse cards to strangers who needed a reason to smile. Some days, you have to make your own magic. There are 52 Mondays this year and how you spend them is up to you. Start off the week knowing how powerful you are. Happy Monday- PASS IT ON! #thehappymondayproject

Monday Mantra // Your Heart Matters

Monday Mantra // Your Heart Matters

“Like the brain, the heart generates a powerful electromagnetic field. Studies suggest this field can be detected 8 feet outside your body.

Your heart radiates energy EIGHT FEET from your body. It literally touches other people. And it does so far more than your brain. Your life force, your love center, your pulse, touches. other. people! People you don’t even know can feel your heart. People you pass on the street. People in line with you at the grocery store. Someone you smile at walking through the airport. That’s so powerful. We are intermingling all the time. You give energy to other people simply by being.

Your heart matters. YOU matter. Start the week knowing how powerful you are. Put your hand on your neck, feel your heart beat/beat/beat and know that your purpose is larger than life. Now don’t you forget it.” -Sophia Bush

This quote quite literally shook me to my core when I read it and I’ll be vibing with it until the end of time. Today, I gave away 100 wooden heart tokens to strangers as a kind reminder that energies are contagious. Make yours worth catching. It’s a vibe! Your heart matters. YOU MATTER. There are 52 Mondays this year and how you spend them is up to you. Start off the week knowing how powerful you are. Happy Monday- PASS IT ON! #thehappymondayproject

Ride The Melt Into Your Monday

Laugh s’more. Worry less.

It’s okay to fall apart sometimes. S’mores are a hot mess and we still love them.

Ride the melt into your Monday and watch the rest of the week follow suit. Happy Monday. // In the words of Sophia Bush, “You are allowed to be both a masterpiece and a work in progress, simultaneously.”

This week, I was able to give away 150 s’mores kits to strangers who needed a reason to let sparks fly. Everything that you are, is enough. Be you, Bravely. There are 52 Mondays this year and how you spend them is up to you. Start off the week knowing how powerful you are. Happy Monday- PASS IT ON! #thehappymondayproject

Make Every Monday Your Vacation Destination

If you are working for the weekend, you are doing it wrong.

Make every Monday your vacation destination.

Life is too short to not have a little umbrella in your drink. // Some days, you have to make your own magic. Today, I gave away 100 drink umbrellas to those who needed help getting back into the weekday grind after a week of snow days. There are 52 Mondays this year and how you spend them is up to you. Start off the week knowing how powerful you are. Mondays don’t have to suck! #thehappymondayproject Happy Monday- PASS IT ON!

Turn Your Mondays into Pearls

If an irritating grain of sand sneaks into an oyster’s shell, it turns its troubles into a pearl. When Monday feels like sand in your shoes, remember this: The world is your oyster; turn your Mondays into Pearls. Happy Monday. PASS IT ON! // Never forget that even the smallest of gestures can make a world of difference in someone’s day. Today, I was able to hand out over 100 glass pearls to those that needed a start-of-the-week reminder that attitude is everything. There are 52 Mondays this year and how you spend them is up to you. Start off the week knowing how powerful you are. Mondays don’t have to suck! #thehappymondayproject

I Dare You to Look Up

I dare you to look up.

You are missing out on the magic that's happening around you every single day.

In a world full of people looking down at their phones- look up.

Find the miracle in the mundane.

Recapture your childlike wonder.

Be aggressively curious.

Stand still for a moment and soak it all in.

Look up more.

Look up.

Happy Monday. //

Today, I gave away more than 100 sets of emergency googly eyes to strangers as a reminder stop looking down at your phone. In a society full of constant memes, disheartening news, and tik tok tomfoolery- don’t forget to look up and reclaim your sense of wonder. There are so many tiny miracles in the mundane and every second you wait is another second you are missing out. There are 52 Mondays this year and how you spend them is up to you. Start off the week knowing how powerful you are. Happy Monday. #thehappymondayproject

Confetti and Party Vibes (Again!)

The world is changed by your example, not your opinion. Four weeks since surgery was truly a reason to celebrate. I gave myself some grace this week. There is no such thing as too much confetti so met Monday at the door with the party vibes and a walking stick again. Every single day is so worth living- even when you feel like getting out of bed is your biggest accomplishment of the day!

I gave away 100 bags of confetti to strangers as a start-of-the-week reminder that every single day deserves a celebration. Throw kindness around like confetti! There are 52 Mondays this year and how you spend them is up to you. Start off the week knowing how powerful you are. Happy Monday- PASS IT ON! #thehappymondayproject

Smorgasbord of Treasures

If you are waiting for a sign…THIS IS IT. Maybe you experienced a magnificent start-of-the-week revelation today. Maybe your biggest accomplishment was getting out of bed. Wherever you are in life, it is right where you are suppose to be. Life is tough, but so are YOU. You are not alone- don’t let yourself sink!

This week’s project was a smorgasbord of different little treasures because even adults love finding a treasure chest out in the wild. What made you smile today?

There are 52 Mondays this year and how you spend them is up to you. Start off the week knowing how powerful you are.  Happy Monday- PASS IT ON! #thehappymondayproject

Confetti and Party Vibes

The world is changed by your example, not your opinion. 12 hours since getting out of the hospital was truly a reason to celebrate. I met Monday at the door with the party vibes and a walking stick. Every single day is so worth living!

I gave away dozens of bags of confetti to strangers as a start-of-the-week reminder that every single day deserves a celebration. Throw kindness around like confetti! There are 52 Mondays this year and how you spend them is up to you. Start off the week knowing how powerful you are. Happy Monday- PASS IT ON! #thehappymondayproject

It Can't Rain All The Time

It can't rain all the time.

I got knocked down, and I stayed there for a minute. The comeback is always stronger than the setback, but that is also something that is a lot easier to see in retrospect rather than when you are in the thick of it.

This Universe is wild. When they scheduled my ear surgery for a Monday morning, I couldn't help but laugh. Holy moly! What a way to humble me. I thought about taking the day off from The Happy Monday Project, but I figured if I had to do scary things...I should do it my way. Life is messy. Scary. Ridiculous. Full of plot twists and surprise dance numbers. And Mondays don’t care if you’re bandaged, bruised, or fresh out of surgery. They just show up like clockwork. So I might as well show up too— dozens of whoopee cushions in hand.

I went to the hospital with big fears and a large bag full of laughs to give away. Sometimes, you need to get knocked down before you can find out what your fight is. Sometimes, all you need is to let a fart out, crack a smile and do the damn thing. Stop taking Monday so seriously! Feel free to clown around. Life is better when you're laughing.

There are 52 Mondays this year and how you spend them is up to you. Start off the week knowing how powerful you are. Happy Monday- Pass it on!

Stop Watching The News And Love


Hey you!

Let’s just say you are like me and are not crushing it today. You set good intentions for the week and even though it’s only Monday, your to-do list already seems daunting. You’re exhausted. The ignored dishes are filling the kitchen sink. The clothes are in the dryer for the third time. You truly feel like you are running on empty- just like that low fuel light that you have ignored for days. You are late to work. Your body and your heart are both overworked and overwhelmed. Then a stranger throws you a genuine smile. They don’t know about any of your troubles, but they are truly moved when your presence hits the room. Energy does not lie- you are shifting atmospheres and you don't even realize it. You're a vibe.

Give yourself some grace. Have you eaten something today? Have you had something to drink that isn't coffee or Diet Coke? Have you wiggled your toes in the grass?

Sometimes all you need is to have another soul look you in the eyes and say, “Thank you for waking up today. In a sometimes cruel world, I see you.”

Maybe you experienced a magnificent start-of-the-week revelation today. Maybe your biggest accomplishment was getting out of bed. Wherever you are in life, it is right where you are suppose to be. Embrace it and don't forget to take care of yourself.

Happy Monday- PASS IT ON!

STOP WATCHING THE NEWS & LOVE! // In a world that is more often than not condensed into 140-characters, let’s remind the critics that love letters grow from the trees.

This planet is changed by your example, not your opinion. You will never influence the world by being just like it. I spent the day putting more than 100 love letters out into the world. I am such a hot mess- I just had a crying fit because there is so much beautiful on this planet if you look around. If you search for the magic, you will see that the entire world is sparkling. Some days, you just need to dance with the fireflies.

The time is not tomorrow- The time is NOW!

Surrender your Negativity and Practice Reckless Optimism. There are 52 Mondays this year and how you spend them is up to you. Start off the week knowing how powerful you are. Mondays don’t have to suck!

#thehappymondayproject

That’s the kind of magic the world forgets when it starts filing taxes and ignoring sunsets.

You hold it in your hands—a tiny sunburst of gold, soft and stubborn. A dandelion. Some might scoff, call it a weed. Something to uproot. To spray. To tame. But not you.

You close your eyes.

Because you know better.
You know this is a wish in disguise.
A bit of sky magic dressed in wildflower clothes.

You take a breath and blow, scattering seeds like secrets into the wind. Some will land in cracks of concrete and still find a way to bloom. That’s the kind of magic the world forgets when it starts filing taxes and ignoring sunsets.

Life is too short to let cynicism choke out wonder.

Look around. Really look. There’s beauty in the chipped paint, in the overgrown sidewalk, in the laughter from the apartment next door. There’s poetry in the rust and rhythm in the rain. The wind talks, if you bother to listen.

Don’t be predictable.
Let your dreams be reckless.
Let your grit be quiet but relentless.

Be like the dandelion—audacious enough to grow where no one thinks you should. Wild enough not to apologize for it. Persistent enough to rise again when they try to mow you down.

Remember: it’s all about perspective.
You can see weeds or you can see a thousand wishes.

So wish.
Wish like you used to when you were small and starlit and everything was possible.
Then get to work—because wishing is only the beginning.

And you?
You were never meant to be small.



Cheers,

The Happy Monday Girl

Today, I was able to give away more than 100 dandelion jars to remind the world to look for the whimsical in life. There is nothing more magical than bottling up a batch of wishes for strangers who need a reason to smile. There are 52 Mondays this year and how you spend them is up to you. Start off the week knowing how powerful you are. Happy Monday- PASS IT ON!

Time To Lock In

Manifest Your Own Magic //

Be your own hype.

Time to lock in.

Tune out the doubt.

Turn up the vision.

Vibe it out.

Make it happen.

How bad do you want it?

Happy Monday. //

Never forget that the smallest of gestures can make all the difference in a stranger’s day. Today, I was able to give away more than mini 100 locks and keys as a reminder to create your own destiny. “No time” is a lie. The time is not tomorrow, the time is now. Stop making excuses and get to work on your dreams. It’s time to lock in and manifest your own magic. How bad do you want it? Happy Monday- PASS IT ON!

Don't Fret!


Never forget that the smallest act of kindness can make all the difference in a human’s day. Today, I was able to give away more than 100 guitar picks to strangers as a reminder that attitude is everything and everything is temporary. Music may not be able to cure everything wrong in this world, but there is nothing like the perfect pick-me-up song to start off the week in the positive mood you deserve.

Do you have a case of the Monday blues? Don't fret! With this little pick-me-up, start your Monday on a positive note and I promise you the rest of the week will follow suit. Happy Monday. PASS IT ON! #thehappymondayproject