One thing I’ve learned in my wellness journey is that you truly have to create your own happiness. Only you can create your own happiness.

You can’t rely on others to make you happy or you’ll face nothing but disappointment. This is truly a hard lesson for anyone to learn. But, once it’s learned there won’t be any going back. I’ll be honest and say I’ve tried to get happiness through things like alcohol and medication and it’s just not the same.

How exactly do you go about creating your own happiness? Seems silly but the possibilities are endless. My suggestion is to start small. Just do little things that are going to bring you joy.

In our home we love cooking! We make most of our meals at home and generally enjoy doing it. So, I bring that into my joy by doing something small on occasion such as making my own latte. It’s simple, cheap, takes just a few minutes, and it tastes so good!

We switched from Keurig to Nespresso a year or so ago and have NEVER looked back. If your a big coffee drinker then do your homework because your going to lose some benefits by giving up your Keurig but you’ll gain some with Nespresso. One thing in particular that you’ll gain is the ability to make a great espresso.

Keurig has hundreds if not thousands of KCUP pods available to buy. Keurig also has the ability to use your own coffee and basically make your own KCUPs. Nespresso on the other hand has maybe two dozen options (for coffee) and that includes some great options for espresso. The perk in having the ability to make a great cup of espresso is that you can make yourself a bomb ass latte! How? It’s easy.

You’ll need only a few things –

• Espresso
• Ice
• Milk (I prefer the creaminess of oat milk)
• Flavor (Optional)

You’ll also need the ability to whip up the milk. We have the frother that came with our Nespresso but we have a handheld one as well that we got HERE on Amazon. We’ve used it plenty of times to froth up some milk but it’s also great for quickly whipping up eggs or blending liquids together. I highly recommend it.

Once you have all the ingredients it’s SUPER simple to make! Just brew some espresso over ice (I always fill my cup all the with ice to make it nice and cold), whip up your milk and add in a dash of your flavor flavor, pour it into the espresso, and then finally… enjoy it! So good and you save the $5 that you would have spent at Starbucks. Nothing against Starbies by the way.

It’s the small things like this for me that allow me to create my own happiness. This small latte cost me just a few dollars, took only a few minutes to make, and brought me an afternoon of joy. What other small things bring you joy?