One reason I love keeping an audio journal is to capture the tiny moments of contentment in my life. I used to gauge my happiness by asking: did I have an enjoyable day? However when you come down to it, much of our day is spent transitioning between events. And we have ups and downs all day long. Focus on snapshots in time, as opposed to full days.

Examples:

relaxed in a hot tub while listening to Pink Floyd’s Pulse album while drinking a cinnamon-rimmed pumpkin ale
had a hot apple cider and apple pie cupcake at Whoopie-Doo and Cupcakes too
Got in a positive state listening to Tom Petty while cooking beef burgundy