My happy place has to start when I awake. When I say to myself "whats your choise today"? And I tell myself chose to be happy, positive, alive. Or chose to be sad, negative, dead.. Generally does't take long, just long enough for a cup of coffee, and I'm ready to take on whatever comes....And its smiles and hugs for all comers.

Nature.

I basically brainwash myself lol. I just tell myself over and over again that it's gonna be okay, it'll all just be the past one day.. If it's not something that is still going to upset me in 10 years it's not worth being upset over right now.. Blah blah blah.. Usually works.

Thinking about my loved ones.

Here's a way to improve your day in less than 5 seconds:

Backpacking at Dolly Sods. My happy place

Traveling and the process of planning where to go. Making music. Picking a little banjo. Playing bass with our celtic band. Gardening. Nothing like vine ripe tomatoes. Hanging out with friends. Hiking in the woods, or local parks and wetlands. Seeing my great grandson. He laughs at everything, and is always trying to figure out how things work. An engineer in the making. Cuddling with my sweetie.

On my motorcycle, going anywhere, or no place at all.
<-yeah, that one right there.
There is a reason dogs stick their head out the window!

Surfing or paddle boarding, that's where I am the happiest

In my car with music playing.

In my car with music playing.

Music.

For example: this wonderful link; found it on this site a few days ago.

When Sissel finishes her last stanza with such beauty; enriched with the amazingly warm and rich aid of a tender orchestra and choir; such warm and soft emotion. Reminds me of my old orchestra and choir days. Although I was never a part of this work; to be a part of the production group effort of beauty evokes a feeling of bliss.

Hiking in Custer State Park in South Dakota. I don't worry about anything there. Sadly, I am moving away but I'll find another.

The wilderness. The smell of rain in the desert.

The beach. Also, camping.

My happy place is with my girlfriend.

Birds, horses, mules, donkeys, nature.

My bathtub and my barstool.

My happy place is with my daughter. But music will nearly always do it for me

Doing something. I don't fare well doing nothing, I am just not cut for it. And the happiest of all, when a task (small or complex) is completed to my satisfaction.

The hammock in the back yard, half asleep & listening to the neighbor's fountain.

Lemmy said it best:
"Cause I'm in love with rock 'n' roll, satisfies my soul
If that's how it has to be, I won't get mad
I got rock 'n' roll, to save me from the cold
And if that's all there is, it ain't so bad
Rock 'n' roll!"

When I'm dancing wherever it might be.

My happy place is the small window of time when I wake up in the morning then lay back down and go back to sleep

These are all such excellent answers! My happy places are almost solely in my head, lodged in my imagination. I guess I'm a bit more flighty. I can't help but think something ridiculous like, if the multiverse theory is real, there is a version of me out there somewhere that is a squirrel and owns a pony. Something outlandish that makes me giggle.