A list of life’s simple pleasures from Reddit. Here are a few examples:
- Waking up in the middle of the night, realizing you don’t have to wake up for several hours, rolling over and falling back asleep.
- When I was about 10-13 years old, I used to tell my parents to wake me up at 7:00 a.m (the normal time I used to wake up for school) on weekends, just so I could go back to sleep again.
- Sitting outside while it rains, sheltered by my deck, feeling the cool breeze and smell of the rain.
- I love getting packages in the mail. … except letterbombs. I’m not falling for that shit any more.
- sleeping naked on freshly laundered sheets
- My 11 month old daughter laughing.
- I enjoy sleeping with one leg out of the covers! The joy of staying warm and cool at the exact same time.
- Nothing beats a one wipe poo. AKA, the clean getaway.
- Smell of concrete after it rains on a warm day…
- Compile: syntax ok.
- Waking up and remembering what I dreamed.
- Seeing the clock turn to 11:11.
- When someone else using public transportation smiles back.
- The first, burning sip from a can of cola.
- Snooze button. I set my alarm for an hour before I have to wake up, because snooze button sleep is somehow extra restful for me.
- Biking down big streets at 2 in the morning after a midnight movie. 3 lanes all to myself.
- My dog giving me his paw without being told to
- Having a beer after 12 hours of work.
- Taking off my bra and putting my sweats on after work. Heavenly.
- Laying in bed at night, looking up at the stars, thinking “Where the hell did my ceiling go?”
- that short little window of time before sunset when all the reds and oranges seem more alive and vibrant as the cooler hues are fading.
- sleeping with the window open during a rainstorm and then hearing nothing but birds when i wake up.
- Following spots on the windshield and moving your head to make them zip around the road lines.
- resetting my junk when the alignment is off.
Some are quite funny and the comments are great too. A good read.
What are your simple pleasures?
wow, I thought syntax ok was awesome. Been there done that =_=
and the waking up early just to go back to bed, I do that everyday with a primary and secondary alarm clock.
My simple pleasures?
– Pausing long enough to
– watch clouds move
– watch every one else busy with their frantic day
– take in the colors of the natural environment
– A cold pillow
– Getting up in the dead of the night to listen to the silence
those are soo true
Sitting by the bonfire, cooler full of beer, watching my mares.
Riding in the snow WITHOUT 30lb. Carrharts on.
M’cycle ride with hubby, just us.
Shutting down a rude/ill-mannered person and they don’t even know it.
Having cowboy beans and cornbread with buttermilk.
A phone call from Gentry and he says, “why can’t I see you”. Priceless
Shooting turtles in the pond with a .22. Hey now, that’s a fair fight!
5am, coffee and internet reading my news.
Watching northern lights during winter months.
Life.
Chris
MN
The deafening silence after a big snow.
Smell of a freshly mowed lawn.
Rain.
Naps.
Taking a nap when it’s raining.
Knowing I’m one of the few who enjoys a good skunk smell.
Finding a new friend.
Simple pleasures –
Waking up another day
having my 9 month old son rest his head on my shoulder when I’m holding him
that post rain smell
sitting outside on a nice day and doing absolutely nothing, except sippin’ a beer or cold beverage
Some good things there.
My simple pleasures:
-watching snow fall
-puns
-listening to a child’s belly laugh
-listening to “What a Wonderful World” by Louis “Satchmo” Armstrong–and picturing what he is singing
-taking a walk
-taking a bike ride
-learning something new
I would add:
Sitting on my back deck late in the day and watching my horses graze.
Waking up in the middle of the night and not having to go to the toilet – Curse middle age.
Life’s Simple Pleasures (AARP version):
Waking up.
Remembering why you walked into a room.
Finding the keys on the first try.
Making it to the bathroom in a timely manner.
Looking for glasses and actually finding them someplace besides on your head.
Remembering why you walked into a room.
-Taking a minute to visit a local tourist attraction and watch everyone come from around the world to visit what is in my backyard.
(this applies to every place I lived, though it works REALLY well in Hawaii)
-Taking my toddler for a walk and taking time to see the world through her eyes
-Choosing to watch something other than the news
Having lunch with my sons, smell of baked bread, fresh coffee, interacting in internet, purchasing a book I wished to read…and opening it to start reading, listening to musics I really like, talking to warm persons.
hmmm…Beating my opponent at chess,
Eating an orange after a long brisk walk/jog.
Landscaping my block of land.
Sitting on my veranda with a cold beer watching the sun go down.
Watching a good BBC comedy(Im an Aussie).
Selling my art/craft work.
Hearing a child talk to him/her self whilst playing.
Watching my dog enjoy a fresh bone from the butcher.
Taking a long hot bath in winter after a cone of good weed.
Eating good quality chocolate mmmmm yum.
Surfing my favorite blog for a good laugh and knowing i didn’t have to scour the web myself for it.
Riding my horse on a summer evening after it cools off and watching the lightning bugs come out to play
A mimosa tree in full bloom
That first ice cold beer after a long hot day
Stumbling upon a John Wayne western just as it’s starting
Watching “It’s a wonderful life” every christmas season (and I’m still a kid cause I still love to watch “Rudolph the red nosed reindeer” too)
Walking alone in the woods when you hear no manmade sound
Making S’mores with my son next to a campfire on a cool october evening, also the smell of well seasoned oak burning
Baseball
Thanks Scott, this was a pleasure I’d forgotten till you mentioned it…”The deafening silence after a big snow”
Reading B&P!
Does this make me a suck up?
sitting by my fire pit and watching traffic slow down and wish they could do it to.
standing in the yard watching the snow float past the yard lights.
laying in the grass and looking at the stars with my kids.
sitting on the roof and watching fireworks from three different towns.
500 rounds of 22 brass at my feet and a few dead pop cans down range. (best stress relief known to man.)
– making a list of things that need to be done, and crossing them through when accomplished
– cycling through my city, Amsterdam, seeing it through tourists eyes, and realizing how beautiful it actually is
– finding money in an old pair of jeans
– Taking my shoes and socks off when I get home. (Bare feet should be more socially acceptable – they’re certainly more comfortable)
– Having a Pirt – a piss ending in a fart. Relief and comedy in a single action. (Mother Maffu raised classy kids.)
– A bluebell wood in spring. (I used to play in one as a kid. A green canopy with the ground carpeted in blue, all dappled with dancing sunlight, is one of the most beautiful and invigorating sights you’ll find short of human nakedness)
– Slide guitar. (not to be confused with lap steel, which sounds like cat murder)
– The sound of rain in trees.
– The smell of long awaited rain on hot, dry pavements (or ‘sidewalks’ to our American cousins)
– The smell of fresh coriander.
– The smell of freshly bruised lavender.
– Water. Drinking it, being near it, looking at it, swimming in it. Tap, bottle, ocean, pool. Doesn’t matter. Water rocks.
– Cheesecake.
-Listening to snow fall
) then proving it by matching photos
-Watching a trout take the fly you just tied
-listening to the stream water flow
-Standing need deep in a stream in February, snow on the ground and catching the same 19 inch Rainbow Trout your buddy caught two weeks ago (follow this link to see picture:
-Weekends
-sickdays when you’re not sick
That fish must be well pissed off with you and your mate.
Babies!
Finishing the last few stitches on the last round of a doily.
The wind blowing through the vertical blinds in my bedroom at night and making them gently clatter.
Train whistles late at night. I wonder where they’re going.
The smell of the earth right when it starts raining. Musty, moist, alive.
Chocolate sundae pudding with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.
How could I forget…
Hot, black tea. No sugar. Mmmmmm.