Happiness is one of those abstract and amorphous things that nobody can quite pinpoint, but everyone knows when they feel it.
It can be triggered by lots of things - a great meal, an old friend, your favorite episode of your favorite show...
Happy looks different for us all, but maybe that's whyReddit user MyForever_NameNow asked:
"What’s the happiest you’ve ever felt?"
The same situation might make one person miserable while making another elated ... so let's see where Reddit finds their joy.
Time Traveling
"Once I was driving from Philly to Las Vegas. On one leg of the trip, I got a bit of a late start and I really wanted McDonalds breakfast (this was before they served it all day)."
"My clock said 10:22, and I was about 15 miles from the next exit, so I knew I would never make it. Then I crossed over a time zone and my clock changed."
- lump77777
"incredible"
- BennyJO_
"Not gonna lie, best story I've read in awhile. I'm now happy for you."
- McAvoy4Potus
"It’s like the world willed you into having breakfast that morning , like the earth moved in order to give you what you needed … kind of epic"
- Avatorn01
season 2 GIFGiphyA Poetic Mishap
"This might be weird but I keep thinking back to this and how I will never have this experience again: I was 13, nerdy, loved to draw, grew up rural. My Grandma lived close to a big city."
"Went to visit her in the Summer and then went to an Japanese culture fest in said city. I was overwhelmed by the experience. Bought two super sweet Neon Genisis Evangelion artbooks."
"When I went back to Grandma's place by train, I missed the stop and got off one stop later. It was quite late already, but a warm summer night. Next train back would come in 2hrs. These two hours, alone during a summer night with two artbooks at a tiny, rural train stop surrounded by trees and absolutely nobody else around were pure bliss. A weird feeling of peaceful, 'liminal' joy that I can't properly explain. Different happiness than love, etc."
"I haven't really told this story to many people because I know nobody would truly understand the feeling, and that would kinda ruin my memory."
- SkyPirateVyse
"That’s dope. Sometimes we forget to just stop and really enjoy the moment"
- PalaSS9
Endless Young Love
"I remember being in 8th grade watching a movie at my girlfriends house and we were giggling and commentating on the movie the whole time and just remember thinking I would marry her someday."
"I’m now 29 and we still giggle and commentate on every movie just like we did when we were kids, but that “young love” feeling is a very happy feeling for the first time, I’m just so lucky to still have those feelings 15+ years later"
- Lets_Huff_Paint
"Ok, but seriously, my spouse and I are also several years into our honeymoon and it's quite nice."
- HugeMisfit
"Marriage goals."
- bjcm5891
Happy Season 5 GIF by This Is UsGiphyIt Was A Good Day
"Oh gosh"
"Most recently,"
"Trying to keep up with my dog and boyfriend as they ran along the beach chasing the dolphins that were in the water. I was laughing so hard I couldn’t breathe. It was a sunny March day so nobody up and down for miles, just us. The bright blue sky and glimmer coming off the ocean - the salty mist while the waves crashed and the cold ocean at our feet."
"God I haven’t ever felt so alive in my whole life. It was one of those moments where I wished I could have it burned into my memory. Like I could tuck it away and live in it forever."
"That was a good f*cking day."
- Paisleymypup
"That’s so wholesome, it sounds like a scene right out of a movie"
- modestmandrakeman
"I feel happy reading this"
- Barcelona539
Mutual Crushes
"Me and my crush were hanging out one time, and all I could say was. “I like you… a lot.” And she just smiled and said “Me too.” Has to be the happiest day of my life so far."
- Mrcoolguy900
"I live near a popular district in Kansas City and I once bumped into a young man who'd just professed his love for someone, and he was so overjoyed I couldn't help but ask him what had happened."
"It made me really happy to see how happy he was."
- FearGunner
"Same thing happened to me, she told me she liked me and it took me about 3 minutes to fully process what she had said and how to respond. I ended up saying "same bro". Well we're together now but that was a pretty stupid response."
- Sir_Thiccness_69
" 'So far' I like your attitude"
- Homerpaintbucket
Crush Flirting GIFGiphySobriety
"now"
"5 years sober"
- Feels2old
"Mad respect, I'm very proud of you internet stranger!"
- therealfakechips
"I'm right behind you with 4 years. Congrats Feels great to be me again"
- m3x_aries
"Respect"
- MyForever_NameNow
That First Cry
"When my youngest was born, she really wanted out and my wife made it to the bathtub, and she came out with my help, she had the umbilical cord around her neck and I managed to get my finger under that and free her, that first cry made me so happy."
"She's eleven now and sitting on the couch right now eating chocolate and watching TV..."
- agent_fuzzyboots
"Kid's first cry was mine was well."
- vsmack
"Wow that's insane! Great job! When the umbilical cord wraps around the neck it's called a nucal. It can be pretty dangerous, especially in an emergency labor setting."
"I always thought I would never want to deliver a baby. And then we learned about emergency labor situations in the EMT course I took and I fell in love. Once again, great job! That must've been scary."
- boo_boo_technician
Being Present
"I was taking a walk in December last year when everything around me in my personal life was hell. A feeling of calm washed over me, and I started to look at how beautiful the sky was. I was crystalline in that perfect moment, and cried a few happy tears."
"I realized that being "present" is the only way to truly live... The past and the future are illusions and robbers of life. Ever since then I am extremely committed to finding beauty in every day things. I frequently feel very happy now, because I never run out of things to marvel at."
- cobraCL
"Dude I feel that. I lost my mom and several other family members in the last few years, went through a major breakup, had to move a bunch, plus all the COVID stress. I'm stressed a lot, mostly tired, but sometimes a moment washes over me and I'm just so grateful to be alive, looking at a sunset or a tree or the Christmas lights in my living room. Something about going through hell really makes you appreciate life."
- crunchypnwtrash
Vacay
"Grew up kind of poor, didn't go on my first vacation until I met the woman who'd become my wife. We went to Tennessee and got a cabin with a hot tub and some good muscadine wine."
"It was night time, gently thundering and raining, little bit of a mist coming in to the high rise porch we were on where the hot tub was, just relaxing, buzzing. To me it felt like the perfect setting, perfect feeling."
"Tied with that, she's the first person I saw the ocean with. Took over 6 hours to drive there, we unpacked, walked out to the ocean about knee deep, holding hands. The sound of the waves and the seagulls. The look of happiness on her face as she stared out."
- IROBotNeverDies
Frogging Around
"My ex, who loves frogs to death, asked me to go frogging with her early unto our relationship, not to kill them, just to catch and identify them. Its one of my happiest memories and without a doubt the most attracted I've ever been to someone."
"Its actually when I started to realize how strong and how smart of a person she was which combined with everything else made be fall head over heels."
- SplitttySplat
"Thats awesome man. I'd be happy to have had a unique experience like that too. No dinner and a movie, Frogging!"
- EmseMCE
homer simpson frogs GIFGiphyY'all ... that got unexpectedly emotional, didn't it?
Turns out that for most of us, the thing that makes us happiest is one another.
Humans are adorable sometimes.
Accepting reality is never fun.
Once the allure of childhood wears off, all we have is a hard smack of concrete reality.
Redditor Shutup_Iamtalking wanted all of us to take sometime and prepare for life's harsh realities. They asked:
"[Serious] What is a disturbing truth, every adult has to face eventually?"
In order to get through the day we have to deal with the menial facts. Good luck.
Farewell...
Good Bye GIFGiphy"Unexpected family deaths."
SunTzy69
"Every single person you know will die. It’s just a matter of who between you dies first."
Social-director
Routine
"Life maintenance. You are gonna have to wash those dishes, Do your hair. All your hygiene and house cleaning. It never ends"
VexOut
"Same for my mom - she went from being a SAHM to getting 2 part-time jobs (maybe 3 now?) she loves, makes just enough to hire a maid/masseuse/gets crap delivered instead of going to pick it up. She prefers the community and routine her jobs provide and would rather come home to a clean house than do chores and run errands herself."
TbhIdekMyName
When We Were Young
"Damn, this thread made me not wanna grow up anymore lmao."
wassass1n
"Hold on to your youth, take too many pictures, forgive quickly, tell your friends and family how much they mean to you, aim to make other peoples day."
renderguy20
Succession
"In a lot of ways, succeeding as an adult means constantly challenging yourself to be in situations that are really uncomfortable. This applies to work, school, social life, and even just the day to day life of getting stuff done."
zazzlekdazzle
"Wow... so much truth in this one. Whenever you open a new door, the rest of the world doesn't move out of your way or even try to make it easier."
Bart-o-Man
NOOOO!!
overdue relapse records GIF by Red FangGiphy"The mail your parents got that you wanted as a kid?? Yeah... it's just bills."
jbrown3152
I hate truth. But here we are listening.
Tissue
Unravelling Toilet Paper GIFGiphy"Like toilet paper, closer to the end, faster it goes."
Suspicious-Bear-8940
"This is a wonderful analogy."
semiferal916
As Time Goes By...
"Caring for your parents as they weaken and die. If you are lucky they keep their wits until the end."
AblativeLaser
"This is hitting me hard, and I'm not even in the worst of it yet. Last year my dad took me skiing, something which he used to do a lot when I was a kid."
"He used to be an excellent skier. This time he could barely see the counters of the slope, wanted to stick to the bunny slope, and even then came close to seriously injuring himself multiple times. He put on a happy face, but we both tacitly understood that this was the last time he would ever go skiing. It's hard not to get sad at that realization."
zemplis
Behave
"With the exception of your minor kids, all of your relationships are based on continuous mutual renewal, cancellation at any time for any reason. This includes your parents, your spouse/partner and your siblings. Consequences for behavior can thus be very disproportionate in an absolute scale."
NotAnotherEmpire
Good People
"You will have friends who turn out to not have been friends. Some people aren’t good people."
LivingLosDream
"You also will outgrow friends and that's ok. I'm nearing 50 and there are people who are no longer in my life simply because I'm not in that part of my life anymore."
"Nothing 'happened' per se, it's just that you move in different directions. I find adult friendships tend to be much more fleeting, if you don't have some commonality holding you together (the office, a volunteer organization, an activity, etc.) the friendships tend to fade."
SuchLovelyLilacs
That's Life
frank sinatra oscars GIF by The Academy AwardsGiphy"Life is not fair. It will never be fair. You’re not guaranteed happiness and hard work doesn’t always pay off. You can do the absolute best you can and still not make it in this world. Such as life."
Rootrazz
Truth is hard. Life is hard. So if we're gonna live. It's gonna be hard.
Why do we always have to mess with a good thing?
If something isn't broken, don't fix it.
I know, I sound one hundred years old.
I get technology and life move forward and evolution in all areas is key, but some changes are not always for the better.
RedditorMikiTheOnlyOnewanted everyone to vent about the joys in life that have been stolen. They asked:
"What was ruined that was once so good?"
Things really have changed. I miss my IPod. Yes, my IPod. It was perfect.
I miss the Music
Mtv Vintage GIFGiphy"MTV."
heavy_deez
"I was 20 when MTV came on the air. So many good music videos at that time. The channel lost some of its soul when it decreased the amount of music videos and increased the amount of reality shows."
Beautiful-Cat245
No Discussion
"Jump the Shark. Loved that website. Just opinions on when a show began to suck, which I can talk about for hours (I didn't know about Reddit yet). Then TV Guide bought it in 2006 and destroyed it. Every show you clicked on would just cause a search on TV Guide's website about articles pertaining to the show and the phrase 'jump the shark.' No discussion, no anything."
StoolToad9
ads on the way...
"Streaming services. I remember the days when Netflix was king & there were only a few who also shared the industry. Now it seems like there's a new streaming service every week."
CharlieMWY
"My prediction is they will start ads in the future too. It'll end up just like the tv of old. Streaming services will be like tv channels full of ads and you'll flick between them."
FootyJ
The algorithms...
"Youtube."
Fluffy_Speech_8567
"YouTube has become so bad in the last years. I saw a youtuber who got demonetized because he showed how to install Windows 11 on 'unsupported' hardware and that apparently is harmful and dangerous."
QuuxJn
"Their algorithms killed a lot of small/indy creators."
Inglorious_Inge
"For a long time Netflix was anything old and Hulu for the current season of anything. That was reasonable. Now everything is split up."
IudexFatarum
Quality
"The quality of appliances."
No_Indication_6907
"And furniture, and clothing, and homes, and every other consumer good."
TheDrunkyBrewster
The quality decline in appliances and furniture are no joke. Thanks IKEA.
Bad Bones
Ramzy Bedia Reaction GIF by France tvGiphy"My body lol."
andy-corn
"First thing to my mind was 'My back!', but body will also do. Getting older sucks but hey, it beats the alternative."
realistic_swede
My Favorite
"My husband and I have a favorite vegan restaurant (I only point out its vegan because there are like 3 within an hour of us, thats it). We’ve been probably a dozen times over the last year and there was always a wait, business was always booming."
"But they were just bought out by somebody new and that person changed literally everything! The menu, the recipes, the wait staff, all of it. And it now sucks. It was amazing before! Why would you buy something that is working for everyone and then change everything about it?'"
Rahallahan
Pixel issues
"Mobile games. Most of them are ridden with adds and paywalls. If you want a good free mobile game, I suggest anything by rusty lake."
ActuallyABagelMan
"A portable console with touch screen and high pixel screen? It's the dream come true. But then a flabby-bird clone made by an intern in a single afternoon and loaded with ads until pus leaks out your phone turns out to be much better in terms of cash flow."
satooshi-nakamooshi
pizza memories...
"Pizza Hut. 90s Pizza Hut was the best as a kid. Especially when we got PS1 demo discs."
tacobelmont
"I worked in Pizza Hut in the 1980's. We would make our dough fresh every morning, and the pan pizzas twice a day (the dough was only good for 6-8 hours). We would prep the vegetables every day, and cut up the garlic bread daily. There was nothing that was as good as a fresh pan pizza whose dough had just risen and then baked."
SnarkyBear53
GOING LIVE
fireworks diplo GIF by MAJOR LAZERGiphy"Concerts. I used to be able to see a band for $20-$30 a ticket. Now they're all over $100."
ATXKLIPHURD
"You can blame it on Ticketmaster and all the fees that costs more than the actual ticket."
heypokeGL
Bad Sweets
"Cadbury chocolate. Now it's sickly sweet and has a lower percentage of cocoa in it. Yes, it was bought by US company Kraft. They bought it under condition that they would keep production in the UK, and in just one week moved manufacturing to Poland."
"Some of the Brits must remember how Kraft executive was grilled by Parliamentary committee. Not that it made any difference. When later Kraft was asked why Cadbury chocolate has more sugar and less cocoa in it, they replied: 'Americans prefer it very sweet.' According to them, Americans have very sweet tooth and don't mind the quality."
noregrets2022
seasonal restaurant only...
"There was a great seafood restaurant near a place where my family goes on vacation every summer. After decades of great lobster, scallops, fish and prime rib, it gets sold to new owners and they change the menu around. Family goes to the restaurant to try it out under new ownership. Waited more than hour for seafood that was practically inedible."
"They used to give you delicious bread and salads to start but they were all gone. Word got around and business tailed off so badly they closed for the season (seasonal restaurant only) earlier and earlier. The last two years they didn’t even open and it appears they’re never reopening again. It’s a shame."
Damn Susan
"Youtube, it was once a place for the people by the people. now it's a place for the corporations by the corporation. The worst part is that actual good content creators are too scared to make any decent content in fear of breaking their stupid rules."
"And lets not forget the double standard, 'oh here is a 20 second unskippable advert about a naked woman talking about bras, but lets demonetise that guy who said crap once in 1 of his 500 videos to oblivion.' Youtube died ever since Susan came. And just like a Susan she broke and ruined something that was completely fine and profitable."
Miss the OG
colonel sanders dancing GIF by KFC AustraliaGiphy"Kentucky fried chicken. It’s still pretty good… but sucks compared to the old school stuff. I heard Colonel Sanders once went to one of the locations, tried the chicken and was appalled at how horrible it was compared to his method."
KorranHalcyon
The Plunge
"My grades."
Aggressive_Mango_41
"Same. Lockdown ruined my mental health and then my grades just kept falling and I failed a class last quarter with a 4. I don’t have motivation to keep going. I’m trying now, but it’s hard."
squiggly_loser
"I totally get that, the same happened with me. I fell into a horrible depression and developed bad anxiety and now I don’t have the motivation to anything. The worst part is I used to be a straight A AP level student and now I feel like I threw away my future."
Aggressive_Mango_41
In Saint Louis...
"The way turn of the century apartment buildings were constructed, the damn things were built to last and the walls weren’t paper thin. Now the newer ones may look good and have more amenities however they are extremely cheaply built and you can hear your neighbors having sex like they are literally in the same room. At least that’s the way they are here in Saint Louis."
tdfitz89
As a Whole
"The gaming industry. For the sake of clarity, I'm not referring to games themselves. The gaming industry as a whole is a vile cesspool of predatory marketing, intentional deceit, employee physical and mental abuse, absurd working hours, etc... list goes on. It's hard to have faith in developers when they so frequently engage in filthy crumduggery."
bushpotatoe
Happy Places
Stranger Things Indiana GIF by netflixlatGiphy"Shopping Malls."
TheDrunkyBrewster
"Man, I miss the super cool malls of my childhood in the 80s and 90s."
moonbunnychan
The View is Hazy
"A pristine mountain lake - serene with pine trees, pure water, abundant with fish and much wildlife. As I've described in askreddit, the peaceful lake caught on - the trees were cut down and the lakefront developed with oversized houses and docks for motorboats. Now the water is polluted, the fish are gone, and the roar of outboard motors negates peace and quiet."
Back2Bach
I miss the good ole days. But alas, we move forward.
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You may have heard of the phrase "retail therapy" before, which is the act of buying things for personal enjoyment.
Well, there's some truth to that.
The University of Michigan actually studied the affects of shopping on our sadness levels. Purchasing something you enjoy can actually decrease sadness 40 times better than not purchasing something.
There are tons of other benefits like dopamine increases, anxiety reduction and improved mood. We wanted to know what people are buying to give them that rush of happy hormones and increase their joy.
Redditor greyblacknavytan asked:
"What can you buy for $75 or less that will provide the most happiness?"
It might be time to start a wish list!
A sweet treat.
"The chocolate bar I’m eating right now is doing it for me. It's a Tony’s Chocolonely milk chocolate sea salt and caramel."
- knovit
"$75 of Tony’s is a great use of money imo."
- lostinbass
The amino acids in chocolate actually change our brain patterns to make us happy, so definitely a good investment.
Your neck will thank you.
"Get a nice pillow. So worth it. I got the a memory foam one from Amazon for $50. My neck is in premature heaven."
- googlemeagoose
"Memory foam pillows are hit or miss. For me, they're all miss. Feels like I'm resting my head on a rock."
- Snoo74401
"I was the same way until I got a pillow that you stuff to your own firmness with shredded memory foam. It has the feel of a memory foam pillow but it's 'fluffier' if that makes sense. Add to that the customizability of the firmness and you have a perfect pillow IMHO. Just don't throw the extra stuffing away immediately, sleep on it for a while and adjust as needed."
- liberal_texan
Splurge on some nice food.
"Food."
"I'm poor but not so poor that food is the main concern. What I mean is some nice cuts of meat, chanterelles, russet potatoes, cream, a nice wine and the rest for beer. I could make a meal for kings on that. It would make me so happy!"
- Redditor
"For sure, similarly you could even provide a meal for a group of friends for that amount which would make a group of people happy."
- Chocolateismy
Invest in your hobbies.
"Invest in a hobby like good hiking boots or high quality yarn for knitting or so on. Hobbies keep you happier, healthier, and can help you make new friends."
- Fredredphooey
"Good hiking boots are going to cost more than $75."
- Captain_Hammertoe
"Save money by buying just one boot."
- Ian1732
11 years of happiness.
"I paid the Humane Society about $75 when I adopted my cat; he has thus far provided me with 11 years of affection."
- MatthewHWood
For something silly.
"Googly eyes and some blue tack."
- asthma_mermaid
"This is my favorite first date. Just walk around sticking googly eyes to stuff together. It's always so much fun."
- Skrappyross
"Another one I really liked was leaving sweet notes in books in a bookstore."
"We took some notecards and wrote a short paragraph or two about a favorite book. What we'd enjoyed about it, how we wished we could read it again for the first time, that we were excited the new owner of the book is on the verge of that experience. We signed them with our (common) first names, but included no other contact information."
"Then we snuck them into books in a bookstore."
"It was a super fun date."
- TheDiplocrap
Just vibes.
"I clicked on this thinking I'd be enlightened by some suggestions... Instead, everyone is telling me to do drugs, go to the gym, and relax with a vibrator."
"OK... You all convinced me. I'm going to buy a vibrator."
- jonsconspiracy
"Vibrators are pretty enlightening tbh."
- dumbbinch99
Make a donation.
"3 cataract [treatments] to restore sight via the Fred Hollows foundation."
- SaffyAs
This can apply to any foundation of your choosing! You're sharing joy with those who need it.
A bidet.
"100% a bidet. A clean butthole makes for a happy day."
- thr0w4w4yanon
"Bidets are so underrated. I just don't feel clean without it anymore, yk?"
- possumpussie
Maybe you don't have $75 to spend right now.
Well, even the act of filling up your online shopping cart and hitting "save for later" can give a rush a dopamine.
You're definitely worth that little bit of joy from buying that item that's been sitting in your cart for weeks.
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In a world as fast-paced and social media obsessed as ours is, it's easy to find reasons to feel anxiety, dissatisfaction, and unease. So let's take a moment to talk about joy.
Reddit user sarangifiedd asked :
What is the most underrated joy of life?
So listen, I know the newsfeed is constant disaster, doom, and gloom. I know things are heavy.
Take a breath, relax your shoulders, and let Reddit remind you of the little things.
Sleep
At Home Reaction GIF by IKEA USAGiphy"A good night's sleep."
"Pleasant dreams, right temperature, security, no interruptions, and waking up feeling refreshed. They're often overlooked." - tekhnomancer
"The older I get, the more of a holy grail this has become. I would give anything to just find a way to release the pressure in my head with a mind bending deep sleep."
"I still remember waking up as a kid, thoughts just blank and greeting the world with a new sheet of paper. Now it's devolved into just realizing my eyes are open and continuing to scribble on the same sheet of paper that's basically all pencil marks by now." - sokonomi
"I would add that there are few pleasures better than waking after a really good, sober night's sleep and realizing you have nothing to do apart from whatever you want to do" - fiveyard
A Shower
Relaxing Homer Simpson GIFGiphy"Showers"
"Every time I'm in the shower I think of all the people who lived before me who never knew the joy of a steaming hot shower." - Crashdemon
"I say this as well because of the period of my life where I was homeless. You don't know how much you appreciate a hot shower until a winter living out of a suv / storage unit and doing bowl baths in the cold." - maddiethehippie
"Seriously though. Feel sick? Take a shower. Super hot? Cold shower. Cold? Hot shower. Need to think? Shower. Feel great? Shower and feel greater. There are so few times that a shower will make you feel worse." - wheresalltherumgone
Doing Nothing
Summer Breeze GIFGiphy"I have rediscovered the joy of doing nothing after I had a kid."
"I consciously don't touch my phone when I am out and about with my 5 year old, so I often find myself doing nothing but observing the world around me when he is playing around."
"Plus, being able to do simple things like throwing rocks in the water, picking up flowers, feeding grass to the cows in the fields etc. Things I didn't take the time to do before (also because it looks weird for an adult to do than without a kid next to him.)" - lickmyballoonknot
"I strongly believe that doing nothing is a vital part of a healthy lifestyle."
"My favourite way of doing nothing is lying down, preferably somewhere outside, eyes closed, knees bent, and living in the feeling of the ins and outs of my breath inside my tummy. Magical things happen there..." - Northern_something
Alone
Happy Home Alone GIF by It's Always Sunny in PhiladelphiaGiphy"Living in your own Apartment and making yourself a Sandwich after a long Day at Work." - SalusFuturistics
"I absolutely love living alone. It's kind of next level amazing." - HomerPaintBucket
"I pay the premium to live alone in a 2br apartment. I could get a roommate and cut my rent and utilities in half, but it's not worth it to me. My mental health is supreme." - mofomeat
"The peace that comes with living alone. Ugh it's so good." - apprehensivehorse33
Doggos!
Dog Exercise GIFGiphy"When a dog looks back to make sure you're still following them" - DiscoAquinas
"I didn't realize how much I love this until this comment" - m4ccc
"That really is ❤️" - princessmiasbtch
Wet Socks
socks GIFGiphy"Taking off wet socks lol" - spookybowlofcereal
"It's somehow worse if only one of them is wet. Like if both feet landed in a puddle it's bad, but if only one foot went into a puddle ... it's REALLY bad." - gr8tnonsequitur
"Oh dude, YESS." - sarangifiedd
That Earthy Smell
rain raining GIFGiphy"Petrichor — the smell of earth after rain." - MatthewWakeman
"The fact that there is a word for this makes me happier than I can say." - dcmaven
"I never regained my taste and smell after having covid a year ago and this smell is actually what I miss most. Outside literally just smells like nothing to me."
"Springtime was so depressing." - opheliastillspeaks
Decompress Like A 37 Year Old Man
thrive love & hip hop GIF by Robert E BlackmonGiphy"A bath toy. And not in a sexual way."
"Just having a little thing with you in the tub, that you can mindlessly fondle and fidget with as your mind drifts off to that old familiar feeling from way back when you were still a kid."
"It feels so good to just blank your mind and enjoy the simple and childish act of playing with something. Its like all the weight of being an adult doesn't exist, just for a brief moment."
"I have a toy boat from when I was still little, and it just sits in my bathroom. I occasionally fill the tub with some bubble soap to just sit in it with my boat, for a little while."
"I'm a 37 year old man, and decompressing this way keeps me going." - Sokonomi
Complete And Lucky
"When my family get home from work/school, we've had dinner, walked the dog and just laying on the sofa watching telly."
"That's my personal happy place and I yearn for it every morning. It makes me feel so complete and lucky." - legomonsterUK
Tell me about the little things you love.