Can You Enjoy the Simple Things in Life? (miserable, goal, cost)
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While western culture often places emphasis on materialism (Gross Natiuonal Product), some easterners have valued Gross National Happiness as the preferred metric. https://www.livehappy.com/resources/...nal-happiness/
Some people always need big events, always have to go somewhere (besides work/school/church), or a lot of people around to feel alive & happy, otherwise if they don't, life is too mundane for them. Perhaps when COVID started, that made you really notice that you can hang in there (or learn to) OR life's gotten worse for you.
Can you enjoy the simple things in life? What simple things make you happy?
I can & always have enjoyed simple things. I love:
- spending time w/ my Mom, especially the older she gets
- any time w/ my fiance' no mattr what we're doing together (cooking, eating, walking around, etc.)
- rainy days
- good TV/movie, especially if while eating good food
- going biking
- having a nice stroll somewhere lovely
- relaxing at home all day
- enjoying a nice smoothie
- good food
- spending time w/ my dog (back when I had one at the time): Playing, walking, watching him snore when he slept, etc.
- if I'm in the mood, making a nice dish/meal
- having a nice walk
(And in case you're wondering, no, I don't live in the type of location w/ a low population, has nothing much to do, has only 1 store or 1 street light in town where everyone knows everyone, etc. I've always lived in Southern California.)
Absolutely. IMO it's ongoing and forever appreciation of the little things around us, all you mention and more, that make life worth living.
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Originally Posted by Forever Blue
Some people always need big events, always have to go somewhere (besides work/school/church), or a lot of people around to feel alive & happy, otherwise if they don't, life is too mundane for them. Perhaps when COVID started, that made you really notice that you can hang in there (or learn to) OR life's gotten worse for you.
IMO it’s necessary for mentally healthy ppl to have companionship, friends, family or a romantic partner. For some ppl who aren’t married or in a healthy relationship tho, they feel super alone since covid. It’s healthy for those ppl to acknowledge those feelings AND find ways to connect to other ppl or do things differently.
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Originally Posted by Forever Blue
Can you enjoy the simple things in life? What simple things make you happy?
Love, kindness & the ppl in my life….my husband, friends & family. It’s because of them I enjoy the little things AND the big things.
Having been raised by parents born in the 1920's I think their values extended to me. I've always enjoyed
1) gardening and being in nature
2) playing with my dogs
3) listening to music
4) hiking with my dogs
5) reading
6) cleaning/organizing my living space
7) watching quality tv (documentaries about nature, animals, world geography and geology, other cultures, etc.)
8) talking to a good friend
9) striking up conversations with interesting strangers (beach, park, dog park, grocery store, etc.)
10) sightseeing and travel by car
11) birdwatching
12) visiting botanic gardens
I am a simple person, I like simple things.
I don't have to be entertained by anyone, I can entertain myself.
I don't have to be constantly be doing things, I like to actually do nothing.
I like doing nothing.
Putzing around the apartment, little things that are considered putzing
I don't have to have a goal for the day, I can just....whatever
I can ride a bike for hours upon hours and go exploring, simple things like that..
and this is all going to happen once I retire, and there is a light at the end of this tunnel.
I like to have quiet slow mornings before I start my day.
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