What are things that bring you joy?
goth latinas
Oh yes
Honestly I don’t remember anymore. Everything seems exhausting to me.
This thread has been very wholesome. Good to see people living good lives. Usually my feed is just doom and gloom so thanks for this post OP.
Oh one thing I just remembered, anime. It still brings me joy.
Not having to go to work, quit work at 40, am now 60.
How did you do it?
Crashing fresh ice. Especially the one that has air underneath. It crackles really nice. It is very satisfying experience.
Speedball lines of opiates and cocaine.
To crush ny enemies, see them driven before me, and to hear the lamentations of their women!
Coming home. My wife always does little reno projects to the house and i work on creating a nice garden. We could only afford something small, but we’ll never have kids so it’s a good forever home.
Dam I used to think I was gonna die partying young, now all these years later I get excited shopping for cactus soil.
Quiet mornings
I’m a simple man… I see a cat and I pet it. This makes the brain produce the happy juice.
Every morning my two youngest kids (under 5) get up around 7:00 AM. The first thing they want to do is sit on my lap in the recliner while I either read to them or turn on one of their TV shows and we just chill for an hour. We do this every day and it’s my favorite part of the day.
Toddlers. Seeing toddlers stumbling about and discovering their world is fascinating to me.
I know a toddler. He’s so fucking charming and positive. He could be a talkshow host.
When I met my wife, she loved going to theaters to see kids see something amazing for the first time.
She’s so wonderful.
Similar but different, we have a kitten and it’s funny to see him trying to figure things out. The other day he just stared at our Keurig when I was making coffee. We don’t use it that often and I guess he hadn’t seen it in action before.
Books. This year I’ve caught up with harry Dresden and Carl & doughnut. Piranesi was great. A solid recommend. Sanderson’s Tailored Realities was a nice collection of snapshots into different parts of his universe
Dungeon Crawler Carl has to be one of my top two favorite reads in the last year (I’d give it the top spot, but Red Rising was also really good)! It’s a struggle to convey just what makes it so good, but it’s been a fantastic ride. I can’t wait for the next book in May!
I started the first book February 3rd after a podcaster I listen to casually mentioned it and said it was a great read. I’m on the 7th book now 😂
Looking forward to the new book! DCC 😁
Oh, hey, OP! I, too, enjoy touching paintings w/ a bone-dry brush and then holding still in the moment. 😶
maybe OP heard of dry brushing and got a little confused
Mostly simple stuff
An entertaining or educational book, a good philosophical argument, enjoying moments of good health, leisure, and company, the double barrel shotgun in doom, learning a new song or technique on the guitar and using it to create my own stuff, warm socks and cold coffee, figuring out a bug or defect in a program.
Seeing animals, especially in the wild, especially birds. I like to think of every sighting as good luck.
