What are the small things in life that uplift your mood?

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Saw a thread the other day about minor everyday things that piss you off, so thought I’d create one about the little, maybe mundane things, that automatically uplift your mood! I’ll start:

• One of my favourite things is wearing clothes (mainly my nighties!) fresh out of the laundry. An unbeatable feeling.
• The feeling when your phone turns on after being out of charge for some time.
• Using a new toothbrush
• Drinking a glass of COLD water or a drink after eating chocolate or a heavy bite, or after waking up from a nap.
• Sleeping on freshly washed duvet covers and bedsheets.

Coffee in the morning

Good quality tea and coffee.

Ah yes, a good quality coffee/tea/hot chocolate is definitely up there!

Yep!

My cat choosing my lap to curl up on.
Being the only one awake in the morning on my days off and having my coffee in the silence.
Yoga on my days off.
Sitting under the covered pergola, listening to a light drizzle on the roof, whilst reading a good book.
My shopping arriving with no subs and all items available.

Getting into a good TV show series.
Most recent one we got in to was Detectorists.

Putting on music loudly when I have the house to myself.

Oh yea, the TV series is a good one. Difficult to find anything these days though. I watched the final season of Sex Education, only season I watched, and found it enjoyable enough 😂

First cup of tea in the morning - ideally with sunshine coming through the window, ideally delivered by my partner

Getting into clean sheets

Looking at my diary and noticing weekends and dates with friends coming up

A walk in nature - my local park will do.

A blue sky

Rain on the roof at night

A baby in cute mode

A random chat with a stranger

Hugging a friend I haven’t seen for ages

A good trad pub lunch

A good view - city or country

Buttered toast, either as is or with honey or marmite. Egg soldiers for weekend breakfast.

A pint of water when REALLY thirsty

A nice bit of architecture

Spotting someone dressed beautifully

An hour in a bookshop

Reading a really good book
A hot water bottle in bed on cold nights
Dipping a chunk of Bournville into a cup of tea and then eating it.
Seeing that a dahlia has flowered in the garden.
Seeing a frog or newt in my pond.

The garden
A long walk
Lemon tea
Home grown vegetables
New clothing
Fresh sheets
Our cat
View from my window
Coffee with friends

Seeing the natural beautiful smile from my gd

The smell of fabric conditioner on freshly washed clothes

Occasionally driving past my grandma and grandad's house on the way home from work and seeing the huge hydrangea is still blooming in the front garden after all these years that she used to let me help her prune as a kid (she's been passed away 12 years). The people who live there now will never know what joy seeing that gives me.

First coffee of the day and thinking about all the productive things I'm going to do (usually short lived but it gives me hope)

Re-watching a tv show I've really enjoyed knowing I'm going to re-enjoy it! 😂I seem to enjoy the familiarity of it and knowing I won't be investing time in something with a poor ending, because I've already seen it and therefore know it's worth the watch!

Watching Christmas cookery programmes imagining how this Christmas I'm not going to be last minute rushed off my feet, instead I'll be Nigella-esque laden in silk pjs, sipping espresso martini's while the homemade egg nog bubbles on the stove (yeah right!) but still, I love watching people cooking for Christmas and feeling inspired.

Pinteresting all sorts, hairstyles I'll never get and certainly never suit, recipes it's unlikely I'll ever make, home interiors I could only dream about and randomly Victorian era clothing for when I one day write a screenplay.

Which brings me to my last one, I love writing random snippets of stories in my notes in the hope one day they will spark the inspiration for me to write a novel.

If you haven't gathered, the mundane things that uplift my mood are procrastinating daily to avoid actually having to do the boring life admin stuff

Fresh bedding here too - if I won the lottery I would have someone come and change the bed every single day. As it is we do it on a Friday and my DP always stays up later so I can get in first!

Still on the bed front, I don’t work on a Wednesday and usually get up and then go back to bed with a cup of tea for a bit. I love when the cat gets in with me for a cuddle.

A long, boiling hot bath, with my kindle, some music, and a pint of blackcurrant squash.

Crisps and cheese.

Sitting in the garden reading a book.

You might think this is a summer activity but frankly as long as it's not actually raining I have a lot of blankets

Fresh flowers
First (and only) cup of tea of the day
Fresh bedlinen
Finding a new recipe

YY to re-watching an old TV series. I'm working my way through "The Golden Girls" as I exercise bike/iron. Laugh out loud funny. As soon as Rose is about to embark on yet another St Olaf's anecdote, I'm already laughing in anticipation.

Those days when I have nothing on and feel an afternoon slump coming on so I go upstairs and nap for an hour. Its absolute bliss.

A cappuccino in a nice cafe with a good book.

Second glass of wine feeling when with friends. Or anyone really!

Chats with random people.

Seeing babies, better still getting a smile

A dogs head out a car window. Or very proudly walking with a stick in it's mouth.

Young kids in ridiculous clothes, like costumes over their regular clothes, or better still a mismatch - unicorn headpiece with Elsa dress, spider man costume with batman eye patch etc.

A good parking space coming free just in time.

Fresh bed …am in that now 😊
Going to sleep knowing that you can get up at 7 or 11 without any commitments !
Not sure about tomorrow …depends how GD is in the morning!

After a long work day, I’m literally crawling, mentally drained.
My simple pleasure is a cup of tea and a Milky Way (has to be very cold kept in the fridge).
Then one of the cats keeps me company and the sound of the purring knocks me out.
It’s nothing much, but it’s everything.

Fresh bedding, but when you’ve just got out of a bath and your hair is freshly washed as well.

Being by the sea (unless it’s really hot and there’s no shade). The very best times are 6-9am on a nice day, before it gets too warm or too busy, or out of season, when all the dogs are allowed on the beach and you watch them having the time of their lives, while you’re all wrapped up warm with a flask. Or in the evening when you need to cool down before sleeping. Also, there’s a pub near us where their garden is actually part of the beach, and they do the best fish you’ve ever tasted. It is absolute heaven going there for dinner when it’s been a hot day, feeling the breeze coming in off the sea and cooling right down in the shade with a cold drink.

When a baby or toddler falls asleep on you, or smiles at you. Or a toddler is desperately trying to tell you the most important thing in the world. Or wants to show you the amazing daisy they just picked.

Christmas. Everything about it. It makes me so happy.

Pouring rain or heavy snow when I’m indoors and don’t need to go anywhere or do anything other than read or watch old films. DH home with me, a casserole in the slow cooker, everything clean and tidy and a hot water bottle on my feet.

I love to see a bright blue sky and wall to wall sunshine. And lots of brightly coloured flowers.

Snuggling my chubby little baby

A nice candle

Painting my nails

Walking in the drizzle.
Getting a sale in my small business.
That first glass of wine in the evening.

Stopping at a cafe I don't know for a coffee while I wait for a prescription, and finding their coffee is really nice.

Having either of my cats stretched out on my legs.

My weekly knitting group.

My cats.

An unexpected visit from a dear friend.

Having the house to myself (rare!)

@VeronicaFranklin I like your style. Lots of dreaming/fantasy to block out mundane reality!
Write the book!! I bet you'd be good at it.