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To wonder what gives you a sense of wellbeing?

158 replies

WashingFanatic · 21/06/2014 10:22

For me, it's watching washing on the line. DH thinks i'm a loon.

There's just something about watching clean washing blowing in the breeze that fills me with a sense of general wellbeing. If i'm stressed or grumpy, it instantly makes me feel better. I don't know why.

What is it for you?

OP posts:
Branleuse · 21/06/2014 12:13

sunshine

outdoor swimming

Happydaysatlast · 21/06/2014 12:14

Lovely thread op.

Fresh clean bed sheets,

Clean house with fresh flowers

Knowing all if my dcs are happy and healthy

Sunshine

Cold glass of wine with dh in the garden sun.

not2nitedarling · 21/06/2014 12:16

time with my mum
fun time with my dd
dancing round the room to a great 80 s tune
when I have just emptied the bins .. I love bin day.!!

dobedobedo · 21/06/2014 12:17

Totally clean house
all the laundry being done
Being warm when it's winter
Sitting in the garden with a cold drink in the summer
New bedding
Clean sheets and sleeping naked in them after a shower
Money in the bank (rare these days!)
Having hair that smells coconutty

Happydaysatlast · 21/06/2014 12:32

We are a clean fresh lot who likes the sun then? Grin

Lesleythegiraffe · 21/06/2014 12:42

Doing a big lot of cleaning - especially if the place was really dirty to begin with,

My OH just doesn't get it!

CallMeExhausted · 21/06/2014 12:48

A totally clean house (might I feel even better when the cleaning wasn't done by me? Don't know... Grin )

All the bills paid. It has been a tough couple of years. Now, when there is nothing owing on the bills, it feels fantastic.

Belting out show tunes at the top of my lungs.

My daughter's giggle.

My son's habit of sneaking up behind me for a surprise hug.

Thanks for starting this thread.

schokolade · 21/06/2014 12:52

Steam floating up from the kettle
avocado stones
pound coins
posting letters through the slot in mailbox
looking at my sleeping baby (rare!!)
Salads with broccoli in them

WooWooOwl · 21/06/2014 12:52

Seeing family and friends that I do to get enough time with in day to day life.

Doing nice things that make a difference to other people, either just randomly or through my voluntary job.

Seeing my children happy or enjoying something.

Cuddles with the husband.

Runesigil · 21/06/2014 13:33

Another vote for watching the wind's fingers ripple through the tresses of the sleeping goddess in a barley field.

Going outside in the deep, still silence of the night and sitting crosslegged on the swingseat, surrounded by my tiny solar lights that look like stars in the dark garden whilst overhead the real stars in the night sky merge with them. The line between the real and faux stars is no longer clear, it feels as though I'm weightless and floating in Space. Neither Time nor the sense of I exist.

The sunshine face of a flower, see image of one of 'my' dandelions, how can this be a weed and so maligned?

The glow of a salt-lamp - see image.

My cat's eyes that can change from yellow to intense burnished gold.

An hour on my aeropilates machine

Seeing anything I've nurtured against all the odds achieve its full potential

The intense green of the mint tea made from a sprig from the garden

The heady aroma of oriental lilies

The scent of elderflowers

The Fairy Door in a tree stump

To wonder what gives you a sense of wellbeing?
To wonder what gives you a sense of wellbeing?
Coumarin · 21/06/2014 14:27

Washing hanging on a line.
Smoke coming out of chimneys or steam coming out of a vent, meaning their heating is on.
Seeing the lights of a town from a distance.

I like thinking of everyone safe and snug in their houses going about normal domestic things.

My house being freshly cleaned.
The smell of night air when you've forgotten to close the windows.
Train journeys. The longer, the better.
A new paperback book.

Coumarin · 21/06/2014 14:29

Oh and last Summer I ran through of barley field. There was a narrow trodden path through full height barley and the Sun was blazing. Incredibly satisfying.

Shockers · 21/06/2014 14:31

Shokolade, avocado stones are wonderful! All smooth and polished like treasure.

BetsyBell · 21/06/2014 14:35

The swifts returning each year, marking the beginning of summer.

Fav · 21/06/2014 14:35

Didactylos - does it give you a sense of enormous well being?

I'd hazard a guess that you get up when you want except on Wednesdays
when you get rudely awakened by the dustmen.

:o

Strokethefurrywall · 21/06/2014 15:25

Pay day when I've paid all my bills - makes me feel in control and satisfied for some reason!

The smell of a fresh pot of coffee wafting through the house.

The smell of my mum's roast lamb dinner as soon as you open the porch door. Then I know I'm home (live 4000 miles away!) - I will remember that smell and that feeling until the day I die.

On stormy days, curling up on the couch with my babies and DH.

Stepping into a long shower after a 10 mile run.

Sitting down quietly with a mug of Egyptian Licorice Tea.

extremepie · 21/06/2014 15:32

Usually sex and sunshine will make me feel better.

When all else fails, I sing :)

RunLikeSomeFeckersChasing · 21/06/2014 15:33

Watching boats on the lough and planes in the sky, ideally with my DC.

JamNan · 21/06/2014 15:57

The smell of cotton sheets straight off the washing line
Getting into a freshly made bed after a bath
Harvesting vegetables from my garden, (esp standing in my jimjams eating peas at 6am on a sunny morning).
Cooking and serving up aforementioned vegetables to my family and friends
A good haircut
Lying in a hammock in my garden on a sunny day under a pine tree.
My grandchildren smiling, laughing and giggling
Music, birdsong, the first cuckoo call and seeing the first swallow of summer

Lighting a fire on a winter afternoon, cooking a roast dinner (with DH watching rugby on tv as background noise)
Baking a loaf of bread
The smell of orange blossom (philadelphus) and lavender
Listening to the cricket on the radio even though I haven't the faintest idea how the game works.

Carving pumpkins at Halloween with my grand kids
Financial stability - sadly that one eludes me.

Isn't it interesting that so many posters mention smell and sound? Lovely thread...

JamNan · 21/06/2014 15:58

I'll add a good shag too! Grin

appealtakingovermylife · 21/06/2014 16:05

Walking back in to a lovely clean house
Fresh bedding
Washing on the line
Making my kids a lovely dinner
A full fridge
Doing a good deed
Seeing my family happy
Yankee candles!

Sometimes it's the simplest things.....

TulipOHare · 21/06/2014 16:17

I will add, having seen how many people love sunshine, that I get that same sense of peace and wellbeing from greyness and rain and cold. I honestly do. It gladdens my heart to open the curtains in the morning and see rain tipping down. Bright light and sun make me feel anxious and down. Opposite of SAD or something Grin

Similarly, nice knitwear makes me happy, I find it comforting (and have far too much of it as a result).

comingintomyown · 21/06/2014 16:31

Rain against the windows when I'm inside

MissMalteser · 21/06/2014 16:39

We have a holiday home on the antrim coast & during the summer I am at my happiest sneaking out early in the morning with my camera and a coffee taking silly little shots of the beautiful scenery. I am very much an amateur but my mind empties of all other worries when I get the chance to explore with my camera.

YourBrotherInLaw · 21/06/2014 16:44

Sunbathing with my eyes closed
Fresh sheets
Glass of wine in the evening. (!)