To ask you for three or four things that contribute to your feeling better at the moment?

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These are mine - and yes, even now, if I can get myself into focussing on the now, I can feel happy in the moment of drinking these in....

• The four beautiful snowdrops that are now out in the garden
• Our dog having a great dream, full of wuffles and twitches
• The vaccination numbers each day - I can't believe we have now vaccinated more than 1 in 10 of the UK population! Phenomenal
• Good food... yup, sitting down and eating something I enjoy like scrambled eggs or a bowl of good soup makes me feel so much better... and even cherished

Cold frosty weather and snow

Just had my birthday and was spolit

Season 2 of Discovery of Witches. I loved the first season and even better, James Purefoy is in the 2nd season. I'm binge watching on Now tv

I'm doing physio for my knee after an old injury flared up and it's making me feel good to see it improving each day. I'm also incorporating some Pilates into the routine which always helps my MH

Listening to music

Lovely friends who phone or e-mail me even when we can't see each other

The rise in vaccinations

Trump has gone!

Watching birds in the garden
Singing loudly along to the radio/Alexa
Experimenting with new recipes or cooking styles
Listening to radio plays in the bath
Playing Among Us with the extended family

Sitting in front of our wood burner with the snow coming down and a lovely Gin liqueur in hand.
Our newly acquired (September) beautiful rescue dog, best thing that happened to us during lockdown.
Enjoying family time with our teens without a stream of their friends coming in and out, bliss.
Less stress, slower pace of life.

My pets - they're the funniest beings I know
Part-baked cookies, so they're gooey in the middle
Camellias in my garden are all fat with buds just about to burst
Electronic music

Art
Cats
Cooking
Family
Friends
Internet
Fresh air
TV

Great thread OP!!

My cats running mad in the snow.
Pair of wood pigeons kissing on the fence.
Daughter bringing me a hot vimto without being asked during my millionth zoom meeting.

The dogs - the puppy bounding around like a loon in particular
The woods and the very preliminary signs of spring
A good fire in the evening
The amazing speed of the vaccination programme

Wine
A clean, nice smelling house
Wine
Muttering under my breath/mask about people that annoy me

DH bought a bar of Dove soap for the bathroom and it gave me a really unexpected boost! It smells lovely, and is "naicer" than the soap we normally get.

It's the small things nowadays!

Reading thriller books

Having a bath and hanging my dressing gown hanging the radiator for when I get out 😊

Incense/candles burning

Good food - smoked salmon & soft boiled eggs on toast every morning without fail 😄

Sex!

Zoom chats with good friends
Virtual bellringing
Spotting snowdrops and emerging daffodil shoots in the garden
Cryptic crossword

The unconditional love from my 3 dogs and 2 cats (as long as they get fed).
My lovely warm house.
The fact that I qualify in 2 months and won't have to put in 60+ hours a week.

Reading

Thankful that my children are younger than school age so don't need home schooling (utmost respect for school age parents)

Cooking better food rather than just getting something on the table as quickly as possible because we're late home and the kids are shattered.

No commute, and having time to shower in the morning instead of having to do it the night before.

My grandparents having their vaccines

The lovely sunny day we had today. My dog playing in the snow in the garden earlier - lifts my heart to see him so happy. One of cats is currently cuddling in to me purring like crazy. My boyfriend is cooking tea later - nothing fancy (gf pasta) but I know it will be tasty. Thanks for this thread op - feeling pretty happy and grateful for my lot just now.

Heinz tomato soup with thick white bread

sunshine
a good dog walk
something funny to watch

I've posted about it multiple times but the Calm app has saved me over lockdown. I wake up and listen to the daily calm, 10 minute meditation. I do the breathing exercises during the day and listen to the spark podcasts while I work. Then I stretch or do some yoga and listen to the 30 day how to meditate course. At night Idris Elba reads me a bedtime story

I swear I don't work for them! I just like getting my moneys worth as it's quite expensive (for me).

oh and More or Less which I discovered last year

Bloody neighbour, who has turned out to be such a miserable sod and who can't wait to run out and criticise us every day, is moving! Has only just told us and is moving next week.....it's totally made my day!

Here’s todays.

Clean bedding tonight
Chinese takeaway tonight
An Alexa for my car (came today)
A funny text from my colleague who I miss (haven’t seen her since March 24)

Running
Having extra time with the kids
Studying (made lots of new friends virtually since September still have only managed to meet 1)
Cosy nights in with husband.
Bridgerton :)

Hot bubble bath
Nice food-takeaway tonight!
Good wine
Not having to scrape ice off the car to go to work

I’m still surprised by the fact that the sight of the crescent moon on Thursday night made my heart lift after a crappy day.

It was only a moon, not a cure or an answer or a solution - but it was so beautiful that suddenly things seemed survivable