Just one day without tinnitus would make me happy.
Take care of your ears.
Mine eventually (after years) faded into the background and now it only really bothers me if I’m in a quiet place.
Can’t emphasize this enough.
Just live in a loud environment! Oh god I wish I could know silence again. Nothing like going out into nature and you hear a ringing the whole time
Just enough money to pay off my car, my credit card, and give me 1 year (if that, id probably spend half the time recovering from traveling) to travel and see where I want to go in life.
Edit: funny, now that I’m thinking about it there’s that venn diagram joke: Money, time, and Energy. Each stage of your life you get two.
I have no energy, not a lot of money, and plenty of time (except ADHD time blindness so it doesn’t do me any fucking good.)
Being well off enough and free of my money problems so that I could quit my night job and devote my free time to helping my friends. I’d also like to have a life where I could become a foster parent because I think I’d be good at that and help families well.
Relief of stress, which is currently made by lack of money. So money, I guess. I think in smaller terms this chocolate chip banana bread will make me short term happy though.
Less stress. Less worry. More time free to recuperate and enjoy things.
A job that: I’d love, is at a desk, pays well, is project based, asks me to set my own goals, holds me accountable, makes me feel like I’m contributing something positive for other people.
Right now, I would feel more fulfilled in life with something like that.
Full ride scholarship
Monkey paw time. Full ride scholarship but it’s to trump university.
You know what, id stick it out for a little bit just to raise some hell. Probably wouldn’t make it long, but it’d be fun while it lasted
The exact amount of money I have in debts at the moment.
If I was 100% debt free I could work 3-4 days a week with the same amount of money left as with debts.
This would reduce stress and give me more time and energy to improve myself
Good plan!
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Since hitting my 30s I’ve started getting really invested in middle aged man shit like sports and history podcasts. It’s a cliche and basic in its own way but I’m genuinely surprised by the amount of joy these relatively simple things are bringing me. Especially when I could not have been less interested in sports as a youngster.
Yeah, never been a big football fan my entire life. After starting a serious career I kinda got swept up into it.
I realized in my early 20s I do actually enjoy spectating when I started following e-sports. I was disaffected for a while when that whole space got taken over by influencers, though.
To me it comes down to story lines. I love a great story, as we all do, and professional competition you get to see them unfold in real time. You get to root for your side as it happens and then connect with the people who were there too.
So, hoping to expand my list of topics for small talk football seemed like an easy win. I dunno, not everyone needs social lubricant but it helps for me to have something to ease my anxiety.
I still am a bit behind on all the mechanics but started playing fantasy and it helps get more fimilar with the players.
People reading this probably think I’m a real doofus because this comes natural to them. For me though, it’s like discovering a whole new genre of music and getting to hear the hits for the first time.
I had a very similar experience.
Comparing my TV habits to my partner’s I came to the conclusion that following sports is actually very similar to following a soap opera or reality show: you as the viewer are trying to predict the dynamics between the characters and what the outcome will be from a limited selection of possible outcomes. I think it’s the combination of it being unpredictable - you don’t know who will win - but also bounded in terms of possibilities (someone is going to win). That combination lets you kind of switch off your brain while watching it whilst at the same time being pure drama.
Not sure if that makes sense but thanks for reading my wacky theory!
No, this is how my wife describes it, lol.
A permanent place to live
I want so much for you to have this! Others do to.
If I learned how to prioritize sleep without feeling guilty
Sleep’s one of the best free pleasures around. It’s free, it heals your body and mind, and just feels good.
I’ve fought a lot with insomnia in recent years and truly appreciate when I’m able to get a good night’s sleep. I’d rather have a bit shorter days, but feel much better due to being well rested whenever possible. How does sleeping make you feel guilty?
I do it like this. The world’s a better place for everyone if I’m properly rested. Especially me.
Well I am happy, but would be happier if the public transit here was good. Because the city would be so much better.
More money would make me less anxious but I have a reasonable lifestyle already (only took a half century and 4 wage earners in the household) and am satisfied with it.
I didnt know i would be saying this today but I hope you get the public transit of your dreams.
Some stability in my life and a friend who gives good hugs.
To get the kids to bed and start up a video game. That’s all. That’s all it takes for me now a days.
simple pleasures
