Monday, March 25, 2019

My Little Pleasures (savoring experinces)

Based on this article from Psychology Today, I thought of writing my little happiness list:
  1. Going to sleep on a clean, neatly made bed. Light colored bedspreads I love.
  2. Having nice curtains and table spreads.
  3. Coming home from work , to an organized and clutter free  home.
  4. The end result of cleaning kitchen tops.
  5. A properly organized wardrobe with useless items purged.
  6. A nearly empty laundry basket.
  7. Clutter free tables.
  8. Organized, clean bookshelves and cupboards.
  9. A clean desktop/laptop desktop. 
  10. When I'm done with a software update (probably a bit procrastinated once).
  11. A well stitched dress, and wearing it.
  12. Wearing clean polished footwear.
  13. Pedicured foot and nails.
  14. Having Malappuram style chaya. The tea made with  less milk, less tea dust and appropriate amount of sugar.
  15. Completion of daily news paper reading.
  16. Having done a Sudoku.
  17. The smell of books and libraries.
  18. The scent that comes when earth first receives a shower (the technical name for this is Petrichor). 
  19. The fresh cut-grass smell.
  20. Workouts (walking, yoga or cardios), when I do them in continuously for atleast for a week.
  21. Ticking off items from To-Do list.
  22. Reading book on a cozy chair, with a tea.
  23. Reading a book on my neat bed.
  24. The look of a properly baked cake, by me.
  25. Malappuram biriyani.
  26. Looking at my balcony garden and see how my plants grow, and harvesting the spinach and ladies fingers.
  27. When I'm done with a song on keyboard with notes and chords matching.
  28. A vacation to water side.
  29. The look of Kerala greenery.
  30. The sight of rain through the windows. 
  31. The sight of trees while it rains.
  32. Watching a comedy filled movie.
  33. To look at my baby when she sleeps. 
  34. Listening to Maria, about her day in school. 
  35. Seeing Maria's drawings and her enthusiasm to do the activity.
  36. Having understood a hard theorem or a paper, which has been taking a while to get grab to.
  37. Implementing and getting good results while programming.
  38. Talking to a close friend, Jesu or Ashok.
  39. Talking to Jerin, and listening to his witty brilliant remarks.
  40. Finishing a poem, and the feel of purging the emotions through it.
  41. Publishing a post here, this being a kinda my secret space.

Might be I will add in more as and when I remember them.

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And Oh God! How I forgot this one :
42. The talks, little and big ones,  that I have with Jesu.

And these too,
43. The cleverly witted talks of Jerin, my PhD labmate.
44. Chai with my all time compassinate friend Ashok.

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