A list of simple, mundane things that make me happy ✨
Amid life’s hustle and bustle, I’ve realised that profound happiness often emerges from the simplest things. While an occasional taste of extravagance is delightful, it’s the unassuming moments that fill me with gratitude and spark creativity.
This list is a collection of everyday joys — sounds, sights, smells, and sentiments — that reveal the beauty in the ordinary.
- Reflection of water in a swimming pool
2. A well-formatted text
3. Shape of a serif “g”
4. Smell of fresh ink
5. Full-length mirrors
6. A silent late-night walk
7. Tall brick walls
8. All kinds of rooftops
9. Long hand-written notes
10. Sound of autumn leaves crunch
11. Brown-paper cover on books
12. The number 4
13. Netflix’s ta-dum sound
14. XXL t-shirts
15. Smell of freshly cut grass
16. Sun rays seeping through window slits
17. Form of a split philodendron leaf
18. Mini wooden teaspoons
19. A clean pair of sneakers
20. Raindrops on the car windshield
21. Aloo paratha with butter and chai
22. Office’s (the show) intro sequence
43. Texture of wet clay
24. Witty writings on Paperboat’s packaging
25. Good usage of a semicolon
26. Sound of a flowing stream
27. A clean basketball shot
28. 80% dark chocolate
29. Uniball pens
30. Nike’s logo
31. Fresh burrata cheese
32. A good usage of the em dash — especially in poems
33. Resting in Dadi’s (grandma’s) lap
34. French windows
35. The ✨ emoji
36. Soft filament bulbs
37. Crisp sound of a sharp knife chopping
38. Eating mangoes with bare hands
39. Fleece blankets
40. Meaning of the word tiramisu
41. A no-meeting day at work
42. Well-crafted ligatures
43. The (old) Twitter’s branding
44. Diet Coke with lemon and ice
45. Vintage postcards
46. Spotify’s icons
47. Sheer curtains
48. Comfortable silences with loved ones
49. Hearing infectious laughter
50. The color heliotrope
51. Lists :)
