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Stuart G

(38,726 posts)
Tue Nov 28, 2023, 01:26 PM Nov 2023

What makes You HAPPY?

Being with friends,
Playing games on the computer.
Some foods.
Being with someone I love.
Watching Comedy Movies.
Watching old Star Trek and Star Wars movies and shows.
Warm weather when it is very cold..

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What makes You HAPPY? (Original Post) Stuart G Nov 2023 OP
Happiness is a many-faceted jewel EYESORE 9001 Nov 2023 #1
I forgot a very important one: Talking on the phone to people I like. Stuart G Nov 2023 #2
Good List NJCher Nov 2023 #3
What a great list! justaprogressive Nov 2023 #4
1. My dog Mad_Dem_X Nov 2023 #5
Seeing a child enjoying him/herself. OldBaldy1701E Nov 2023 #6
When people around me are happy Mr.Bill Nov 2023 #7
Weed Emile Nov 2023 #8
Not much lately... LudwigPastorius Nov 2023 #9
Oh MorbidButterflyTat Nov 2023 #11
Thanks, MBT. LudwigPastorius Nov 2023 #14
My husband, our daughter and our granddaughter yellowdogintexas Nov 2023 #10
Books MorbidButterflyTat Nov 2023 #12
My cats, my friends, books, rain, birds, the coast ailsagirl Nov 2023 #13

EYESORE 9001

(29,714 posts)
1. Happiness is a many-faceted jewel
Tue Nov 28, 2023, 01:38 PM
Nov 2023

There’s happiness when I’ve helped someone, which is quite apart from the happiness when I slip into a nice warm bath. I believe in taking happiness where I find it, and despite all the chaos and noise in my life, I still manage to find happiness every day.

Stuart G

(38,726 posts)
2. I forgot a very important one: Talking on the phone to people I like.
Tue Nov 28, 2023, 01:43 PM
Nov 2023

and ............Sometimes..."EXERCIZING" &.... GOING FOR WALKS WHEN IT IS SUNNY AND CLEAR.

NJCher

(43,133 posts)
3. Good List
Tue Nov 28, 2023, 02:30 PM
Nov 2023

I'll snatch this one off yours:

Being with someone I love.

and related things, like I just got a letter from an old friend: two pages, single-spaced. This person is the funniest. I laughed for two pages. Really, tears rolling out of my eyes.

I would also like to add:

kombucha

justaprogressive

(6,895 posts)
4. What a great list!
Tue Nov 28, 2023, 05:25 PM
Nov 2023

Share most of those w/you.

I would add

Sharing cheese & a bottle of wine with my wife while watching favorite movies...:

we also watch old TV Shows like...

Twilight Zone
Outer Limits
Addams Family
Mag PI

hi:

Mad_Dem_X

(10,192 posts)
5. 1. My dog
Tue Nov 28, 2023, 05:36 PM
Nov 2023

2. My husband

3. Doing something good for someone else

4. Curled up under warm blankets in cold weather

5. Reading a good book

6. Listening to music

Mr.Bill

(24,906 posts)
7. When people around me are happy
Tue Nov 28, 2023, 11:30 PM
Nov 2023

and maybe I had something to do with it. Especially when I can make someone laugh.

LudwigPastorius

(14,701 posts)
9. Not much lately...
Wed Nov 29, 2023, 12:06 AM
Nov 2023

I am a musician, but I had to quit playing to take care of my mom about a year and half ago. This, just as I was getting some well paying work and breaking into playing a bit with the local symphony orchestras.

It's just the two of us in her old house, I haven't seen any of my friends, or had time to practice or write music in a long time.

I try to remind myself that the vast majority of people on the planet have it much worse off than me, but I'm freaking out about my future financial security, and whether I'll ever be able to get my chops back if, and when, I get back to my former life.

yellowdogintexas

(23,693 posts)
10. My husband, our daughter and our granddaughter
Wed Nov 29, 2023, 12:16 AM
Nov 2023

cracking up with my sisters or good friends
reading a good book, with a cup of good coffee and a cat in my lap
running into someone I haven't seen for a long time

When my candidate wins!!
baking especially cakes
kitties

good food and good wine

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