Are you ready to enjoy and embrace the simple pleasures in your life? There are so many beautiful simple pleasures available for you to enjoy every day! If you’re open to embrace them, they can add happiness, meaning and satisfaction to your life.
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I recently watched a heart-warming video on YouTube where Margie shared,
“Ordinary is extraordinary.”
As I’m growing older I’m really starting to appreciate the simple pleasures more. It’s helping me feel more satisfied, content and happy in the moment. Enjoying the simple pleasures in life has meaning too. Not only that, but I find appreciating the small things adds to my sense of calm and ease.
What does simple pleasures mean?
Simple pleasures are the things that bring you joy.
There are so many simple pleasures!
A simple pleasure is something that adds to your happiness no matter how ordinary or little it may seem.
Each day there are beautiful simple pleasures available for you to enjoy and embrace.
Thanks life!
Why is it important to enjoy the simple pleasures?
Enjoying the simple pleasures can help bring you feelings like a sense of happiness, contentment, joy and satisfaction.
It’s important to enjoy the simple pleasures in life as it can help you feel more present and uplift your mood.
When we are in a negative mindset it can sometimes be hard to focus on the good. Appreciating the simple pleasures is a simple way to realise all the good already in your life.
Lastly, if we’re always waiting for the ‘big’ things or the next things to make us happy… well we will be waiting.
Embracing the simple pleasures in your life can serve as a reminder that you’re allowed to enjoy your life right now.
“A calm and modest life brings more happiness than the pursuit of success combined with constant restlessness.”
– Albert Einstein
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Simple Pleasures to Boost Your Happiness
- Quality time and experiences with your loved ones (family, partner, friends)
- Burning incense
- Wearing natural perfume
- Mindful eating
- Lighting candles
- Practising gratitude
- Planning your schedule in your diary
- Morning coffee
- Setting goals and dreaming big
- Journalling
- Listening to music you love
- Slow cooked meals
- Takeaway food
- Yoga
- Working out
- Stopping to smell and witness the beauty of the flowers
- Phone calls with your loved ones
- Basking in the sunshine
- Meditating
- Naps
- Having a picnic
- Swimming in the ocean
- Long walks
- Your bare feet on the grass
- Deep breaths
- Hearing the birds chirp in the morning
- Hugging/petting an animal
- Wearing clothes that make you feel beautiful
- Doing your self-care routine
- Laughing at the funny reels your friends send you
- Dancing in your bedroom
- Waterfalls
- Appreciating the sunrise and sunset
- Looking up at the stars in the night sky
- Expressing your creativity
- Hugs!
- Drinking fresh water
- Living the life that’s true to you
- Dark chocolate
- Sleep ins
- Having nothing to do/ no where to be
- Drinking tea from a teapot
- Praying
- Sitting in nature
- Meeting new people
- Spontaneous experiences
- Adventures
- Looking at the trees
- Watching YouTube
- Loving and being loved
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Simple Pleasures to Boost Your Happiness
- Laying on the beach
- Having dinner made for you and cooking for others
- Reading a book
- Eating dessert before dinner
- Baking sweet treats
- Making your own bread from home
- Being there for your loved ones
- Looking at beautiful views and scenery
- Making someone else feel good
- Caring less about what other people think
- The sound of rain
- Listening to Podcasts
- Quick and easy dinners
- A good conversation with a stranger
- Kindness
- Feeling young, wild and free!
- Filling up your self-love cup
- Being present and listening to each other
- A good cry
- Long showers & baths
- Acknowledging how far you have come
- Going on beach walks
- Sleep
- Looking around at the markets
- Kissing
- Playing a card game
- Doing question and answers with your loved ones
- Doing something you’ve never done before
- Believing in yourself
- New notebooks
- Exploring new places
- Freshly washed sheets
- Making a new drink
- Discovering a new song that you want to play non-stop
- Massaging yourself or someone else
- Creating vision boards
- Scrolling Pinterest for positivity
- A good stretch
- Writing sweet birthday/celebration cards for others
- Going on a bike ride
- Seeing a butterfly, dragonfly or bumblebee/ animal
- Wearing a new pair of socks for the first time
- Laughing out loud
- A campfire
- Surprises/ things you didn’t expect
- Hearing the wind blow through the trees
- Visiting a new cafe/restaurant/ trying new food
- Setting your intentions for the day
- Watching a good movie
- Watering your garden
- Taking photos
Oops, yep. Make that 101 simple pleasures. ☺️
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“Very little is needed to make a happy life.”
– Marcus Aurelius
I hope this post has inspired and motivated you to appreciate the simple pleasures in your life more.
What are some of your favourite simple pleasures that you love to embrace?
Comment them below and share it with the Living Her Way community.
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This is a great reminder to enjoy the everyday wonders. Great post!
It is so easy to get caught up in our everyday routine and not take time to enjoy the simple pleasures in life. Thanks for these great reminders.
What a great list! Ways to boost our happiness are all around us. 🙂
What a great list! Ways to boost our happiness are all around us. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for sharing such a great list! As we can see simple little daily things can boost life a lot!