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110 Little and Big Things in Life

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Life things are the experiences and conditions that you encounter as you navigate life. This includes delightful and simple experiences known as the little things that remind us of the wonder of life. Life also includes big things that are what you feel you need or want from life. Achieving the big things isn't always possible but it is always possible to be joyful anyway because life is arguably fundamentally good due to the little things that easy come to us all. The following are examples of these little and big things.
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Adventure
Artistic Beauty
Baths
Beach Days
Bike Rides
Calculated Risk Taking
Celebrations
Clouds
Community Involvement
Conversations
Creativity
Culture Experiences
Cultured Living
Daily Routine
Dating
Digital Experiences
Dreams
Education
Epic Experiences
Ethics
Exploring
Fairness
Faith
Family
Family Moments
Financial Stability
Forgiveness
Freedom
Fresh Air
Fresh Starts
Friends
Fulfilling Work
Games
Gardening
Gently Falling Snow
Gifts
Good Films
Good Food
Grand-parenting
Gratitude
Health
Helping Others
Hobbies
Homeownership
Humility
Joy In Humble Tasks
Kindness
Laughing
Life Transitions
Lifelong Learning
Love
Memories
Mental Health
Moments of Friendship
Moments of Wonder
Musical Experiences
Naps
Natural Beauty
Nature
Nature Experiences
Nostalgia
Nutrition
Overcoming Fears
Parenting
Passion Projects
Peace
Personal Development
Pets
Play
Pursuing Curiosity
Quality Time
Quiet Reflection
Reading
Recovering From Failure
Recreation
Relaxation
Research
Respect
Responsibility
Romantic Relationships
School Experiences
Seasonal Experiences
Security of Person
Self-awareness
Self-compassion
Self-fulfillment
Sleep
Small Victories
Smell of Rain
Social Events
Social Experiences
Social Meals
Social Support
Sounds of a Storm
Spirituality
Sports
Strength & Resilience
Sudden Inspiration
Sunny Days
Sunsets
Surprises
Television Shows
The Kindness of Strangers
The Wind In Your Hair
Time
Travel
Trust
Values
Volunteering
Walking
Working Towards Goals

Why the Little Things?

The little things is a common term for the elements of life that occur naturally and spontaneously without much effort. This relates to the philosophy that life is fundamentally wondrous if you simply stop to notice it.
Cultivating a daily appreciation for the little things is likely to make you more happy. For example, taking care in humble tasks such as preparing your morning coffee and appreciating this process in the moment as it unfolds.

Why the Big Things?

Humans are complex and we have complex needs. The pursuit of these needs is important to us. This is often viewed as a hierarchy of needs whereby if you don't have your basic needs such as housing met it is difficult to pursue higher level needs such as self-fulfillment.
Humans are capable and competitive and we generally work hard to meet our needs. So hard, that we might forget about the little things altogether.

What About Life Experiences?

Somewhere between the little things and big things are things that we pursue as epic or meaningful experiences. What is a big thing or simply a life experience is a judgement call. For example, adventure could be viewed as a valuable element of the human experience or it could be viewed as a primary goal or human need. It all depends how you look at it.

What little things in life are most important to you?



Family Time
16 votes
Friends
9 votes
Reading
4 votes
Daily Routine
0 votes
Nature
0 votes
Music
0 votes
Conversations
0 votes
Humor
0 votes
Films / TV
0 votes
Social Meals
0 votes
Weather Appreciation
0 votes
Walking
0 votes
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