All (220)
Simple Things (50)
Social Life (34)
Cultural Life (29)
Everyday Life (13)
Life Experiences (17)
Life Opportunities (33)
Accomplishments (13)
Human Virtues (21)
Philosophical Things (10)
Achieving a goal | Acknowledging your flaws |
Acts of compassion | Adventures |
Afternoon naps | Appreciating beauty |
Art museums | Asking someone out |
Autonomy | Autumn leaves |
Barbecues | Beautiful nature |
Becoming a parent | Becoming debt free |
Becoming more calm | Being appreciated |
Being happy for others | Being loved |
Being of service | Being proud of yourself for something |
Being yourself | Bicycle rides |
Bonding with others | Breaking free from bad habits |
Building meaningful relationships | Building things |
Building your own way of living | Business successes |
Bustling street sounds | Buying your first home |
Calm before the storm | Choosing love over bitterness |
City views | Collaborating with talented people |
Comfortable beds | Comfortable silences |
Community life | Compelling architecture |
Concerts | Connecting with someone |
Cooperation | Courage |
Craft | Creating value |
Creative expression | Cuisine |
Cultured living | DIY projects |
Dance | Dating |
Dedication | Digital experiences |
Discovering a passion | Doing the right thing |
Drawing | Educational opportunities |
Embracing imperfections | Excitement of new beginnings |
Exploring historic neighborhoods | Exploring the past |
Expressing your personal style | Facing your fears |
Faith | Familiar faces |
Family life | Family traditions |
Fashion pursuits | Festivals |
Finding inner peace | Finding reasons to celebrate |
Finding something you lost | Finding your purpose |
First snow | Forgiveness |
Freedom | Freeing yourself from the past |
Fresh bread | Fresh breezes |
Freshly mowed grass | Friends |
Gaining confidence | Gaining maturity |
Game nights | Generosity |
Getting a promotion | Giving back to your community |
Giving sincere compliments | Going for coffee |
Going out for dinner | Good books |
Good conversation | Good movies |
Good television shows | Gratitude |
Having a crush | Helping others |
History museums | Hobbies |
Holiday celebrations | Home cooked food |
Honesty | Hugs |
Humility | Imagining brilliant futures |
Independence | Inspirational people |
Interesting cafes | Interesting cloud formations |
Joyful memories | Keeping a journal |
Kindness of strangers | Landing your first job |
Laughter with friends | Learning a language |
Learning from mistakes | Learning to cook |
Leaves rustling | Leisure pursuits |
Living in the moment | Loyalty |
Making a new friend | Making a successful career change |
Making improvements in your life | Mastering a musical instrument |
Meeting new people | Moments of wonder |
Moonlit seas | Movie nights |
Music | Mystery of existence |
Nice people | Nightlife |
Non-judgemental people | Old chairs |
Old photos | Old stories |
Overcoming a setback | Overcoming adversity |
Overcoming hardship | Painting |
Participating in online life | Parties |
People who understand you | Performing humble tasks well |
Personal expression | Playing |
Playing sports | Playing with your kids |
Pleasant dreams | Pleasant routines |
Polite people | Pursuing your curiosity |
Receiving genuine compliments | Relatives |
Religious life | Researching topics you find interesting |
Respect | Rites of passage |
Road trips | Running into an old friend |
Satisfying workouts | Saving enough for retirement |
Seeing the best in others | Self-acceptance |
Selfless people | Sharing a funny story |
Shooting stars | Sightseeing |
Sincerity | Singing |
Sitting by a fire | Sleeping in |
Smell of fresh coffee | Smell of new rain |
Social connectedness | Social meals |
Solo travel | Solving a big problem |
Sound of waves | Spring blooms |
Stargazing | Starting a business |
Starting out on a trip | Starting up conversation |
Staying young in spirit | Stillness of the night |
Street food culture | Sudden realizations |
Sunrises & sunsets | Taking a long bath |
Taking important risks | Team comradery |
The beauty of solitude | The capacity for change |
The courage to be vulnerable | The cuteness of pets |
The joy of giving | The joy of laughter |
The joy of learning | The potential of a new day |
The quiet of a library | The warmth of a smile |
Time in nature | Transcending negative emotions |
Traveling abroad | Trust |
Unbelievably calm people | Unconditional love |
Understanding | Video games |
Visiting parks | Volunteering |
Walking barefoot on sand | Walking in the rain |
Walking your dog | Warm afternoons |
Watching fireflies | Watching sports |
Willpower | Writing |
Simple Things
The simple things in life are things that are easily available to all. These are important because you can always turn to the simple things when your major, difficult to achieve, goals in life aren't going too well. For example, fresh air, nature and the interesting daily shifts in weather that can be appreciated for their beauty.
Society
Modern societies are unbelievably complex and efficient systems that offer freedom and opportunity. Even if wealth isn't fairly distributed, everyone has access to much opportunity in many societies. For example, you can purchase a smart phone, that is an incredible tool for communicating with the entire world and accessing unbelievably large repositories of knowledge, information and entertainment. Things like smartphones are possible because millions of people can cooperate in an economy to play specialized roles. As an individual, you could work for 1 million years and never produce a smartphone on your own. However, within a society you might purchase one with a few weeks of labor. This is an incredibly good deal. Modern societies offer a astonishing variety of goods and services. They also provide countless social, economic and educational opportunities. Sure there are problems with society but if you take a step back at the big picture, advanced modern societies give their residents much opportunity to live a fulfilling life.
People
You will meet people with great virtues. People who are impressive, kind, selfless, experienced, calm, mature, lively, stylish or compassionate. People who lift you up and make you who you are. People who support you. People who are patient with you. People who teach you something. People who are fun. People who offer a moment of friendship and understanding. People who become lifelong friends or partners. Sure, there are people who will be mean, uninspired and terrible but overall you can gain much from people.
