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Fixing things. Doesn't matter what it is, but I find deep fulfillment and satisfaction in taking something that is seemingly beyond rescue and bringing it humming back to life with nothing but a wrench and a little hard work.

The susurros of people laughing and enjoying themselves nearby.

Hear me out. Have you ever tried naps?

Gardening

Sitting on the porch in the middle of the night in October/November. With a blanket. Or any other cooler month.

People don't realize. That yes. You can bring a blanket outside. To your porch.

And no one is around at 3 am and it's so silent and eerie. And perfect. Even in the city, there is way less people. But outside the city it's dead silent. Like everyone disappeared.

It feels... Different than the rest of the time.

3-4 am is the most interesting hour of the day.

Try it next time you wake up with a full bladder in the middle of the night. Or have insomnia. Don't go back to bed. Instead Grab your blanket. Step outside.

Lately, I've really been enjoying Lemmy and posts like this. All of it makes me feel like I'm still able to surf the web like I did 5-10+ years ago, interacting with other humans on the Internet in passing rather than a botnet like so many other popular sites.

I'm also a huge fan of cable management. I love the process of cleaning up my home/office to blend devices into the space.

Paint by numbers! Great to just turn off brain and paint away

I WFH, so once I get everyone else out the door I take 10 min to sit on the back porch to drink my coffee. I don’t bring my phone or anything else. Just my coffee.

Finding some downtime to just lie down with my cats and cuddle them

Also coffee

Making and eating pretzel bread.

It's a very temporary simple pleasure, because then I go to my doctor for a checkup and get sad because of all the pretzel bread lol

Typing on a mechanical keyboard.

Using a wire continuity tester, and hearing that sweet beep.

Sour Dough Bread baking. I discovered it as a hobby beginning of the year and have baked a bread pretty much every weekend since. First of all it's really nice to eat a slice of your own bread. Slowly but surely realizing that you actually know what your doing is also really rewarding. From water absorption to gluten development and fermentation, not to mentioned the tons of different types of breads and flours and how they differ and the endless possibilities by throwing in seeds, herbs and spices or even chesses.

Having a clean living space

Coffee. Cliché, I know, and I’m not even talking about the watching-James-Hoffman-videos-before-prepping-my-4000-dollar-espresso-machine type of habit. Just the few minutes of preparing a cup the way I like it, and finding a quiet couple of minutes to drink it.

Seeing new and unexpected things to me, it's even better when less people experience it and best is "no one will ever believe this" stories

walking in a forest during fall with a little weed in my system

Sitting at the beach of the Baltic sea in early spring or late fall when its too cold for the other beach folks, kept warm by my decades old leather biker gear and a bit of whiskey.

Prepare cocktails and coffee

Opening the blinds in the morning. My cat and I both bask in the sun for a few seconds before continuing with our day.

Painting my nails. Self-care and temporary, wearable art all in one go.

Watching the garbage trucks do their thing, lever door handles instead of knobs, watching the sunset/sunrise and local wildlife, taking a nap

Playing music from the playlists I make for my ttrpg games I prepare, to get inspired and write down ideas for the next game. It is like having a mental trailer about an upcoming show that we'll see when we get together to play it.

Bothering a cat. But in the loving way where they eye squish at you.

I also like homemade soft bread. So soft! So squishy! Delicious!

Enjoying a slow morning with a cup of coffee, listening to the birds and doing a crossword.

Rolling and smoking a j alone late at night with no distraction, just the calm quiet ritual

Walking while the snow falls on a windless night, when all the sounds are muffled aside from the soft crunch crunch of your footsteps, you can feel the pinpricks of snow melting on your face, the night just feels so still and perfect.

You can come over for pizza and cable managing if you want. My mom said it's cool

A simple, but guilty pleasure of mine is reading HackerNews story titles (and titles only, most of the time), and tooting sarcastic reactions about them. It's very therapeutic. (And for easier browsing, I made a HN-like website (read-only) for said toots of mine).

Sitting by my computer working on a hobby coding project, on a Sunday morning with a fresh cup of coffee next to me

Putting on a brand new pair of socks

Writing a script and having it not destroy everything on first launch.

It's a great feeling.

Having a nap in a sunbeam

Sitting on the verandah with a beer, watching the rain come down, listening to that sound.

Animals! I love watching them, walking with my dogs.

How can u say this and not pay the cable-management tax somewhere deep in the comment section

Board games and card games, but nothing as complicated as Magic The Gathering.

When I say card games I mean games like "World Changers". I don't play card games with regular decks (jack queen, king, joker etc)