🕤 30 things


List 30 things that make you happy.

🌿 30 Things That Make Me Happy

  1. A pen in my hand and no deadline in sight
  2. The moment a metaphor hums with truth
  3. Skin-on-skin memories that echo in verse
  4. Silence that speaks louder than sound
  5. Words finding meaning where I least expect
  6. The way light shifts across a weathered page
  7. Wind whispering through places I haven’t seen
  8. A quote that wraps itself around my ribs
  9. Black coffee chasing cold mornings
  10. Poetic longing that lingers like perfume
  11. The ache inside a well-written goodbye
  12. Shadows stretching long at twilight
  13. Paper soft beneath slow ink
  14. Vulnerability held without judgment
  15. Music that aches exactly where I do
  16. Stillness with weight, not emptiness
  17. Old songs sounding new again
  18. Solving something mundane and feeling clever
  19. The way fog blurs the edges of everything
  20. Finding rhythm in the quiet
  21. Rain tapping out its own kind of language
  22. Firelight dancing without needing permission
  23. Honesty that cuts clean
  24. Books that smell of dust and dreams
  25. Cold air that bites just enough to feel alive
  26. Creating something nobody asked for
  27. Holding space for stories unspoken
  28. Falling for moments that never demanded attention
  29. Words that crack something open inside me
  30. Knowing that meaning doesn’t always need a name

Most of all, cherish the people who matter most. Tomorrow doesn’t promise anything. Tell them you love them. How much they mean to you.

And just love life.

Thank you,

—Jason


5 responses to “🕤 30 things”

    • 18 It’s that oddly satisfying moment when you tackle a small, everyday problem—maybe unclogging a drain with vinegar and baking soda, fixing a typo that’s been bugging you, or finally figuring out how to silence that mystery notification on your phone—and you feel like a genius. 🧠✨

      It’s the kind of cleverness that doesn’t change the world, but still gives a little dopamine hit. There’s joy in the ordinary when we feel just a bit more capable than usual. Like your brain high-fiving itself.

      Ever had one of those moments lately Iba?

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