# Mundane things that give you satisfaction **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 10, 2021, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mundane-things-that-give-you-satisfaction/954140 "2021-11-10T18:44:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2021, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mundane-things-that-give-you-satisfaction/954140/21 "2021-11-11T16:00:19Z")
> [@Dereknocue67](#): > > A roof that doesn’t leak. > Heat and A/C. > Hot water on demand. > A car that always starts. > Many more. Yeah, these are the kinds of things that _should_ give me satisfaction, but all too often I don’t even notice them until they’re not there. ---
**Author:** ![TheGunIsMightierThanThePen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thegunismightierthanthepen/32/2981_2.png) [@TheGunIsMightierThanThePen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheGunIsMightierThanThePen)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2021, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mundane-things-that-give-you-satisfaction/954140/22 "2021-11-11T18:09:10Z")
Watching people get ticketed for forgetting to move their car for street cleaning, by _ **one** _ minute. ---
**Author:** ![MulderMuffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldermuffin/32/2862_2.png) [@MulderMuffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MulderMuffin)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2021, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mundane-things-that-give-you-satisfaction/954140/23 "2021-11-11T18:32:21Z")
Brand new socks. You just can’t beat the comforting feeling of new cotton socks going on for the first time. They’re so soft, and the elasticity will never be the same again. Ahh, I love new socks… ---
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2021, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mundane-things-that-give-you-satisfaction/954140/24 "2021-11-11T20:49:32Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > Making all the lights on the way home - even the turns! You’re not alone on this. We have a run of lights near us - getting through them all on green is called _Crossing The Red Sea_. j ---
**Author:** ![teelabrown](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/teelabrown/32/8412_2.png) [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2021, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mundane-things-that-give-you-satisfaction/954140/25 "2021-11-11T20:57:48Z")
Watching a youtube video of a very overgrown, out-of-control yard being mown and trimmed and weed-whacked until it’s nice and neat. It’s a specialty of [Fill’s Lawn Care](https://www.youtube.com/c/FillsLawnCare). ---
**Author:** ![jaycat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jaycat/32/3015_2.png) [@jaycat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jaycat)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2021, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mundane-things-that-give-you-satisfaction/954140/26 "2021-11-11T22:57:05Z")
Watching the Cowboys lose. Watching the Raiders lose. Watching the Yankees lose. And especially… watching the Cheatstro’s lose. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2021, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mundane-things-that-give-you-satisfaction/954140/27 "2021-11-11T23:29:09Z")
> [@Cervaise](#): > > The first thing that comes to mind for me is “driving without shoes.” Not quite the first thing that came to mind\*, but I also enjoy the comfort of driving barefoot, especially on longer trips. \*it was bacon. ---
**Author:** ![LisslaLissar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/87869e/32.png) [@LisslaLissar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LisslaLissar)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2021, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mundane-things-that-give-you-satisfaction/954140/28 "2021-11-12T00:11:09Z")
Getting the ice off the inside of my freezer when I’m defrosting it. The first five minutes of silence after my kids all go off to school, when I finally get to drink my tea. Especially when I got it when it’s strong enough to melt the spoon but not bitter. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2021, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mundane-things-that-give-you-satisfaction/954140/29 "2021-11-12T01:22:58Z")
Making a new recipe and it comes out perfect and want to do it again. Tonight was gnocchi - Home made potato pasta. Nailed it. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2021, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mundane-things-that-give-you-satisfaction/954140/30 "2021-11-12T01:46:11Z")
Finishing my book right at the end of my scheduled reading time, preferably on a Friday. ---
**Author:** ![tavaritz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/71e660/32.png) [@tavaritz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tavaritz)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2021, 9:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mundane-things-that-give-you-satisfaction/954140/31 "2021-11-12T09:09:58Z")
Warm shoes when going out in winter. After long soak in sauna you come home and have bed made with fresh linen. (Always remember to change your bed sheets before going to sauna.) Perfectly cooked pasta. ---
**Author:** ![alovem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@alovem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alovem)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2021, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mundane-things-that-give-you-satisfaction/954140/32 "2021-11-12T10:46:36Z")
> [@LisslaLissar](#): > > Getting the ice off the inside of my freezer when I’m defrosting it. It _is_ oddly satisfying when entire plaques of ice slide right out and the end of the job looms into sight. I’ve actually just finished defrosting mine. What used to be a two-day affair involving mopping, swearing and eating out until Monday now takes less than two hours. ---
**Author:** ![Novelty\_Bobble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2021, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mundane-things-that-give-you-satisfaction/954140/33 "2021-11-12T11:15:45Z")
> [@LisslaLissar](#): > > Getting the ice off the inside of my freezer when I’m defrosting it. ooooo! scraping a windscreen with a _good_ scraper. ---
**Author:** ![cytop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f17d59/32.png) [@cytop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cytop)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2021, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mundane-things-that-give-you-satisfaction/954140/34 "2021-11-12T12:11:35Z")
A newly discovered mundane thing that gives me satisfaction is that now I can now point and say “@CorpusNeptune uses Brave…” I appreciate plenty of people use Brave - I just never knew of any others. I’m sad … ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2021, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mundane-things-that-give-you-satisfaction/954140/35 "2021-11-12T13:18:34Z")
Starting up a computer game I haven’t played in a while and still remembering the controls. So many times I’ve had to start a new game just to play through the tutorial if I haven’t played something in a long time because I forgot everything. It’s not like Atari when you just had a stick and one button, an XBox controller has over a dozen buttons on it, and most modern games use every one of them. ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2021, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mundane-things-that-give-you-satisfaction/954140/36 "2021-11-12T15:13:12Z")
Waking up on a weekend morning at the normal time I’d wake up during the work week, and realizing that I don’t have to get up and get ready. There’s something eminently satisfying about that particular feeling for me. ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2021, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mundane-things-that-give-you-satisfaction/954140/37 "2021-11-12T15:29:55Z")
Putting on a fresh mask, hearing the tiny pops as I stretch out the pleats. ---
**Author:** ![Keeve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f07891/32.png) [@Keeve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Keeve)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2021, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mundane-things-that-give-you-satisfaction/954140/38 "2021-11-12T16:35:58Z")
> [@bump](#): > > Waking up on a weekend morning at the normal time I’d wake up during the work week, and realizing that I don’t have to get up and get ready. There’s something eminently satisfying about that particular feeling for me. Even better, if I feel so awake that I choose not to waste this time going back to sleep. Instead, I can putter around the house doing whatever non-critical things that catch my fancy, with no pressure at all, and I’m awake enough to appreciate it. ---
**Author:** ![CorpusNeptune](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/corpusneptune/32/17561_2.png) [@CorpusNeptune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CorpusNeptune)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2021, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mundane-things-that-give-you-satisfaction/954140/39 "2021-11-12T22:29:00Z")
> [@cytop](#): > > A newly discovered mundane thing that gives me satisfaction is that now I can now point and say “@Baleaf\_1997 uses Brave…” Aww, you shouldn’t have. 💙 I’m actually pretty new to Brave (I used Firefox beforehand), but I must say I quite enjoy it. Very glad I switched. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2021, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mundane-things-that-give-you-satisfaction/954140/40 "2021-11-13T15:06:55Z")
The foldable corrugated plastic chute I bought for my lawn/leaf bags. I hate wrestling with those giant paper bags, trying to keep them open while I’m emptying the bag from the mower or trying to dump leaves in. This thing holds the bag open and keeps it upright until I’ve got it full enough to stand on its own. I love it and wish I had bought one years ago. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mundane-things-that-give-you-satisfaction/954140.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mundane-things-that-give-you-satisfaction/954140.md?page=3)