# 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:** 10\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2021, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mundane-things-that-give-you-satisfaction/954140/61 "2021-11-24T21:36:58Z")
Winning a sword duel left-handed. ---
**Author:** ![sunstone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunstone/32/3372_2.png) [@sunstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sunstone)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2021, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mundane-things-that-give-you-satisfaction/954140/62 "2021-11-24T21:45:43Z")
Opening a new jar of chunky peanut butter for the first time. Taking a batch of fresh cooked cookies out of the oven. Seeing garlic emerging from the bed that I prepared last summer and planted Halloween. Getting that 1% keeper from the Adenium hybridization that turns out to be a new form. Fixing things around the house that need repairing. Getting my Outback washed, waxed, and cleaned inside…more points if Maintenance done. There are so many things that are satisfying. ---
**Author:** ![gregorio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/fbc32d/32.png) [@gregorio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gregorio)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2021, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mundane-things-that-give-you-satisfaction/954140/63 "2021-11-25T02:13:54Z")
Oh, there’s something I ought to tell you. ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2021, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mundane-things-that-give-you-satisfaction/954140/64 "2021-11-25T18:01:30Z")
Vacuuming, especially if it’s been a bit since you’ve last done so. The albino squirrel becoming more comfortable with my presence. It seems to be realizing I am the bringer of food and will wait a few feet away while I fill their tray. Ditto a family of crows. A freshly made bed, with flannel sheets, on a cold night. Long showers, with fabulous products, after you’ve worked hard. Sliding on hardwood floors in fuzzy slipper socks. Maybe a tad juvenile, don’t care. My cat curled up alongside me, purring. ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2021, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mundane-things-that-give-you-satisfaction/954140/65 "2021-11-25T19:30:18Z")
> [@MissTake](#): > > A freshly made bed, with flannel sheets, on a cold night. This is like catnip for me. ---
**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 26, 2021, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mundane-things-that-give-you-satisfaction/954140/66 "2021-11-26T02:06:00Z")
> [@MissTake](#): > > Vacuuming, especially if it’s been a bit since you’ve last done so. Oh, good one. I actually love to vacuum. ---
**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 26, 2021, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mundane-things-that-give-you-satisfaction/954140/67 "2021-11-26T17:01:33Z")
Thanksgiving dinner reminded me that I get a certain amount of satisfaction from preparing a large meal and timing it just right so that everything is ready at the same time. ---
**Author:** ![Esturionette](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9d8465/32.png) [@Esturionette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esturionette)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2021, 9:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mundane-things-that-give-you-satisfaction/954140/68 "2021-11-28T09:35:42Z")
My husband usually gets up first to make coffee - that’s lovely though in itself - but the moment that makes me feel the most loved is when he gets out of bed and puts his own blanket on top of me. ---
**Author:** ![alovem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@alovem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alovem)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2021, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mundane-things-that-give-you-satisfaction/954140/69 "2021-11-28T11:54:28Z")
Eating healthy. Don’t get me wrong: I only eat foods that I enjoy, so I’m not one to choke down something awful just because it’s good for me. But sometimes things work out just right and I’ll manage to string together a week’s worth of meals with different proteins (including fish), starches (including beans), fruits, cooked and raw vegetables and dairy products. It’s especially satisfying when I use up the last remaining mushrooms or peppers or whatever. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2021, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mundane-things-that-give-you-satisfaction/954140/70 "2021-11-28T12:48:57Z")
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