That Weird Sense of Satisfaction

Everything you do leaves you feeling some or the other emotion. Sometimes those emotions can’t be guessed – you could go shopping and buy the whole store which in turn probably makes you happy, or come back with absolutely nothing and be frustrated. But some things have a remix of magic in them. They leave you feeling happy and satisfied no matter what. I call it the weird sense of satisfaction because it’s not “I-have-a-grin-the-size-of-the-universe” happy or “My-stomach-is-going-to-burst-the-food-was-epic” satisfied either. It just brightens up your day and keeps you in a better mood than you were. 

So here are seven things that give me that weird sense of satisfaction.

     1)      Running and managing to catch the bus at the signal.

No one except those who catch buses and trains everyday know how exciting running and catching a bus is. Yes, maybe there is a bus scheduled just five minutes later, but your brain is screaming at you to GO CATCH THE BUS IF YOU CAN! And that’s when the adrenaline starts pumping!

    2)      Finding money in random places

Whether it’s a hundred rupee note, or a ten rupee one, finding it in a pair of jeans that have come after washing or an old bag you had stopped using makes you feel richer than Bill Gates. (But that’s just for a few moments. Reality comes crashing back in a while.. :P)

    3)      Going through pictures and reading old emails

These days, all the pictures we have are digital, and that’s all cool. But the ‘feel’ of opening up a dusty photo album and looking at pictures of yourself and your family is completely different. Old emails and letters are awesome too!

Here is a snap of an email sent to me dated back to 20/2/12:

 first, i will talk about how to handle your enemies.

>>>

>>> enemy type 1 and a half: the bangers and mash enemy

>>>

>>> a bangers and mash enemy is so called because they like nothing more than

>>> a decent head to bang.  next to banging your head, the bangers and mash

>>> enemy's fave pastime is mashing a head.

>>> handling a bangers and mash enemy: the imposter method.i will email to u

>>> all of this other stuff later and first all the useful stuff.

    4)      When people laugh at your jokes..or pick up line…or puns for that matter.

How do you make holy water? Boil the hell out of it!

If you were sin^2x and I was cos^2x, then together we’d make one.

Girl, if I were a fly, I’d be all over you, because you’re the shit!

What do you call a bee having a bad hair day? A frisBEE!

^^^^You get my point!

    5)      Talking of bad hair days, add good hair days to the list.

I think all the girls agree with me on this one.

    6)      Bubbles and balloons

Remember all those birthday parties where we’d become all competitive in the end about who pulled off and burst all the balloons? And those days at the beach blowing bubbles and bursting them…and sometimes even waiting to see which one popped in the end?

    7)      Doing something you love

This could mean anything from taking pictures and writing a blog post to finishing a drawing or going for a jog. Photography, reading a good book….you name it :)

(I was actually going to add a number eight, which said “No Homework” but that happens as often as you see a green coloured moon.)

So what is it that gives you “that weird sense of satisfaction”?

Kanksha :)

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(Thanks Chirag for the post idea!)