Good times. Moments worth remembering. Simple pleasures. Always underestimated, always forgotten, because we’re always waiting for something, something big, something huge, for something that will bring us (at least theoretically) huge joy and happiness. We’re waiting for the proposal and the wedding, for the child we dreamed of, for the loved one to return, and for the promotion at work that we deserve. We’re waiting for two lines on the pregnancy test, for PLN 300 a month more, for the best project for the best client and for vacation in a 4-star hotel on some exotic beach. For skiing in February and sea in July. For the long weekend, Christmas and Easter, for New Year and new beginnings. There’s always something. Once, it used to be the party of the year, the New Year’s Eve, now it’s the wedding, a weekend off, new week, Friday, time with children and time without them. Better job, more understanding boss and new kindergarten. While we’re waiting for all these things, we forget about… Good times, simple, little pleasures that pop up every day and we keep ignoring them waiting for our own personal WOW.

 

But our wow is gone sooner than we expected… new work suddenly becomes boring, the relationship does not change too much after the wedding (or changes for worse? but that’s not a question for me), the holidays are getting over, same goes for Christmas… And all the good times and little pleasures are always close to us. Noticing them brings joy and happiness every day. Even though we don’t remember about it, even though we want to remember. We’re constantly chasing something, we have no time, we fight for the better, for the happiness.

 

The good times and simple pleasures are waiting quietly for someone to notice them and enjoy them. Enjoy the day. The day that seems so ordinary. Even today, despite being gray and rainy, despite the fine you just got and the child screaming its head off for no reason. How can you enjoy that? You’re late for the meeting again, you’re sick of your boss, there’s no sign of a raise coming, the car’s broken and all is wrong with the gray sky above on top of it all… Look around and do something to make it better. Something small. And the most important thing – do it for YOURSELF, not for the boss, husband, wife or child. Stop and look for simple pleasures for yourself. Don’t wait until tomorrow, the vacation or Christmas. Stop. RIGHT NOW.

 

I’m also frequently waiting for something… for a new project or for the project to end, for the trip or for the end of the trip, for the weekend or for Monday, for time with and without Maks. I’m often on the run, doing thousand things at once. I can’t sit doing nothing. I want more and more, but over time I realise that I went too far again, because in a hurry, I did not realise that the seasons have changed again, I forgot again.

 

I want to remember the fragrance of my favourite peeling in the morning, the flavour of my favourite coffee, the only one I drink, Maks’ smile when I force him out of bed and his “I love you mommy” said in the least expected moment. About Łukasz’ look when we understand each other without words, about our night talks and his faces that keep making me laugh. About nice words written in an e-mail, about a fresh gust of wind on my face on a sunny day, about the smell of earth after rain, about hot tea with ginger and orange, that warms me up in the first days of autumn. About meeting with my friend – it doesn’t matter that we’re eating pizza from TelePizza – sometimes it can taste good enough if the company is right. About good words I remember for long. I want to remember about it. I want to stop more often. Compete with Maks in the morning in running to the car singing “The rocket’s in the outer space, such fun is never out of place”, shout my favourite songs while stuck in the traffic jam, enjoy interesting job, drink coffee enjoying its taste, run away for the weekend just with Łukasz, party until early morning, talk all night, even if there’s only 4 hours of sleep left afterwards, call to chat, not to settle things, run away from work to have lunch with my friend. Drink red wine, eat dinners with friends, even if eating at 10 pm is not exactly the healthiest thing. Carelessly spend time together on Sunday – lie down until 1 pm, walk around the city and have dinner in your favourite restaurant. Laugh in the evening and in the morning. I want to always dance barefoot and live my life!

 

And when I forget myself, I’ll put About Time on and remember how important it is to live your ordinary-extraordinary days to the max… Do it too! 🙂