What makes us happy or helps us

jan said:

The main things that make me happy and relaxed are writing and listening to music.

I started writing in late 2008 and haven't stopped since.

It's really good to have a creative outlet. I think creative outlets are a good outlet for frustrations.

The main things that make me happy and relaxed are writing and listening to music.

I started writing in late 2008 and haven't stopped since.

I've gotten into weight lifting. I really like it, and find it very productive.

I really like the rescue dog I got in August. Beddlington/Whippet cross breed. He's 8 but I thought he was 2 when I got him. It was only when I paid for the microchip details I found out. He's a very sweet charming dog.

Stuffed said:

Computers specifically Linux as Microsoft was obviously designed like a glitter rolled turd.

Hi stuffed,

Whats the music making software like for Linux? I agree that Windows is pretty wonky but you can get loads of really good free VST's. Is there anything like Ableton for Linux?

I enjoy getting books from the library and second hand book stores. I like listening to classical music CDs, like Beethoven's pastoral - they help me relax.

I don't go in for the buy one get one free deals. I go into a supermarket to get the food I have planned to buy. I don't tend to haggle prices down either, and see no problem in buying good quality food that I spend extra on.  I find it strange seeing food as a fuel. Without it I would surely get very bored and unhappy!

Hope said:

I find it very hard spending money, particularly on abstract things, such as holidays, haircuts, travel etc. I find it easy buying good food because it is needed and it brings pleasure. I like buying new clothes, but hardly ever buy clothes because I prefer spending my money on food!. I am getting better at spending money on other objects, but still have to keep to a very strict budget even though I am not skint and could easily afford to spend more. The problem is psychological. Money is abstract and it scares me, and I have always struggled with maths

I have a freind with similar issues. He wont spend money unless he feels he's getting a bargain or at least haggled the price down. He is the opposite tho, he spends all his money on material goods and holidays (he saves a lot too) but he refuses to spend money on food as he views it as a fuel. 

If we go to a concert in a city a few hours away I tend to drive and let some freinds travel with me. We always split petrol and parking and he tries to argue the price down. So I might drive him a 170 miles and he moans about giving me £10. I can remember threatening to leave him nearly a hundred miles away from home if he didn't pay. Then thinks nothing of spending £4 on a drink, £15 on a shirt, £20 on a record 

Once in a garage on the way back from a concert he argued with an attendant about a sepcial offer. The deal was something like two bars of chocolate for £1.50 and he wanted two king size bars for that price.

And I hardly ever throw things away. I have clothes which are 10 years old, my laptop is 7 years old (only now am I getting a new one due to the continued pressure from my parents), and my shoes are beginning to fall apart. Off to the shoe shop soon, but am not looking forward to it.

I find it very hard spending money, particularly on abstract things, such as holidays, haircuts, travel etc. I find it easy buying good food because it is needed and it brings pleasure. I like buying new clothes, but hardly ever buy clothes because I prefer spending my money on food!. I am getting better at spending money on other objects, but still have to keep to a very strict budget even though I am not skint and could easily afford to spend more. The problem is psychological. Money is abstract and it scares me, and I have always struggled with maths

I hardly ever wash clothes in order to preserve the 'new' quality. I am getting better at using other new things, which of course never stay new, but I always find it hard to start using them.

Nah I don't mind. I'm not oppossed to objective truth

Need to add I don't like scratched mobile's.

Also I really really like Only Fools and Horses.

Goatworshiper said:

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[quote]I love it when the postman brings me vinyl records.[/quote]

Ooh, that's reminded me of something really odd that makes me happy:

New things.

Doesn't matter too much what it is, but I really like the 'newness' of new things. In fact I often want to preserve that 'new' quality for as long as possible, and won't open, or use, something, even when I've bought it for a specific purpose or use.

I am the same with regard to new things. I worry about spoiling new things through wear and tear, and want to preserve the new quality. This, however, ruined my 8th birthday, when I opened some plastercine and played with a strip, only to spend the day worrying that I had 'messed up' my new present.

I find what Scorpion and Hope are saying very interesting. I too am obsessed with preserving newness. I have PVC sleeves for all of my records (which is many thousands, for too many to count regardless). I also hate marks on cd's, sometimes I will by a cd if it doesnt look new of replace it's plastic case. 

I am very carefull with new clothes to keep them new for as long as possible. I have a nitemare everytime I buy a new (to me) car. I can never afford new, but I still think that a car thats maybe 4-5years old shouldn't be a mess: the wider world must disagree. So therefore what may take someone else a couple of weeks may take me 12 weeks. 

My stereo is 13 years old and it still looks in brand new condition. 

I can't stand books that are falling to peices either, they drive me nuts.

Actually, I'm not quite that 'bad' (if you don't mind me using that word).

Certain things I like to look as near to 'new' as possible - like books - I hate it when people crease the cover or 'break' the spine ("ARGH! The clue is in the word 'break'!!!")

Oh, and my 3yr old laptop has the plastic film still stuck on the top, protecting the nice shiny finish (that I can't see because of the plastic film) and until very recently still even had the plastic sheet that sat between the keyboard and the screen still in place (the tape holding it on the side of the screen started coming un-stuck though).

But more generally, I'm not super protective of stuff, but I will leave off opening something, particularly if it involves removing an outer wrapping of shrink-wrap, for as long as possible, to preserve that newness. However, once opened I don't go to any particular lengths to protect anything.

And once they're damaged, or worn, they lose a certain something, but it's not the end of the world, and I don't throw those things away.

(I'm really bad at throwing things away in general)

And, in fact, with clothes, in a sense, I'm the complete opposite - I really like old looking clothes, and will wear stuff until it's (literally) falling to pieces (which really annoys my Mum).

So, for me it's no so much about preserving that newness, but that having and opening new things makes me happy in a way that I don't experience in any other context.

Hope said:

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[quote]I love it when the postman brings me vinyl records.[/quote]

Ooh, that's reminded me of something really odd that makes me happy:

New things.

Doesn't matter too much what it is, but I really like the 'newness' of new things. In fact I often want to preserve that 'new' quality for as long as possible, and won't open, or use, something, even when I've bought it for a specific purpose or use.

I am the same with regard to new things. I worry about spoiling new things through wear and tear, and want to preserve the new quality. This, however, ruined my 8th birthday, when I opened some plastercine and played with a strip, only to spend the day worrying that I had 'messed up' my new present.

I find what Scorpion and Hope are saying very interesting. I too am obsessed with preserving newness. I have PVC sleeves for all of my records (which is many thousands, for too many to count regardless). I also hate marks on cd's, sometimes I will by a cd if it doesnt look new of replace it's plastic case. 

I am very carefull with new clothes to keep them new for as long as possible. I have a nitemare everytime I buy a new (to me) car. I can never afford new, but I still think that a car thats maybe 4-5years old shouldn't be a mess: the wider world must disagree. So therefore what may take someone else a couple of weeks may take me 12 weeks. 

My stereo is 13 years old and it still looks in brand new condition. 

I can't stand books that are falling to peices either, they drive me nuts.

Scorpion0x17 said:

[quote]I love it when the postman brings me vinyl records.[/quote]

Ooh, that's reminded me of something really odd that makes me happy:

New things.

Doesn't matter too much what it is, but I really like the 'newness' of new things. In fact I often want to preserve that 'new' quality for as long as possible, and won't open, or use, something, even when I've bought it for a specific purpose or use.

I am the same with regard to new things. I worry about spoiling new things through wear and tear, and want to preserve the new quality. This, however, ruined my 8th birthday, when I opened some plastercine and played with a strip, only to spend the day worrying that I had 'messed up' my new present.

Goatworshiper said:

I love it when the postman brings me vinyl records.

Ooh, that's reminded me of something really odd that makes me happy:

New things.

Doesn't matter too much what it is, but I really like the 'newness' of new things. In fact I often want to preserve that 'new' quality for as long as possible, and won't open, or use, something, even when I've bought it for a specific purpose or use.

For me going to the Football is my sanctuary. A lot of my more intellectual associates look down their noses at football but I love it. It reminds me of more innocent times and it is quality time I spend with my partner.

I love coffee (for I am Judas)

I like eating out with friends, although I don't do this often.

I love it when the postman brings me vinyl records.

I enjoy going for coffee's/Mocha's

Reading books, at the moment books on the Occult and history of the Occult and Surrealism are my flavour of the month.

Getting tattoo'ed

Listening to music

lol!

Music (not what my boss listens to - he listens to so right crap)

Olympics

We'd better be careful - some quack will read this and decide that Tea causes Autism!

:P

Tea. Is there a tea addicts annonymous place for us lot?

I think it might be. I am a  teetotalist  (meaning total tea drinker). Apart from drinking water, I only drink tea (and very occasionally, fruit juice).

I do get very hyper under the influence of strong leaf tea, particularly lapsang souchong. I talk really fast, feel a surge of energy, lose all inhibitions, and my behaviour becomes more 'autistic'. My support worker has noticed this.