I still get a kick from doing
my shoelaces up,
of threading them through the holes
of making sure that one end
is the same length as the other.
You don’t get tired of these things.
Rubik’s Cube for simpletons.
- what simple tasks do you take pleasure in?
John Malone 
I love to cut herbs, let them dry and put them in little jars. Something calming and zen about the process for me
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I understand that; my close friend enjoys flower arranging ; and as for me, I like pottering around with words 🙂
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Everyone had their thing
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so true, Beth; i still take pleasure in washing the dishes to the radio or a CD —
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Words
Sweeping
Vacuuming
Cutting the grass
Opening beers
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haha; opening beers is up there for me too 🙂
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You need to get out more
John
so put your shoes on
and go shopping
for some comfy slip ons
I was once bound up
in shoe lace despair
but I went to Walmart
and found
a lovely pair of loafers
The ultimate
in lace less footwear 👌😎
for a man with no slippers
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Lol; you’re very convincing, David, but acquiring loafers would be depriving me of one of life’s petty pleasures; maybe one day I’ll let my hair down 🙂
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I like washing my dishes by hand and organizing them “just so” in the drainer to dry:)
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that’s just what I just said; synchronicity, Becky 🙂 the dishwasher is only used when a group of people drop by for a meal —
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Right!
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Oh, I love when the laces align. My favorite simple task would have to be fluffing the pillows. There’s an art to a creaseless pillow. It makes me happy to return to it at day’s end.
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ahhh that’s the word I was after ‘align’; fluffing the pillows, yes, I get satisfaction from putting the bottom sheet on; it is rather tricky — and like tnkrr from opening beer bottles 🙂
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The bottom sheet is a bear. My guilty pleasure of meaningless tasks would have to be filling the salt shaker..tricky, yes, rewarding, infinitely so. Thank you for sparking this fun topic, John.
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pleasure; I’m a little surprised it took off 🙂
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Lovely ! And the kicker at the end is superb !
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thanks, Ian 🙂
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Does making a pot of tea count? Such a lovely ritual. I enjoy the shoelace thing too. In fact, I rather like how very automatic tying a bow is. And I love peeling carrots. They are way easier than potatoes. However, I fear the jokes people might make about that so I will say no more about it. I also love bringing sheets in off the line…. not so much the act itself but the smell of the clean sheets.
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the smell and the warmth I like to cuddle into, having just brought two sheets in from the sunshiny line; regarding bows, I haven’t worn a tie in a long time; I don’t know whether I could tie a tie anymore — some things you forget, even if they are ritualistic —
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I meant bows in shoe laces. 🙂
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o, of course, I’m okay with them; I should have put them into my little poem because that’s satisfying too — but a tie? give me Rubik’s Cube anytime 🙂
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Washing the dishes. And I still play Spider Solitaire on the computer.
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my paraplegic friend plays a lot of Solitaire on his phone while waiting for me ; sometimes he dozes off 🙂
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Simple tasks include laundry, I love the meditative nature of wash, dry, fold, put away. I also love fruit for breakfast and cut all my fruit into small pieces for a fruit bowl. It’s a nice morning ritual. I don’t bite into a fruit such as an apple or anything else that has a seed in it if I can help it.
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I think the meditative nature of many tasks is the key to their joy; cutting fruit is good; it’s the only way to eat an apple; I’ve lost a few teeth by simply and trustfully biting into them —
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I’d say that morning cup of tea and the sitting down to sip and relish it. Something so comforting to it. No other cup or time of day can compare. Nice shoes, John. 🙂
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yes, that morning cuppa is great ; and as for the shoes they’ve stood me in good stead thru this long winter —
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I tie my shoe laces only once when the are new. Don’t bend over for anything!
Folding the laundry is my simple task and my wife is very pleased with that.
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I avoid bending too, Ulle; you sometimes wonder if you’ll ever get up; I like ironing shirt sleeves and collars 🙂
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Hanging laundry on the line.
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I never really thought about that one but ,yes, I suppose it is —
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😊
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