Things That Make Me Feel Good
There's a lot of things that make me feel good in life. Dave complimenting me. Dave looking at me. Dave saying the word "Tommy." But there's also a lot of other random interactions and things in life that make me feel good. Here are some of those things!
1. When I'm at a restaurant with a group of people and the waiter asks, "Has anyone been here before?" and I have while nobody else has. It makes me feel special and important. I feel like the waiter thinks "Oh this guy's a veteran. He must be better than everyone that he's here with." And I like feeling better than others. Now I will say that I often think this is a completely pointless question for a waiter to ask. If I haven't been to that place, I hate it. Like maybe I haven't been to that specific restaurant, but I've certainly been to other restaurants before. I'm sure I'll get the hang of it, buddy.
2. Getting a unanimous "haha" reaction in a group chat. You need at least 4 or 5 others in the chat to really make this impressive, I'm not talking about a three person group chat. But when I send out a funny text and I get the whole squad laughing? Yeah inject that feeling right into my veins. I feel like Louis C.K. killing it at The Garden.
3. When someone stops me on the street and asks me for directions. Of all the people they could've asked, they decided that I looked like a true New Yorker who knows his way around the city. One time I walked a Spanish family to a subway station and I felt incredible about it for a week. Now I will say, I don't always know where to send someone. But even when I don't, I answer confidently. It could be sending them in the completely wrong direction. But I don't care. In that moment, they think more of me. And that's all I need.
4. When I'm in public and someone is acting weird, like maybe being rude at a coffee shop or just acting crazy on the subway, and I notice it and catch eyes with someone else who is also noticing it. We give each other a look of "Are you seeing this? That guy's weird. We're not. We're both normal and can acknowledge how weird this guy is." It's that mutual feeling of normalcy that can be a real bond for a moment.
5. Remembering what I was going to say. I had a great point to make and forgot it? "God damn it, what was I gonna say??!!" I mutter to myself. Then it hits me? I remember my salient point? "That's what I was going to say!" Yeah I can get high off that feeling.
6. And lastly, waking up from a nightmare. I've said this before and people don't always agree. But I'd rather have a nightmare than a great dream just for the feeling of relief when I wake up. Nothing better than waking up and realizing that horror wasn't real life. Just a dream. My life is still my life. Now conversely, the feeling of waking up from a good dream when I'm a movie star in a love triangle with Sydney Sweeney and Margot Robbie? Awful. Ruins the rest of my day and makes this reality feel like a living hell.
So those are six random things that make me feel good. And I like feeling good!