Seeing that someone genuinely WANTS the thing you’ve made.
You get an opportunity to fix something with your 3D printer. It always feels good to use it as a tool instead of a toy.
When you poke the thread through the eye of the needle on the very first try.
Googling your problem brings up the fix as the first result.
Reaching into an un-organized drawer full of sockets and pulling the right one out without looking.
Looking back at how much you’ve improved over time.
Going to sleep with a problem and waking up with a solution.
Turning your USB cable the correct way the first try on inserting.
When your battery dies and you find that you remembered to place your backup on the charger.
Completing an entire project without a single tangle in the sewing machine.
Tossing together a circuit that works exactly as you had planned.
Clipping the little tails off of freshly soldered components.
Having a problem in some code and finding a perfect comment when you investigate.
When talking with friends and co-workers you may notice a tendency to bring up things that bother you. Its normal, we generally share the negative sides of things and identify and empathize over our similar frustrations. It is a really easy thing to do, to start a conversation with “I really hate it when …”. Usually there’s no shortage of annoying items on our lists.
I thought it might be fun to share some of the little things that really feel good. These little things happen all the time around us and maybe we haven’t taken the time to even realize that we enjoy them. What part of making brings a smile to your face? What do you look forward to?
Here are 13 things that make my day, I’d love to hear yours.
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