The simple pleasures in life

Today I was out with two of my closest friends and we were talking about what amuses us or makes us smile now after we graduated. We realized that the things that make us happy now are different from what used to amuse us in Uni. Now we appreciate a good meal, a good night's sleep, a light hearted movie, the company of our friends even if its for 2 hours, a phonecall, a message, a good song...things that we never used to really notice or count in uni. In uni, we used to hang out with people in between classes, after classes, in outings, in classes, in clubs, etc. Now we dont, so we miss each other more and therefore seeing each other for coffee for 2 hours makes us smile! In Uni, going out for coffee would have been the most boring thing in the world...we used to always want to go ice skating, or to some club...now a good chat in a cozy coffee place is like heaven. Now having a friend ask about you through a message or a phonecall makes you feel so fuzzy inside. You appreciate the call so much because you know that now finding the energy to ask about your friends is hard. In uni, we used to call each other every 10 mins whether its to meet someone after class or if its just to tell a girlfriend that her crush just passed by. Now also we value a good night's sleep because we work for over 9 hours at work so we like to wake up for the new working day fresh...in uni, we'd stay up really late just for the hell of it and who cares if we go to classes fresh or half asleep or even skip it altogether! Now watching a deep movie can be too mind draining after a long day at work so we appreciate the light hearted movies that dont make you think alot more. This is not necessaryly a bad thing...but like I was saying before I like to keep the inner child alive and kicking so I enjoy all the above but I still like to do spontaneous and crazy things in between. Going out with friends without planning the outing, traveling for a weekend, going to dreampark, taking a day use by the pool, calling people or messaging them just to tell them something silly, dancing in my room to my favourite song when noone's looking, watching a really deep movie when I have the time, etc. The only problem is it takes an effort to do that...going home and just relaxing in front of paramount TV with a bowl of ice cream is sooo much more appealing than going home, eating lunch super fast, changing, calling people to plan something, and going down. But I believe in putting in that extra effort...its worth the extra effort in the end :)