r/AskReddit • u/mehueklalpari • 8h ago
what's a 10/10 life experience you must have at least once in your life?
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u/TimotheusIV 7h ago
Being in love and being loved back.
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u/pm-me-your-bird 7h ago
I was going to say deep throat from someone that knows what they're doing but you said it better
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u/satan4you 6h ago
Potato potato
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u/FayRinkle5 4h ago
I love how not knowing the context of this would make it the oddest response one could give
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u/RookieMistake101 6h ago
Adding to this, simultaneous orgasm with someone you love. Simply a 10/10 experience. Not sure there’s anything better, we’re kinda programmed for that to be the best thing.
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u/probably_normal 7h ago
Taking a sabbatical.
Spending a significant amount of time just doing whatever you want as an adult.
It should be made into law that at least every 15 years or so a working person should be entitled to just sit on their ass for a year.
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u/Thebuttholeking69 5h ago
Every 15 years? I say every five at the minimum
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u/BeAstute2 5h ago
My prior company offered an unpaid sabbatical (up to six months) every five years. Not one person in my function in the US took advantage of it.
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u/Inside_Departure_186 5h ago
Most people in the US can't afford an unexpected $1000 expense, much less 6 months of not working.
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u/BackToWorkEdward 4h ago
Nobody "took advantage of" going six months with no pay, lol.
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u/KoriSamui 6h ago
I did this for six months. Honestly it's the best shit ever. Time to just chill and do what you want cannot be replaced. I got to spend six wonderful months with my dog bonding with her, and they were our best months together.
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u/MrsSalmalin 5h ago
We adopted a cat a month ago and I'm currently 2/3 through a 2 week staycation and it's the best!! So much bonding and snuggles with my new little guy, so much baking and relaxing, but getting things done around the house I've been putting off...urgh I should always schedule a staycation!
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u/Over-Pineapple3833 5h ago
I'm currently on maternity leave and it's not really the same but getting a break does help you keep perspective on your career and job.
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u/VisualWombat 3h ago
This will probably make any Americans reading this cry, but here in Australia if you work for your employer for 10 years they are required by law to give you 8 weeks leave, paid at your normal hourly rate. Full time, art time, casual, whatever. Or instead of leave you can cash it out.
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u/kesekimofo 8h ago edited 3h ago
Aurora Borealis in a remote part of the world. Absolutely stunning. That's up there with smacking a tiger on its hind.
Edit: wild so many of you are saying it doesn't look like it does in pictures to the naked eye. It absolutely does...that's why remote part of the world is needed. Zero light pollution. It is absolutely breathtaking.
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u/brandon520 7h ago
So the kitchen is no good?
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u/pottedhosta 7h ago
Aurora Borealis at this of time of day, at this time of year, in this part of the country, localised entirely within Skinner's kitchen
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u/Noumenonana 8h ago
Telling a shitty boss to go fuck themselves and quitting.
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u/parkeyb 7h ago
I had a boss fire me because I had scheduled time off and had it approved then last minute he told me I needed to come in, which I didn’t.
10 years later I’m in a different industry and I see my old boss in our building, interviewing for a job.
I told the hiring manager about my story and how this dude was a sack of shit, so he didn’t get the job.
Felt pretty damn good lol
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u/DrewBaron80 6h ago
I had a coworker who made it pretty clear she did not like me very much even though I don’t think I did anything to deserve it. She thankfully moved to a different job in the same organization after one year.
Shortly after that I signed up to be in the hiring committee for an administrative job. In walks former coworker. We made eye contact and she did a good job of keeping a poker face, but I knew she was dying inside because I was probably the last person she wanted to see on the other side of that table.
She did not get the job.
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u/-LookAround- 7h ago
This brought a smile. Thank you for this. There is no cosmic justice, but when we can make it happen ourselves, it’s a beautiful thing.
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u/BareNakedSole 8h ago
I did this, and it was one of the most cathartic things I’ve ever done
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u/Noumenonana 7h ago
It felt so good I almost wanted to go get another shitty job so I could do it again.
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u/scragglerock 7h ago
Did this once and the feeling I had once I got to my car and the whole thing set in was a feeling I'll never forget and also probably never replicate.
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u/bigtcm 7h ago
I kept telling my boss I needed to meet with her (to tell her that I was putting in my 2 weeks) and she kept putting off the meeting throughout the day.
Eventually I was able to catch her at the end of the day and she's running late and I'm like: "this will only take 5 minutes." And she, in an exasperated state says "fine five minutes."
I told her I was quitting and they I found a new job and I had already told HR but I was telling her personally as a professional courtesy.
And her face dropped and she wanted to talk longer.
"I thought you were really busy boss. I don't want to take up more of your time."
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u/Noumenonana 7h ago
Had something eerily similar happen the last time I left a job. Funny how they can make the time after they've realized they fucked up.
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u/mazobob66 6h ago
I was working a part time job at a Sears Auto Center on weekends only, for a little extra cash while I was going to school. I had been a "gear head" growing up, and was a diesel mechanic in the Marines, so I had a lot of experience compared to the other people they hired. I even had my own rollaway toolbox. A lot of the guys they hired had never even changed oil before.
Anyway, I always worked the same hours every Saturday and Sunday. One day I come strolling into work and the supervisor was gathered around a window with a few new guys (lots of turnover there) yells across the shop "You're late!"
I yelled back "No I'm not. I always work these hours." **They had some guys that worked early to mid afternoon, and some guys that worked mid-morning to close (me).
I'm guessing the supervisor was trying to assert his authority, to show these new guys that he is in control or whatever. Who know what his reason was? <shrugs>
Supervisor yells "I changed your schedule, and you are late."
I yelled back "And you didn't bother to tell me?!"
Supervisor yells "It is your job to check the schedule."
I yelled back "You know what? I don't need this job. Fuck you, I quit." I grabbed my toolbox and walked out.
That was around 1995 or so (about when I was getting my degree), and I still look back on that moment fondly. It felt that good.
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u/Noumenonana 6h ago
It's crazy how it sticks with us. My own experience happened nearly 20 years ago and I can just about recall every detail.
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u/HowieLongDonkeyKong 7h ago
Many moons ago I worked in the Senate as a legislative aide. The Chief of Staff of this office was slotted to a certain Presidential candidates’ chief of staff if they won (they did not). She was a real jerk to lower staff. Consistently.
I had finally had enough of the Hill after a year, and took a job in consulting.
On my very last day, I got a call from the Senate parking garage. “The chief of staff is parked in a Senator’s space right now. Needs to move it within ten minutes or they’re getting towed.”
I go into her office and she’s on the phone. I tell her about the call from the garage. “I’m on a phone call right now, so fuck off,” she says. I froze for a second.
“Hey [name], I don’t appreciate you saying that. I’m trying to fucking help you right now. I’m literally here so you don’t get towed.”
“Are you trying to lose your job right now? Do you want to lose your job?”
“I don’t give a fuck [name], I just took a job elsewhere.”
She just kind of froze staring at me.
I went back into the staff area.
A few hours later she came in with a six pack of beer and apologized for how she acted. I forgave her, but told her “you really gotta work on how you talk to people. It’s shit.”
She agreed. Not sure what she’s like nowadays, but I suspect nothing has changed.
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u/joe_canadian 4h ago
I had a Assistant General Counsel who acted similarly. Essentially she worked from 6 am to 12 am, had no life and did nothing else. And expected not only the same dedication, but similar capabilities out of people. The expected mind-reading was infuriating. Things left unsaid and simply expected to be inferred.
I was less than a year out of school. I got fired pretty much a year to the day she hired me. Her entire department rolled over inside that year, aside from a single person who'd been there the entire time. Lawyers, support staff, everyone. And apparently it was a common theme within the organization.
People cottoned on that maybe she was the problem. 5 years ago or so, after I'd very much moved on and was getting my career off the ground she reached out on LinkedIn. And apologized. Which blew my mind. When I worked for her, this was a woman who never apologized and was never wrong - if she was wrong, she'd metaphorically beat you into the ground so severely that you were wrong, she was right no matter what it was.
I didn't say much aside from thank you, but reaching out to a friend of a friend I knew who worked for her during this time said she was a much better boss than I'd experienced. So it looks like she got the help she needed.
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u/FaitAccompli73 5h ago
LOL - I love when you're trying to HELP someone and they are actively nasty to you. When I was a teenager, I worked at a department store. One night, my co-worker "Eileen" (who I did not particularly like because she was kind of a bitch normally) had to get down to a nearby airport (small regional airport about an hour's drive away) because her husband's car broke down. This was FAR before cell phones or Waze or anything like that and she had no idea how to get to the airport and her husband hung up before she could ask him. So, she was in a tizz over the whole thing and didn't want to drive to an area she wasn't familiar with at night without having directions. So, I said to her, "Eileen, my dad might know how to get there. He used to work in the area. I can give him a call." Now a normal, non-bitchy person might say, "Sure, Fait, give him a call and see. Let me know." But not Eileen, she looked at me and with this nasty tone in her voice goes, "Well, Fait, 'might' isn't really going to help here now is it? I need actual help." Ok, bee-yotch, ya on ya own at this point. I officially DGAF. So, when my shift was over about 45 minutes later. I grabbed my coat and my keys and left, not saying a single word to Eileen. I went home, told my dad what happened and he was like "Geez - she's a sweetheart" and proceeded to tell me exactly how to get to the airport and where the the husband would likely even be parked and how to get there because it wasn't that big a place." Well, not my problem at this point. I later found out she didn't pick up her husband up until 1am, so he was waiting at the airport for five hours. Could have been an hour if she were a little nicer... Catch more flies with honey than vinegar.
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u/griffmeister 7h ago
100% agree. One of the things I remember saying was “I have no idea how you failed upwards into a leadership role. I do not like you and I do not respect you.”
God damn, what a rush.
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u/EclipZz187 6h ago
That to me is the most American experience ever aside from watching Baseball while eating apple pie. I’m from Germany, pretty strong labor protection shit over here. Employers as well as employees need to give (at minimum) 4 weeks’ notice when quitting/firing you. So you COULD absolutely go in there and say “Wissen Sie was? Lecken Sie mich, ich kündige!”* buuuuut you’d have to call in sick for the remainder of the notice (getting paid, of course, no unpaid sickness here) or ask the company to put you on unpaid leave.
*: “You know what? Lick me (my ass), I’m quitting!”
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u/PeeterPakiraam 8h ago
You can literally feel all the stress disappearing instantly.
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u/StonkaTrucks 7h ago
And then the stress of how you're paying rent starts to seep in.
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u/bagman_ 7h ago
It’s best done in years when you still have familial support, ask me how I know ahaha
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u/NUMBerONEisFIRST 7h ago
I was fired once, and I told my boss it was the nicest and best thing the company ever did for me.
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u/throwing_hayy 6h ago
When I was in University I was a server at an upscale restaurant, awful owner disliked by everyone. My girlfriend at the time was also a bartender there, I mentioned that I might wait until the busiest Saturday night, in a full section, take all the orders and then walk out. I asked fellow staff and gf if they were okay with it, they laughed and said yeah.
Indeed it was a crazy busy Saturday night, the largest busiest section in the restaurant. I took the orders, didn't say a word, and peaced out through the back kitchen door. There was uproar, a lot of comp'd meals and $1000's lost that night.
A week later I went to pick up my check from the hands of the owner, he asked why and I responded; "If you treat your staff better, you will have happy and motivated employees and a thriving business. Both the kitchen and fronthouse staff want to fuck you over, think about that. Maybe this can be a turning point for you and your sanctimonious attitude. Have a look in the mirror, there's nothing interesting or special about you."
He was a lot nicer to the staff after that 😀
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u/Noumenonana 6h ago
I almost have second hand catharsis from this. Nothing like hitting those toxic fucks in the pocketbook.
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u/DavidHK 7h ago
This. Best moments of my life. After 4 miserable years I finally built my own thing and told them to kick rocks when they pushed me.
A buddy of mine told me "one day, you'll just know it's time". And I listened to him. I felt it in my gut, and said you know what? I quit. I'm putting in my two weeks. And she just started fucking scrambling. I was a huge part of their team and they pushed me for way too long. I had so many reasons to leave, but it was the straw that broke the camels back.
Best part is I got it all on video too. It's been a little over a year now, and I'm doing so much better without them. Good riddance
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u/saintjerrygarcia 7h ago
I was in between jobs so I was doing a shitty security job that paid shit. I wasn’t full time so on weeks I didn’t work enough I filed unemployment insurance AGAINST the job I was laid off from. Well my boss at the security job was denying it claiming I wasn’t available for work all week. Same day I got the unemployment letter explaining this I landed a better job. Called him said won’t be in for the nights shift or anytime thereafter. Leaving him stuck at night felt pretty damn good.
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u/Vagabond21 7h ago
Closest I got was telling him I was leaving for a new job the day after he said I wasn’t considered at all for a promotion.
Dude was shook
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u/Zelnar 7h ago
I want to do this so badly right now, but my job is already on a ticking clock before I'm severed, so rather not cost myself the severance check. Especially since the job market is what it is.
But in a world where I can easily find another job (or don't need to)? I'd have done it already.
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u/mia2432 8h ago
Swimming in bioluminescent water at night. Every wave lights up blue around you, people say it feels like swimming in stars. Top of my bucket list for sure 🌊
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u/jimbris 7h ago
I thought I was doing this, turned out to be radioactive waste.
Anyway, now I unsuccessfully fight crime with my new powers as Sea Cucumber Man
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u/Intolight 7h ago
Kayaked in it while it was raining. The raindrops hitting the water made it sparkle. Felt like I was in fairytale.
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u/Heavy_Messing1 8h ago
We occasionally experience this on our coastline, which is beautiful enough already. I can't adequately describe the feeling of diving under the water with eyes open seeing the blue trails coming off my forearms and hands as I paddle lower. I really need to get some goggles or a mask as the salt water limits how much I can do this when it's on. It also affects the wet sand at the shoreline that lights up in your footsteps.
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u/AlmostElsewhere5707 8h ago
We kayaked in bioluminescent waters and it was the most beautiful thing. It truly is like swimming in the stars.
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u/BubbhaJebus 8h ago
Travel to a country that's very different from your own.
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u/NUMBerONEisFIRST 7h ago
My mom married a guy from Austria when I was 12, and we lived in Austria for about a year.
It gave me so much perspective on the world and especially on America.
In Austria I was in old houses that were built before the constitution was even signed.
Coming back to the states, the biggest culture shock was the amount of trash and pollution everywhere. In Austria they respect their communities a lot more.
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u/emogu84 6h ago
This is the difference between visiting a place and living there. I agree traveling is something everyone should experience. But living in a country very different from your own, even if for just a summer, is truly mind altering. Not just hitting the tourist spots and gift shops, but getting up every morning for a 9-5, commuting with locals, working, blowing off steam at a local watering hole, learning where to go for what you need, dealing with a local bank, doctor, or cellphone company, sorting trash for garbage day, picking up the local language beyond “where is the toilet”, etc. the mundane things that really steep you in the culture and day to day life of another world. Not to mention having a base there from which to go on excursions to the nearby destinations where locals like to vacation. It lets you see not only the beauty of a place and its people but also the frustrations beneath the veneer. It’s all beautiful and interesting and it invokes a sense of camaraderie that we’re all people dealing with different circumstances in shockingly similar ways.
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u/Blue_MJS 7h ago
I felt like this when I visited Japan from the UK, been to Japan twice now & the culture shock isn't going to Japan.. It's coming back to the UK.
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u/F1r3st4rter 7h ago
I feel like Japan really isn’t that much different from the UK. I’d say it’s one of the countries where I’ve had the least culture shock.
Both countries are crowded, historic island nations built on politeness, restraint, and orderly public life.
Cars drive on the left, towns are compact lived-in areas, and commuting is rail-centered. There is a social scene built around pubs or izakayas and a shared love of tea and ritual.
Add the understated, self-deprecating humor and the habit of apologising for everything, and it all adds up to a familiar feeling place.
If you remove the highly efficient and bright light cities and robots I feel you get very close to the UK in my opinion.
Not to say I didn’t have culture shock the first time I visited, but the 2nd and 3rd times I went there I started really comparing it to the UK.
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u/PapasGotABrandNewNag 6h ago
When I got to the airport in Mexico City, and there wasn’t the welcome wagon festivities that happen when you arrive in Cabo San Lucas, I realized that I am extremely far from home, and I need to be a big boy and figure my shit out.
Best week of my life.
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u/montyandtimmon 8h ago
Solar eclipse totality.
I saw it a few years back in Vermont, and I couldn’t even put it into words. Everyone should experience that
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u/cone10 8h ago
A friend of mine and his wife are eclipse junkies. They use total eclipses as a way of picking the next vacation country and time. That's their theme.
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u/SexonMusk 7h ago
Your friend and his wife seem super cool. Also, such a great way to experience a change of pace and spend quality time together.
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u/wacoder 7h ago
Brought tears to my eyes. The temperature dropped, the birds went silent, the wind stilled, some stars and planets came out, 360 degree twilight...wow.. Made me imagine what our long past ancestors would have thought. I can see why you would think the world is ending.
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u/PuppiesAndPixels 7h ago edited 6h ago
I was also in Vermont.
I'm an atheist, but during totality, that was the closest I've ever been to a higher power. Just the awesome power and magistry of the universe on full display. It was awe inspiring and so humbling at the same time. I definitely felt spiritual in that moment.
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u/Rednine2591 4h ago edited 3h ago
Seeing the nightsky without visual/light polution. I went for a vacation to our province more than a decade ago. It was an island but has busy center of town were most people are already at home and asleep by 8PM
We went out to the outskirts so not much other light source except from the car that were driving then we decided to stop over the roadside. Since theres no one really driving around the place, we quickly laid down on the road.
Seeing thousands of stars above you really makes you think alot. Some good and some bad, life is beautiful, about how insignificant we are, and all other things
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u/the4thbandit 3h ago
Bucket list item for me at this point.
Been to 15 countries and have never seen an unimpeded night sky 😞
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u/whatanitadoing 8h ago
First time your kid is super excited you get home from work
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u/Lexifer31 8h ago
First time your independent toddler comes running at daycare pickup instead of wanting to keep playing with their friends lol.
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u/FusionTwister 6h ago
My dad has this story of picking me up at daycare. I would jump up and run over to him as soon as I saw him, and give him a big hug. And then run back to continue playing. He says it made him happy to see I was both happy to see him and having fun at daycare. He has told me this story so many times
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u/AnchezSanchez 6h ago
He says it made him happy to see I was both happy to see him and having fun at daycare. He has told me this story so many times
THis literally happened to me yesterday. And yes, it was a nice feeling.
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u/davo619 7h ago
The first real conversation you have with your child. You start to get a glimpse of who they will become
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u/MoiraBrownsMoleRats 6h ago
My son has Down Syndrome, and when he was born we were told there's a nonzero chance he'll be non-verbal. It happens.
As it happens, he's generally higher functioning/"mild" intellectual disability, though he still sometimes struggles with saying the words he wants to say. Still, he's hyper-determined and he's made great progress. I think around age 5 or so, I realized him and I just had an honest to goodness, full-on conversation. The kid has a lot of thoughts and very much wants to be as verbal as possible.
As for the person I think he'll become? An extremely funny mother fucker that never has a shortage of friends because of it. Big time theater kid energy, I can very much seem him pursuing something in entertainment when he's older, little dude is fascinated even by the "behind the scenes" stuff of the films/shows he loves. Like, sure kid, we can watch another documentary on the making of the Avatar films.
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u/Rocketson 5h ago
Piggy backing off this, another answer to the original post would be "feeling truly understood by someone you care about"
It sounds like you're that for your son on a regular basis, so, good job.
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u/MoiraBrownsMoleRats 5h ago
Piggybacking off your piggyback responding to me...
One of the coolest feelings is when he legitimately enjoys the things I enjoy. We watch Digimon, Godzilla, and X-Men together - I got him a Guilmon plush for Christmas last year and he's insisted on taking it everywhere with us ever since (only one of two plushes I've seen him actually want to sleep with), and for Halloween we're going together as Wolverine (him) and Sabretooth (me).
Mutually enjoying stupid nerd shit with my son has been one of the most rewarding experiences in my life.
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u/afmsandxrays 5h ago
Have you seen An Irish Goodbye? It's a short film from a few years ago and one of the two leads has Downs. He's absolutely fantastic in it.
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u/Sea-Being-1988 7h ago
This seems really interesting. Wanna elaborate for a 24 year old guy?
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u/Hibernian 5h ago
There are some truly beautiful moments to experience as a parent as your kid grows up. In addition to that first time you have a full conversation and hear their thoughts and feelings about stuff that isn't just "I want more cookies" or "I'm sad TV time is over," there's also stuff like when your kid learns to read and the world comes to life for them. You'll be driving down the road and they're looking out the window going "dad, that sign says Vancouver. That's a city, right? Can we go there? ...dad, that shop says boba tea. What's boba?" It's really amazing to notice what they notice and help them feel confident and safe moving through the world through reading.
It will be hard and exhausting at the beginning because our society decided to section us off into easily exploitable small family units, so you don't have all the help and support communities of humans used to have. The kid will scream and cry and hit their sibling and shit their pants at an inconvenient time. But also there's just kinda endless joy and beauty in being a parent too if you treat them like a full human their whole lives. Your job isn't to control them. It's not even really to mold them. It's to keep them healthy and safe while they grow into whats authentic and true for their own being.
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u/tinuvi3l 3h ago
This is really gorgeous and I screenshotted it to show my husband (we’re about to start trying). Thank you for sharing this.
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u/davo619 6h ago
The first several years you are just trying to keep them alive and teaching them to communicate. At some point you notice the conversation becomes less parent and more friend. You feel proud and a little sad as you are excited for them advancing but they are not little little anymore.
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u/kylir 4h ago
My son, who is now 7, has starting making jokes and razzing me. It’s funny, but also made me realize his cognitive abilities are growing. He can make nuanced jokes and connect things together satirically, which is just so cool.
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u/Gear4days 8h ago
Travel solo, even if it’s only for a couple of days. So many people are just not comfortable enough doing things by themselves, so put yourself in that uncomfortable position and you’ll very quickly realise that it was nothing to be scared of
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u/johnnyderp87 7h ago
i'm turning 40 next year and the longest i've ever been traveling alone is two mere days. in a few days i'll be on a flight from switzerland to mexico where i'll be traveling around in the south for five weeks on my own. my spanish is quite good and i've never had problems socializing and finding new friends, not even in my cold country of origin. but damn, i'm terribly scared of feeling alone. whenever things get quiet i really contemplate cancelling everything. i won't, but my stupid little brain really craves the security of the known environment. wish me luck i guess :)
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u/JacksGallbladder 7h ago
God i love solo travel. No schedule, no debate, I can just wander and interact with different worlds, and really be there in it.
Highly recommend
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u/Lexifer31 8h ago
This is really dependent on location and circumstances. Unfortunately safety is a real concern for certain demographics.
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u/pinniped90 7h ago
It's a legit concern for everyone - even the most experienced adventure traveler.
I'd always make that someone knows your itinerary and expected waypoint arrival times.
There are some itins nobody should do alone. But if that's permissible at least make sure others know your plan.
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u/MrYacob777 7h ago
Having intimate relations with someone who is utterly in love with you and you them.
I think this is more rare than people think and is an amazing experience.
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u/JustAGoodVibe 7h ago
Having your dad tell you that he is proud of you!!!
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u/whalesvagina666 7h ago
46 here. Still hasn't happened. And im an exec in a tech company. Still have hope though…
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u/snowsurfr 6h ago
I’m sure he’s proud of you. He is probably just scared of becoming emotionally vulnerable, which seems to be very typical of many men of his generation.
Nevertheless, we are proud of you. Great job!
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u/espresso_martini__ 5h ago
Falling in love with someone that feels the same way.
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u/yoshi1941 7h ago
Getting shitfaced on Japanese whisky and belting out karaoke at 1 am in Tokyo.
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u/yayblah 6h ago
Man I got really drunk at a izakaya after hearing a guy playing psytrance outside his 2nd story bar window. Stayed way later than I thought we would and after I paid for a number of my own drinks he started just pouring us wine and sake for free. Just me and my wife, a Japanese guy, and a language barrier connected by sake and psytrance. Great times.
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u/Strict_Muffin_7380 7h ago
One of the best nights of my life was drunk karaoke in Tokyo making friends with locals
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u/yoshi1941 7h ago
Tiny bar holding like 20 people. I was there for work, so local colleagues showing me their city. I knew it was a once in a lifetime thing.
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u/Loquecaiga 8h ago edited 5h ago
Having a pet see you after you are back from wherever it is you went, sometimes even after an hour my dogs just seem so excited to see me back in the room.
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u/Coracoda 6h ago
I rented a room from someone with a dog, and when I got my own apartment it felt so lonely to come home and not have a dog there acting excited to see me.
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u/ihatestubhubalso 6h ago
I had to leave my dog for 3.5 months unexpectedly when I went through a surprise divorce. When I finally came back for her, it was such a special moment but also so fucking heartbreaking. I was so sad that I had been gone for so long and she didn't know why, or that it wasn't my choice, or that I was ever coming back.
I got a job where I can take her with me to work every day. We never leave each other's side now. She is my best friend.
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u/kindlycaoilin 8h ago
Waking up and seeing you still have a few hours of sleep till your alarm goes off…
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u/Resilient_Acorn 7h ago
This happens to me literally every day. It’s the worst. I just want to sleep to my alarm.
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u/MexicanWrestlerTed 7h ago
100%. I think it’s an age thing. My body likes to remind me of all my work and life stress around 4am every morning, and there’s no hope of going back to sleep then. Sleeping to my 6:45 alarm is incredibly rare.
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u/LegenndEnder 8h ago
Yea I can never fall sleep again unless I woke up to my alarm, turned it off and have an important occasion to be awake for.
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u/blankblank8 7h ago
Skydiving but only if you think it’s something you want to do because it was for sure terrifying. But it was the most amazing, thrilling experience.
Every time I think I can’t do something, I remind myself that I’ve jumped out of a plane so I’m capable of so much.
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u/Individual-Ad-5471 5h ago
Damn, I really want to do it I was 330 a year and a half ago. I'm down to 266 this morning. I want to get light enough to do it.
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u/LearnedHamster 4h ago
I really want to do it I was 330 a year and a half ago.
Congratulations! But also, my first thought was: "Well, if you've managed to live for 331+ years, you're better off than most!"
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u/GreasyToken 5h ago
70 lbs in a year is fucking fantastic!
You got this shit dude!
I'm sure you already know but refined carbohydrates are the devil's playthings...
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u/miraculum_one 5h ago
Also note that for most people the second jump is totally different than the first. Most people get complete tunnel vision for a few seconds the first time their body begins freefall. It goes away relatively quickly but you miss out on one of the best parts. The second time, not nearly as much.
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u/DkGphoto91 8h ago edited 2h ago
Seeing a solar eclipse, including the few minutes before, words and videos give such a poor version of it. Dont miss out on seeing it in person.
Edit: Was told by some that I should be clear that im speaking about seeing it in Totality.
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u/Putt-Blug 6h ago
Absolutely. Went to visit family in Indianapolis for the last one. We thought it was going to be cloudy but we saw it in all of its glory. It was truly awe inspiring and I still get goosebumps thinking about it. It cannot be described in words to those who have never witnessed it in person. Its like being a part of a secret club.
Street lights came on, bats came out, the dogs got confused, time stood still.....I understand now why people travel the world to see this. I was fortunate to see this as it will not happen again where I will likely be able to go until 2044 and that will be in Montana and the Dakotas.
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u/Spiritual_Heron_77 7h ago
The number of people who have said this is making me feel better about spending a small fortune to go see the eclipse in Spain with my kids.
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u/aa_amazing 5h ago
Living away from home while you are young.
While it’s common in the US for the young live away from your parents home. It’s not common for people in my home country in southeast asia. But living away from home has bring me so much more perspectives: to learn that there are many ways to live life, to be able to make decisions for yourself, to learn how much your opinions are from your family and not your own. Its just enrich your life in more meaningful way.
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u/M0nster_S1ayer 8h ago
Your parents saying they're proud of you and what you've become.
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u/Wilde_Fire 6h ago edited 6h ago
Alternatively, if your parents are terrible people, the realization that you succeeded despite the harm, barriers, and sabotage they inflicted on you.
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u/Hibernian 5h ago
This one. The realization that they have nothing to teach you, their judgement doesn't matter, and their disappointment that you won't stay under their thumb is actually a badge of honor.
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u/WerGis 8h ago
Wakking up in the morning with ZERO debt.
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u/painstream 6h ago
Pressing the submit button on your last car payment. Gdamn that was fantastic.
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u/__M-E-O-W__ 8h ago
Waking up after a deep sleep, from a long day's work, cat gently purring next to you, fully refreshed, no obligations for the day.
Also stargazing. Just being out and looking into an open sky unburdened by light pollution.
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u/The_Parsee_Man 6h ago
cat gently purring next to you
And slowly realizing you don't own a cat.
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u/discovietnam25 6h ago
Taking a road trip by yourself to do something you want to do. No needing to compromise or account for anybody else’s wants or needs except for your own is powerful stuff.
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u/OMG_NoReally 6h ago
Take a dump so good, it lightens the soul.
I have only experienced this a few times in my 40 years on this floating rock, and it was great every single time. A goated biological process.
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u/shinygoldhelmet 4h ago
There've been a couple times in my life when I've had a perfect shit. Solid, big, comes out clean, makes you feel like you just made space in your gut. Checking it out before flushing and seeing that you legitimately just took an 18" shit that's spanning the whole bowl.
There's a spring in your step after.
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u/Sensitive-Rock-499 8h ago
A late-night drive with your friends, windows down, everyone singing badly, no destination, and nobody wanting the night to end.
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u/G0rdon-Bennet 6h ago
This was done several times a week for a few years in the mid 2000s. Miss it.
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u/SubpoenaSender 8h ago
Getting a call from your attorney that the state is dismissing your charges after the state used perjury to indict you for the felony crime that you are the victim of
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u/thousandfoldthought 8h ago
Coming home after a long day, kiddo yells from the other room for you, comes running and jumps up with a hug.
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u/pikagrrl 6h ago edited 5h ago
I was really fortunate (and worked hard and saved a lot of money) to go to Antarctica in 2024 and to say it changed my life would be an understatement. I’ve been blessed in this life to travel a lot, but I think about Antarctica every day.
It’s likely not realistic for everyone, but if you can, go.
Edit to add since many have asked;
It’s hard to put into words exactly how it changed me. It definitely reinforces how shitty corporate capitalism life is and that working a desk til we die is not the life we should have. It’s one thing to wake up to a beautiful sunrise, but it’s another to wake up to a penguin walking across your campsite which is basically a 6x6 2 foot deep hole in the snow that you have to refill (leave no trace) before you leave.
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u/number93bus 4h ago
It’s likely not realistic for everyone, but if you can, go.
Scientist here. I recommend going if you have a reason. I don't endorse tourism in Antarctica. I can confidently say, if we fuck up Antarctica, we fuck up the world, and if we fuck up the world, we're fucking with Antarctica. Both are true and while I think the thing that ecotourism does best is to promote existence value so that research can continue to get funding, I think we also shouldn't be encouraging everyone to go.
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u/Wise-Department-4239 5h ago
It’s funny, bc I see it as the last place we should touch. The last unspoiled environment and we should leave it that way.
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u/Echoproperties 5h ago
Waking up somewhere beautiful with no alarm, no urgent responsibilities, enough money to enjoy the day, in a quiet realization that you no longer just surviving life, you are actually living it.
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u/weareeverywhereee 8h ago
LSD
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u/BareNakedSole 8h ago
I really don’t wanna upvote your comment, but I have to. It’s been literally 45 years or so since I did LSD but I can still remember it being one of the coolest feelings ever.
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u/BloodyMaryBar 7h ago
That or mushrooms, and not a micro dose, a full dose. There is something so refreshing about letting go of your ego and then getting it back. At seeing the world differently. As long as you have support and are in a safe space, I tell all my friends it should be tried at least once.
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u/randEntropy 7h ago
Performing service for the sake of giving back, no ulterior motives. Give back to your community, see firsthand the impact it makes on others’ lives. Deliver or serve food to the needy, mow and elderly neighbors’ lawns, walk dogs at a shelter. Just do something outside yourself that benefits others. The feeling is heartwarming and heartbreaking at the same time, and worth every second.
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u/Rare-Aspect1816 8h ago
Going to a fancy restaurant and not worry about the prices on the menu
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u/HerrMeowzart 7h ago
I did this with my GF this year - I did enjoy fine-dining a couple of times before, but her ex BF never was interested in it and she didnt see the thrill of it. I just got a bonus at work so spending 800€ for two wasnt a big problem, and she got hooked on the first bite literally. Not something i'd do every day simply for monetary reasons, but once or twice a year, why not.
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u/Leftover_reason 7h ago
Summitting a mountain. Ideally one on the edge of your ability level. A healthy amount of fear and suffering to heighten the accomplishment. So fulfilling. With beautiful views.
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u/Own-Fondant2949 5h ago
Actually seeing the milky way at night.. There's so much light pollution that most people have never really seen the sky full of stars at night. It was truly magical seeing that during my Manchu Pichu climb. Got goosebumps typing it.
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u/FireLiesNot 8h ago
Get 1000 upvotes on a Reddit comment
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u/demonhellcat 7h ago
And its usually the dumbest low effort posts, like this one, that accomplish that. Had one myself a few weeks ago that managed 5,000… it was dumb and low effort.
Yes I gave you an upvote
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u/ProcedureHopeful7538 7h ago
A hole in one in golf. Preferably a downhill hole so everybody can see it go in
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u/maintain_improvement 8h ago
Having someone who knows what they’re doing say that you know what you’re doing.