Ours is a species driven toward accomplishment. We often hinge good-feeling on getting things done, we push relaxation to come after something else. The beer tastes better after mowing the lawn. (Makes me want to mow the lawn lol).
This is a good way to live: a productive way to live. Do the thing, then seek reward.
But when I’m at my best, when I’ve got that fleeting feeling that I’ve figured it all out, it’s enough just to put on a pair of warm socks, drink tea, listen to the sounds that already exist around me, and think about the good things in my life, then, now, and tomorrow.
As easy as this is to do, this is often the hardest thing for us to do.