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1. Cloud watching
2. Watching water flow quickly
3. Take your time
4. Watch the sun rise or fall
5. Step back from obstacles so you can see the big picture.
6. Lego robots
7. Enjoy a camp fire
8. The smell of freshly cut grass
9. The night sky is amazing
10. Take a nap
11. collecting team give-a-ways
12. Listening simply or simply listening
13. Slow down
14. thank someone
15. Find the good in people
16. actually taste food
17. take a walk through the park with someone special
18. watch the rain - bonus points for a thunderstorm*

My grandparents live on the beach. I grew up spending summers on the beach with family. This is the first summer I might not get any beach time with family, because I'm working at MIT all summer. It's reminding me how much I miss the simple things that summer weeks at my grandparents' house stood for during my childhood- the refreshing smell of salty sea air, chasing seagulls until they flew away, the sweetness of a vanilla ice cream cone, or best of all, listening to the calming sound of the waves crashing against the shore as it lulled you to sleep as you lay on the beach or in your bed at night.

19. listening to the lull of waves crashing against the shore

* Listening to rainstorms is my other favorite simple pleasure, but it was pretty close to this.