Sometimes, the best things in life aren’t about big milestones or extravagant achievements—they’re in the quiet, everyday moments we often take for granted. Whether it’s sipping a warm cup of tea on a rainy day, hearing your favorite song unexpectedly, or just enjoying the calm of a slow morning, these little joys can make life feel truly fulfilling.
To celebrate this idea, we’ve gathered some of the most heartwarming posts from the r/simpleliving subreddit. These posts show that joy isn’t always about having more—it’s about appreciating what’s already around us. Keep scrolling to see the little things that make life special, and who knows? You might just find a new appreciation for the simple moments in your own day!
#1 Unpopular Opinion (And At The Crux Of Contented, Simple Living)

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#2 This Poem Sums Up Simple Living For Me And My Little Family

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#3 Nice

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#4 Thought You All Would Enjoy This Post

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#5 Don’t Buy Their Bullshit

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#6 My Work From Home Office Setup

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#7 Minimalistic, Emergency Microapartment. Living On 90sqft. + Bath After Homelessness. Early Stage, Including Selfmade Gaming Bed. Just Sharing, Feel Free To Comment!

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#8 Lost Nearly Everything In The Pandemic But Found The Love Of My Life: Painting

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#9 This Picture Fills Me With Bliss

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#10 I See Posts Like This All The Time But When Are We Going To Do Something About It?

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#11 The Moment You Realize

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#12 A Great Reminder!

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#13 An Early Morning, Drinking Coffee And Enjoying Nature. My Dream Is To Be Able To Do This Every Day

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#14 Moved Away From The Big City I Was Born In, Already Feeling More Peaceful And Relaxed!

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#15 It’s The Simple Things In Life

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#16 Saw This On My Way To The Library 🌱🍃🍂🌼🌻✨🌾 It Made My Day 🍄🍀❤️🥰❤️

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#17 Simple Living For Me Is Being Able To Grocery Shop In My Backyard

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#18 Early Morning Happiness

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#19 Watching Seeds Sprout Is Such A Joy!

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#20 This Is My Therapy ✨🐕🦺

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#21 💖

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#22 Ha

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#23 I Really Struggle With This

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#24 Every Time

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#25 We Are So Much More Than Our Labour , We Don’t Need To Seek Validation To Appreciate Our Lives

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#26 Oh Yes I Suppose If I Was A Lesbian

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#27 I Started Taking My Tea Set On My Hikes. Simple Pleasures Among The Most Beautiful

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#28 Thought You Guys Might Appreciate

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#29 The Orange – Wendy Cope

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#30 I’ve Lived In My DIY 270 Sqft Tiny House For Over 5 Years Now…still In Love With A Simple Lifestyle 💜

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#31 I Posted A While Back About Starting My Veggie Garden. Here’s My Latest Haul 🥔🥕✨🌞 Saved So Much On My Groceries This Week And The Veggies Are Full Of Flavour And Delicious 🤗

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#32 Raichur’s Rules For Living

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#33 For Many Years, The Dream Has Been To Have Our Own House With Enough Space For A Veggie Garden. Finally We Are “Livin’ The Dream”!

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#34 City Of Boston With The Real Pro-Tips

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#35 My Wife Does Visible Mending To My Favorite Jeans

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#36 You’re Alive. Don’t Forget That

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#37 I Have A Simple Life Of Staying At Home And Living Off Selling Art And Dog Sitting

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#38 A 19 Year Old Game On A 8 Year Old Console. You Don’t Need The Latest And Great To Experience Great Stories

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#39 Regrowing Lettuce In Water. This Makes Me Happy :)

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#40 My Reading Nook Coming Together. Thought I’d Share With You All

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#41 Saturday Night In The Life Of A 29 Year Old. Banana Bread, Tea And Books 📚

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#42 I Went Hiking By Myself Yesterday 🌳

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#43 Found This Years Ago, When I Did My Master Degree First Year Internship. Helped Me A Lot

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#44 It Really Doesn’t Get Much Better Than This

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#45 Traveling By Train, Reading A Book, Drinking Tea, And Looking At The Countryside Passing By. I Hardly Travel By Train, So I’m Enjoying This Moment

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#46 My It Summer Job Got Cancelled Due To Covid, Spending The Summer As A Volunteer On An Off Grid Farm In Cape Breton Instead

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#47 Sometimes It’s All You Need 😌

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#48 Exhausting

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#49 Found This On Ig And Thought Of This Sub

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#50 Just Realised I Have Everything I Need In Life Already

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#51 Saw This Unauthorised Advert On The Train

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#52 I Hope To Be This Happy Someday

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#53 I Love To See People Realize This

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#54 In Quarantine And With Loads Of Spare Time, My Dad Decided To Build A Shelter

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#55 More Community Pantries ! Can Be Also More Than Just Food

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#56 I’m Not Huge Into Tea, But I Recently Found This Tray And Teapot At The Discount Store And It’s One Of My New Favorite Evening Habits

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#57 Vincent Van Gogh’s Bedroom Re-Imagined In Real Life

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#58 Today Started As A Bad Day

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#59 Morning Matcha – Living The Slow Life

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#60 The View From My Tent This Morning. So Nice To Get Away From The Hustle Of The City Even Just For A Few Days

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#61 Me, My Wife And Our Two Kids Put Our Entire Lives Inside A 31ft Travel Trailer To Travel The Country. I Couldn’t Be Happier

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#62 If Only We Could Reclaim Our Spaces In Other Places Too

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#63 Living On An Off Grid Farm In Rural Cape Breton All Summer, For My Birthday I Enjoyed An Avocado Sent To Me By My Mom On The Beach And I’ve Never Been Happier

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#64 Getting Away From The News For An Afternoon

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#65 I Am So Free Now

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#66 I Love The Smell Of A Freshly Vacuumed Lawn In The Morning!

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#67 Hope This Counts – Simplified My Office

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#68 Growing My Own Food

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#69 I Just Discovered This Sub! This Is My Cabin In Rural Nova Scotia – I’m Preparing To Have A Friend Do His 2-Week Isolation Here; Hope He Survives This Simple Life!

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#70 We Were Told The Tree Was Dead – Today We’ve Been Pleasantly Surprised

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#71 Nothing Makes Me Happier Than Spending A Beautiful Day With This Guy

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#72 Everyone Says It’s Sad Beige, But Beige Makes Me Happy

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#73 My Simple Minimalist Kitchen (About 600€ For Everything)

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#74 I Feel Very Lucky And Grateful

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#75 Decluttering Instagram

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#76 Irony…. 🙄

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#77 Celebrating 1 Year Of Being Mortgage Free In My Version Of Paradise. It Took 8 Years To Achieve But I Never Gave Up. This Is The View From The Off Grid Tiny Home I Built

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#78 Does Anyone Else Enjoy Hanging Clothes Or Am I The Only Weirdo?

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#79 Wise Words From An Auto Shop Near Me!

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#80 Big City Living To A Small Mountain Town

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#81 Where I Get My Drinking Water…and Art Supplies?

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#82 My Motto Has Helped A Ton

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#83 Wearing This Every Day Reminds Me How Much I Value Simplicity. I Don’t Always Need The Newest Or Shiniest Thing To Be Happy

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#84 Had An Ice Cream Float After Years!

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#85 Traded Big City Nice For A Small Mountain Town With A Forest In My Backyard

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#86 Moved To A Small Mountain Town From A Huge City

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#87 Wild Honey Mushrooms + My Girlfriends Chickens Eggs = A Meal For For A King!

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#88 50 Shades Of Purple Joy 💜

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#89 Beans And Beets Remix

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#90 Kinda Lost My Urge To Buy Stuff… And All The Stress With It, Tbh

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#91 Smooshing Into A 2 Bedroom House: It’s Chaotic But We Love It

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#92 Drying Foraged Apples And Beans From My Garden On My Closed Balcony.🍎🍏

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#93 We Lived In Our Car For 4 Months -And Honestly, We Loved It

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#94 I Lost Myself Chasing What Others Wanted. (This Is Just 1/3 Of What I Used To Have)

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#95 Berry Season Again. A Basket, A Stick, And Time Outside – Simple Joys

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#96 Today I Made Chocolate Cake

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#97 Our Simple Morning

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#98 Anyone Else Enjoying Winter Walks To Clear Their Mind? ❄️

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#99 Spent The Weekend Picking Dandelions And Selling Goats. Simple Living Is Giving My Daughter The Childhood I Dreamed Of

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#100 I Feel Like I Captured A Moment Where Time Ticked As Slow As Watching A Clock Goes. When You Stand Still And Realize You’re In This Moment. Birds Chirping

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#101 My Simple Living Home

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#102 Disposable Camera On A Trip Instead Of Phone

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#103 Enjoy The Sunset!

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#104 Way Too Excited For Bird Migration Season!!

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#105 My Simple 10-Minute Morning Reset

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#106 Moving In: Empty Chairs On My Balcony Enjoying The Landscape, Promising A Peaceful New Life

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#107 I Love Being Outdoors On Cozy Cloudy Days! ❤️

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#108 Living Simply By Doing… More?

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#109 Homemade Banana Bread And Iced Matcha Latte

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#110 The Moments That Fill Me The Most Cost Close To Nothing

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#111 My Heat For The Upcoming Winter, Tariff And Electric Rate Hike Notwithstanding

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#112 Switch To Edc Wallet

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