What might a "perfect" life look like for you?

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Daydream time!

Oh, I like to daydream. I was thinking today of what an idea of a "perfect" life might be like for me. I put perfect in quotations because we all know life will never be perfect and my daydream is just that, fantasy. Here goes:

I picture my kids being grown and on their own. My wife and I move to a city that has an expansive fine arts and history museum and we live in a clean and quiet apartment. I know where everything is in the apartment and I'm comfortable there. It's my home.

We live near the museum and have a membership pass. Either she and I go to the museum everyday or if she doesn't want to, I do by myself. I spend hours there looking at the art and the exhibits. To prevent the same exhibits from boring me I "mix it up", perhaps spending one week in a certain part of the museum and so on. Or moving through the museum clockwise for two weeks then counterclockwise the two and so on. People watching would be part of what would make the experience different from day to day as well. If I went alone, I would enjoy telling my wife the details of what I'd seen that day or we'd have fun recounting the experience together.

I spend time in the shop area of the museum gradually looking at all the books and items. I settle on a certain favorite beverage from the refreshments area and order that each day at the same stage of my visit (e.g. at the end before leaving). I would still have the rest of the day to do other things but the museum would be a glorious routine. An enjoyable constant.

Do you have a daydream to share?


Shortly after we were married we were fortunate enough to go on a trip to Spain and we went to the Museo del Prado. It was awesome and inspiration for my daydream......

After 55 years of agony and b.s., I'd say I'm living a fairly ideal life now.
I don't work because I'm on disability.
I have an apartment in a quite community for the elderly and disabled. No noisy kids!
I have this computer, a 55" UHD 4K Smart TV, and a fast internet connection to keep me entertained all day.
I have beer in the fridge and food I get every Wednesday from the food bank.
I have a car which comes in handy because the supermarket is 1.5 miles away.
This town doesn't have the kind of drug I used to be addicted to, so in those instances when I get a hankering for it, I can't get my hands on it anyway.
This town also has several parks and marinas for chilling in since it's a seaside community.
They have concerts and festivals fairly often here but I don't go as I prefer being alone anyway.
In case I do get a hankering for it, they do have classical concerts every so often around town.
There are also two casinos relatively close by, one being 25 miles away, the other 35.

What's missing? A dollar store. Boy, I sure miss those. The nearest one is, like, 40 miles away.

Spontaneous miscarriage prior to ever developing self-awareness. It doesn't matter what mood I'm in, this would be my answer for as long as I could conceive and express it, and prior to that some over-simplified analog to this would be the answer.

My idea of a perfect life involves being married to my girlfriend & my celeb crush. I would of married by girlfriend by now but we're both disabled & it'll screw with her benefits

a perfect life would look like I had a normal childhood, had friends/peers, was not bullied, had a secure and clear sense of self from early on, was not mentally slow/addled, had success in life, had social success.

I have won many millions in the lottery and have all the time in the world to do what I want with economic security.

We're getting a new place to stay, a big one where we can have all our stuff out yet have nice space. Our home is large and cozy with a nice property. This summer has taught me that I also want it to have a swimming pool and since I'm now a lottery millionaire, I will have my swimming pool.

I go to turtle hospitals as a volunteer and I visit 'my' wolf pack. I also visit one of the wolf parks that let you go into the enclosure so I can finally pet a wolf and meet it face to face.

I become sponsor for either Denali or Boltz.

I volunteer at a sanctuary for turtles or canines. Or both.

And I get all the books, DVD's, and video/board/card games I want and have plenty of space for them.

That would be the perfect life for me.

I am living in a clifftop abode overlooking the pacific ocean, with a large garage containing a Winnegago Realta motorhome, a Citroen DS 23, a Honda Helix, 1980 AMC Pacer, 1988 Cadillac Sedan De Ville, a Karmann-Ghia convertible. in the living room is a Magnaplanar Tympani III speaker system, front and rear with bridged class A amplification with custom quiet cooling system. a wall-sized UHD tv installation. a congenial mate. a tame pet cougar. independently and reliably wealthy with no drama. perfectly healthy. happy. I can dream, can't I?

Will add a good old Beetle, a Chevy 57 Bel Air, and a car of my mother's choosing to my property.

I will need my driver's license, and maybe one for small planes. That would be cool.

Maybe live on our own little island.....