@alyx it felt wonderful (in the sense of "a wonder")

@Eve i am very interested in how i experience exhilarating feelings like that so rarely (and often then only in dreams), and how i can feel that way more often

@alyx me too. This is the/a goal... outside dreams it doesn't seem to necessarily correlate with any particular activity or excitement though which I find very interesting

@Eve myself, i mostly live in very tightly regimented loops where i do the same things / go to the same places every day / week / month

it's when i break out of those patterns, like the too-rare occasions when i travel, that i start to notice more bumps above my normal baseline

i'm sure i'd have more good-feeling moments if i could ever dispel my constant anxiety and better learn to live in the moment, too

@alyx breaking the patterns seems to me the path to a greater happiness. This is what I want to do... it's also required for living in the moment I think. My own battles with anxiety are diminished when I remember these moments when I am larger...