The Good List: 6 Things to Add Some Joy to Your Day

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The Good List: 6 Things to Add Some Joy to Your Day

Showering at the airport, blossoms in seams and the bar for joy.

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Illustration by John Gall

By

Melissa Kirsch

April 29, 2026,

2:46 p.m. ET

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Bruce is a parrot

who lost part of his beak, figured out how to use a pebble to replace it and somehow managed to ascend to alpha-male status in his group. No longer able to fight by biting, he learned to joust. This is not a life lesson, unless you want it to be. At the very least, I think it’s worth meditating a moment on a broken-beaked parrot named Bruce who jousts. Now, on to our list.

On this week’s list:

1. Welcome in

2. Write your name on Earth

3. Showering at the airport

4. The joy bar

5. Blossoms in the seams

6. Deadline music

1.

Welcome in

At first I thought the uptick in shopkeepers and restaurant hosts greeting guests with “welcome in” was annoying, affected. Then, after the 117th time I heard it, I asked my server why she said “welcome in” instead of just “welcome.” She said she’d noticed everyone else at the restaurant doing it, so she tried and found she liked it.

I’ve now decided there’s something warmer about “welcome in.” A cozy intimacy. It makes it sound like there’s something going on in this store or at this restaurant, and you’re being invited to participate in it.

When I’ve run this by other people, some have said they can’t stand being welcomed in. Where do you stand? Let us know in the comments.

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