This list is a combination of self-reflection, observation, and reasoning regarding pleasure. It is both those that arise naturally and those that take some effort to seek out: day to day, week to week, and over a lifetime. It comes out of pondering foundational teachings of Epicurean philosophy. There are no writings of Epicurus that indicate that he thought through things in this manner, yet this might be a step toward understanding "natural and necessary" categories. This is not a complete list (I will add more soon), and it is a mix of personal and hypothetical pleasures (for example I don't play tennis but decided to list it as a sport). This may need to be re-organized, and the categories may need shifting also. A List of Life Pleasures I. Shorter duration A. Shorter lasting and occur often or daily (for everyone) -eating: smelling, tasting, enjoying -other brief pleasurable sensations of sight and sound B. Shorter lasting and occur daily (but depends upon in