What Do You Do To Wind Down?

retro:electro · 12-03-2018 09:55PM

Put on my dressing gown and pour myself a large glass of Tesco’s offer of the week

Dublinstiofán · 12-03-2018 09:58PM

I play piano, can completely escape and unwind with it.

Or watch the original Ghostbusters on Sky 1 (Now!)

Thespoofer · 12-03-2018 10:01PM

Do you know what, if they brought out a cannabis oil vaper and legalised it I for one would welcome a couple of puffs of an evening to wind down.

h7nlrp2v0g5u48 · 12-03-2018 10:04PM

With the bright evening's now upon us a nice evening walk in the park does it for me.

Gael23 · 12-03-2018 11:26PM

PowerToWait wrote: »

22 posts and not a mention of knocking one out. Genuinely impressed.

Are you saying you spend your evening knocking one out???

12-03-2018 11:44PM

During the week I don't really get time to unwind as I'm up at 5am to get to work and get home about 8pm, have a bite to eat and then a bit of study and time with the other half and the animals till bed at 11pm.

Boards is a bit of a distraction at times, but depends on how busy life is.

The weekend I'll normally do a few woodwork projects to relax, and try to exercise as I really miss the gym and have put on to much weight, otherwise it's a few jobs around the place I still have two trees to cut down before summer.

Junkyard Tom · 12-03-2018 11:50PM

Play piano. Go to the theatre. Parkour. Listen to philosophy lectures. Watercolour painting. Sculpture. Big wave surfing. Compulsive lying.

Birneybau · 12-03-2018 11:55PM

anna080 wrote: »

Put on my dressing gown and pour myself a large glass of Tesco’s offer of the week

Nothing like a glass of Lenor to take the stress out of the day

Dial Hard · 13-03-2018 12:11AM

On weeknights, change into my trackies, pour a glass of wine, stick on the iPod and get cracking on the dinner. I find cooking really cathartic.

At the weekends, taking the dog up to Massy's or Cruagh for a good long walk, followed by a hot bath, a good dinner and curling up on the couch with candles and a book. Bliss.

h7nlrp2v0g5u48 · 13-03-2018 12:41PM

Going to the cinema midweek breaks the busy week up for me and I love just relaxing while watching a good movie.

Arghus · 13-03-2018 01:03PM

I masturbate furiously.

h7nlrp2v0g5u48 · 13-03-2018 01:06PM

Arghus wrote: »

I masturbate furiously.

Whatever eases the stress.

railer201 · 13-03-2018 01:08PM

Turn the handle anti-clockwise

yourdeadwright · 13-03-2018 01:19PM

Use to be going to the Cinema but baby put a stop to that,
Guess now all I have left is the gym and walks in the park

h7nlrp2v0g5u48 · 13-03-2018 01:29PM

yourdeadwright wrote: »

Use to be going to the Cinema but baby put a stop to that,
Guess now all I have left is the gym and walks in the park

If you get sometime on your own why not try out some meditation techniques. Ten minutes of meditation does wonders for stress and you can download some free apps online.

Panic Stations · 13-03-2018 01:35PM

It really depends on the day for me.

If I'm feeling good I'd often work on my side project (Other business)

If I'm feeling stressed or pissed off its reading a book or going to the gym.

If I'm just feeling like I want to forget about everything else I'll hop on Fortnite with the lads.

scheister · 13-03-2018 01:36PM

this is one thing im looking at lately.

General rule with me during the week phone gets put away from the night at 8. will spend last 30 mins to hour depending on what else is going on lying on my bed listening to easy music. Musically are the go to music at the moment.

On a sunday I will limit my phone use as much as i can. Sundays are very be in the present for me. at some stage during the day will block my phone out completely for an hour and either read or lie on my bed listening to music

13-03-2018 01:58PM

natashaob6 wrote: »

With life been so stressful these days I like to do some meditation or yoga to wind down. I find it very relaxing particularly if I have had a stressful day. So what do you do to wind down?

I do not really try to wind down so much as I try to be wound up in a more diverse variety of ways so that no one of them becomes over whelming. So I am always active. Either mentally or physically or spiritually (which is basically just mentally but a kinda sub set of it ).

Do a lot of running and combat training and martial arts dance forms. So that's mostly physical.

Do a lot of DIY and home farming (planet and animal) and hunting. And I do a lot of cooking. So that's a mix of mental and physical.

And I do a lot of study and Vipassana Meditation and hypnosis and self hynosis and NLP stuff as a hobby. So that is mostly mental.

I find therefore I can get wound up by one thing - but it winds down my feelings about the others. Each thing relaxes me in one way - but winds me up in another. Paving the way for the next thing. And so on.

Yer Da sells Avon · 13-03-2018 02:11PM

Score Buy some Nurofen+ and make a pot of tea.

Malari · 13-03-2018 02:16PM

I cook. There's nothing more grounding than coming home, deciding what to make for dinner, and getting stuck in, while listening to a podcast.

Also I listen to my husband's stories when he gets in (usually after me) because it takes me away from what's going on in my own head when we catch up on what else has been going on in our lives during the day.

Finally, a cat on my lap while watching something engrossing on tv is the perfectly comfortable end to the evening. Reading before bed usually prevents me from thinking about much but the book itself before sleep.

storker · 13-03-2018 02:19PM

Not much TV, but I do watch Air Crash Investigation, Masterchef, The Walking Dead, University Challenge and misc movies and documentaries. I probbaly watch more Netflix than TV.

Otherwise I go between flight simming, currently bush flying in the US Pacific Fjords region and also Papua New Guinea, and historical wargaming on the PC mostly WW2 and French Revolutionary/Napoleonic (1792-1815), but my most recent refight was an improvement on Boudicca's performance against the Romans in the Battle of Watling Street (AD 60). I like my entertainment to be interactive.

Reading too of course, and currently enjoying Tom Holland's Dynasty, the story of Ancient Rome's Julio-Claudian emperors.

RikkFlair · 13-03-2018 03:32PM

I watch Bob Ross paint "happy little trees" on youtube.

13-03-2018 04:24PM

There are lots of things I do that help me relax. It's really important that I manage my stress because I can get emotionally worn out and am not naturally easygoing.

I love to read and if it isn't a book I have then it's an online article or news story. I can get really engrossed in it and everything else kind of ceases to exist. I give myself bed days where I don't get dressed and eat what I want and sleep loads. The phone gets turned off quite a bit as well.

I practice meditation like quite a few of you here. I tune in to my body and can tell you where I feel the physical presence of an emotion. Walking in the middle of nowhere is nice too. So is a few drinks and lovely food. I makesure to do nice things for myself. Music of the calm mellow kind stills the auld thoughts as well and maybe a sing along.

Other times I get in my car and just drive. I like driving, the skills of it is comforting because it's something which is so routine and automatic. There are a set number of steps you must do in order to start the car and make it move.

I could read about films more than I watch them. I get buried in lists of "best movies you'll never understand" or "movies that should have won an Oscar but didn't". I should go to the cinema a bit more really.

Graces7 · 13-03-2018 06:20PM

WHen I am back in synch after my 6 month "leave" from the internet, I aim to close down by 4 pm. No moving images etc. Read in bed, and knit at the same time.... inifnity scarves are in demand just now; 90 inches to keep me at it.

Wish I could though be as relaxed as my cats who are all 3 just huge furballs... or who were until the stray tom started singing.

Gorgeousgeorge · 13-03-2018 07:07PM

Walking or running. Usually walking as im lazy

13-03-2018 07:30PM

Go onto the internet and argue with feminists

iamwhoiam · 13-03-2018 07:35PM

I knit , its amazingly relaxing and comforting. Lots of babies are snuggled up warm this winter !

erica74 · 13-03-2018 07:47PM

Pilates
Ride my motorbike

suicide_circus · 13-03-2018 07:52PM

gym followed by a fatty bombatty

h7nlrp2v0g5u48 · 13-03-2018 08:06PM

suicide_circus wrote: »

gym followed by a fatty bombatty

What's a fatty bombatty?

What Do You Do To Wind Down?

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