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How do YOU relax?

UnleashingLovely
UnleashingLovely Posts: 205
edited December 2024 in Chit-Chat
So I've pretty much realized I've been way beyond uptight and controlling as of late. :grumble:
So it's time to relax, yo.
How do you relax?
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  • ingalynn
    ingalynn Posts: 136 Member
    Hot bath with a good book!
  • classycouture
    classycouture Posts: 888 Member
    Reading, hiking, canoeing, and of course drinking.
  • trophywife24
    trophywife24 Posts: 1,472 Member
    I like to go to the beach alone.. that doesn't happen a lot with two little ones but it's nice when it does. I love to just wander around the boardwalk, especially with a coffee in the wintertime... perfection. I love the beach in the winter.
  • iLoveMyPitbull1225
    iLoveMyPitbull1225 Posts: 1,690 Member
    a good snuggle with my man and my puppy :)
  • ValerieMartini2Olives
    ValerieMartini2Olives Posts: 3,024 Member
    Honestly? REALLY good sex.
  • classycouture
    classycouture Posts: 888 Member
    Honestly? REALLY good sex.

    Win.
  • warmachinejt
    warmachinejt Posts: 2,162 Member
    we can relax?? :noway:
  • UnleashingLovely
    UnleashingLovely Posts: 205
    we can relax?? :noway:

    Exactly >.>
  • OnionMomma
    OnionMomma Posts: 938 Member
    Jacuzzi at the gym. I try to sit in it almost every day of the week (work days) after working out. Even if I don't work out heavy and hard (rare) I like to sit in it.
  • Berto0391
    Berto0391 Posts: 273 Member
    Sleep,...play video games.
  • Tina0807
    Tina0807 Posts: 212
    Honestly? REALLY good sex.

    Win.

    Seriously is the best way! My husband and I have realized that if we go more than 2 days without, we both get a irritable.
  • UnleashingLovely
    UnleashingLovely Posts: 205
    Honestly? REALLY good sex.

    Win.

    Seriously is the best way! My husband and I have realized that if we go more than 2 days without, we both get a irritable.

    My stupid boyfriend has work tonight. I'll hardly even see him today :/
  • lauren3382
    lauren3382 Posts: 372 Member
    I LOVE to read (I've read over 10k pages so far this year!). And don't laugh, but sometimes I color when I'm really stressed out. Yes, I'm a 5 year old at heart :laugh:
  • DonniesGirl69
    DonniesGirl69 Posts: 644 Member
    I run
  • jonwv
    jonwv Posts: 362 Member
    Sitting on a boat Rod in hand, Fishing
    or playing piano is relaxing for me
  • Amryfal
    Amryfal Posts: 225
    i don't, lol

    i'm constantly wound tight and i've just gotten used to it
  • skinnyfithealthyme
    skinnyfithealthyme Posts: 213
    Honestly? REALLY good sex.

    This. About the only thing that really works for me.
  • UnleashingLovely
    UnleashingLovely Posts: 205
    i don't, lol

    i'm constantly wound tight and i've just gotten used to it

    That's me. Minus the whole used to it part...
  • gwduker
    gwduker Posts: 293
    Honestly? REALLY good sex.
    I think I love you!! :tongue:
  • PaleoPath4Lyfe
    PaleoPath4Lyfe Posts: 3,161 Member
    So I've pretty much realized I've been way beyond uptight and controlling as of late. :grumble:
    So it's time to relax, yo.
    How do you relax?

    Hot bath soaking in epsom salt for magnesium benefits
    Massage some lavender oil into my temples
    Meditation and slow deep breathing exercises.
  • PaleoPath4Lyfe
    PaleoPath4Lyfe Posts: 3,161 Member
    i don't, lol

    i'm constantly wound tight and i've just gotten used to it

    That is very unhealthy.
  • sho3girl
    sho3girl Posts: 10,799 Member
    I LOVE to read (I've read over 10k pages so far this year!). And don't laugh, but sometimes I color when I'm really stressed out. Yes, I'm a 5 year old at heart :laugh:

    i thought about doing the colouring thing ... and then felt guilty abut it! and took them out of my shopping basket !
  • UnleashingLovely
    UnleashingLovely Posts: 205
    I LOVE to read (I've read over 10k pages so far this year!). And don't laugh, but sometimes I color when I'm really stressed out. Yes, I'm a 5 year old at heart :laugh:

    Love love LOVE to read(: I own literally 200 books. Haha.
    But the coloring thing may work. If it's a color by number.
  • HisPathDaily
    HisPathDaily Posts: 672 Member
    Lately I've been taking extra time at the Y (YMCA) where I'm a member at. I get my run in, shower up, and then just chill with a cup of coffee and read for about a half hour. With a large family (4 children) it's important for me to pull away completely to get my time in ... not a lot, as I love being a dad, but it's refreshing :)

    Additionally, I do like some TV/Video game time :) ... Chopped, Deadliest Catch, and the Office on the tube, as well as Skyrim, Final Fantasy, and lately Minecraft on the XBox :) ... usually I do this if my wife goes to bed early and the kids are down too ...
  • Coffeeholic8
    Coffeeholic8 Posts: 272 Member
    Reading, cooking and photography all work for me to one degree or another.
  • Kara_xxx
    Kara_xxx Posts: 635 Member
    My OH and I take the dog for walk around the woods after dinner for 60-90 mins most evenings. My favourite time of day. :smile:
  • SuperSexyDork
    SuperSexyDork Posts: 1,669 Member
    Reading and jogging are pretty great relaxers for me. They seem to be the two things that I can focus on completely. With everything else I'm trying to do 5 or so things at once... Ah the joys of ADD!
  • HelloSweetie4
    HelloSweetie4 Posts: 1,214 Member
    umm... haha :smokin:
  • TheVimFuego
    TheVimFuego Posts: 2,412 Member
    I know I should meditate and contract and relax muscles in turn to get an overall 'floaty' feeling but ... I drink red wine.

    It's less of a faff :D

    Playing the guitar is also a winner but less viable during the night when all I really want to do is hit some powerchords ;)
  • ValerieMartini2Olives
    ValerieMartini2Olives Posts: 3,024 Member
    Honestly? REALLY good sex.

    And I'm talking REALLLLLLY good sex. I wanna get TURNED OUT. By the time I'm done, I'm just in a state of relaxed euphoria. Then I want a post-coital snack.
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