How Do You Relax?

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Lady In Red

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A recent CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll found that four in 10 Americans indicated they have a limited amount of time to relax, including 14 percent who say they "never have time to relax." About three in 10 have more adequate relaxation time, including 18 percent who say they have "as much time as needed."

I like to read. That helps me unwind from a hectic day.
 
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For those people who can't find the time to relax, that's B.S. If they need to schedule in their relaxation time on their day planner, then so be it. You can't just keep going at a rabbit's pace and expect your body and mind to always be there. Fortune magazine had a great article on stress a few weeks back. One lady was working 120 hours a week. Her stress got so bad that she was temporarily paralyzed until she took several weeks off to rest and recover - then the paralysis left. For those people who say they can't relax, they just need to find about 20 minutes twice each day.

For me, I've used the following methods of relaxation:

-> Jacobson's procedure for tensing muscles and relaxing them (this process is about 50 years old and works amazingly well.)
-> Deep body scan while laying down in a dark, quiet room.
-> Relaxation and meditation CDs.
-> Reading - or working on some of my hobbies.
-> Finally, if things get too rough and some of the listed relaxation techniques don't work well enough, there's a 1 MG tablet of Xanax - which usually does the trick. ;)
 
EvilYoda

EvilYoda

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wje......that's a little too wholesome, you sound like my ex's mom. ;)

Alcohol's good for lots of things.........reading, movies, if I have a girl, just chillin with her...pets are good too.
 
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Lifer
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Originally posted by: EvilYoda
wje......that's a little too wholesome, you sound like my ex's mom. ;)

Alcohol's good for lots of things.........reading, movies, if I have a girl, just chillin with her...pets are good too.
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Wholesome ... never. I've lived on the edge enough before and drank my @ss off while I was in the military. Now, I've realized that it take more time to be better towards yourself. However, I do have lots of awesome hobbies that usually help. ;)
 
SithSolo1

SithSolo1

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I read books(mostly Star Wars), I listen to music(mostly techno), and I play CS.
 
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slikmunks

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go to my computer, put an away message on aim that says music, me and my 7... meaning i'm going out for a drive... *sigh* that's something i need to do right now... i would, but damn project due tomorrow morning....
 
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NewSc2

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usually I relax with a joint or the hookah.. (or a joint and the hookah, oh man bad for my lungs :() and pink floyd's dark side of the moon
 
Linflas

Linflas

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Reading, playing EQ or DAoC, and from September through December on Sunday's watching football. Pretty much anything I can do at home that does not involve getting into my car and dealing with the 24x7 Northern Virginia traffic is relaxing to me.
 
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joohang

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I watch/play soccer.

Well.. I go a little nuts so some might argue that it's not exactly a form of "relaxing." :)
 
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Lola

I like going on drives....just kinda meandering along a dirt road somewhere close by my house. In the summer my man and I will drive w/ the windows down listening to music. i love taking really long soaks. A bath is a wonderful thing. Get some bubblebath and a rubber ducky and let your cares float away! But, sometimes i wanna relax in an active way, so....we usually will go off raoding. Its nice to breathe fresh air!
 
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