I'm trying to be more relaxed in 2016. I've recently started listening to audiobooks during my commute and picked up some adult coloring books to work on in the evenings and I find I am a lot happier because these activities help me let go of stress!
What activities do you do that help you relax?
pineapple / 12802 posts
Wine. Colouring Books. Video games (minecraft is a total stress reliever 
), walking away from stressful situations (if I can!) and revisiting them once I've calmed down and had time to think about them.
I like a goal of being less stressed/anxious.
GOLD / wonderful apricot / 22276 posts
Coloring, and DH and I do couples massages for each other about once a week.
pineapple / 12566 posts
I clean/organize. When I was childless, I would exercise (run, bike or swim).
grapefruit / 4800 posts
Exercise - I think I just take my exercise energy and put it into anxiousness when I don't exercise.
papaya / 10570 posts
I haven't found anything yet. I've tried all of these suggestions and nothing has worked yet. Colouring, it would appear, makes me more anxious because I struggle to leave a picture undone (and don't have time to complete in one sitting!). I love love love cleaning but it makes me more stressed because I then obsess about it being messed up. Wine helps.....
wonderful grape / 20453 posts
I need to work out. I've been running full tilt for so long, it's really draining me. I also just took my to-do list and put it into my calendar for the week and that was cathartic. Now i feel like I won't forget something and it doesn't feel like this overwhelmingly large list that I need to do, because it's been broken out. And i scheduled time to work out otday and feel relieved.
grapefruit / 4988 posts
I'm still working on this. Guided meditation helps to some extent. I feel better when I'm working out but I think it just lessens guilt, as opposed to helping me actually relax. Lately I've been reading novels alot but it's a double edged sword (I like to get completely absorbed in a book but sometimes I get too emotionally invested in the plot and it will stress me out more, plus I end up staying up too late reading).
persimmon / 1458 posts
I was going to say lots and lots of chocolate! But not helpful, right
In all seriousness I'm am curious to hear suggestions too!
nectarine / 2878 posts
Lifting weights, wondering around Target by myself or shopping by myself in general, cleaning, getting rid of things we don't use, watching youtube videos.
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