What do you do to relax?

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This question is coming up because of a discussion that I was having with a friend.  He is busy all the time, if he is not working at work, he is working at something else.  He edits scripts and runs role playing games (at least four that I know of), hosts dinners but anyway he is always doing something so I asked him when he relaxes and his response was that "it does relax him to edit scripts and run all the games." 

Maybe I am weird but to me relaxing is not working on anything. or as I put it to him its...  I relax by taking a nap or watching a movie (usually one I have seen a zillion times so if I fall asleep it’s not a big deal, to watch a new movie I have to pay attention to it which it turn constitutes to me as more work).  I can’t even relax to a video game because I am trying to reach a goal in it whether it’s beating a level, getting a score, an item or anything that makes the game move on and I can't relax to most music because I get too "into" it.

So I was just curious what relax means to you?

Douglas B · Accepted Answer

Relaxing is to take a break from what you are doing to just enjoy life.  I like to go fishing, even if nothing is biting I enjoy the peace of the lake and the beauty, it recharges me.  Those who don't take breaks for whatever reason (no matter what they say about why they don't need to) are only fooling themselves and one day are going to wake up and ask what is life all about?  They have worked it away and not really enjoyed it at all and when times get lean and there might not be anything to do they won't know what to do with themselves because they never learned to sit back and enjoy.

Ying, where&#39;s my Yang? · Answer

It means knowing the house is clean, homework is done and friends have been spoken to. There's nothing better than to come home after a party and have a long shower and slip into a warm bed to read a book, have glass of wine and think about the day I've had, and think about tomorrow...

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Anonymous · Answer

To me: Relaxation means satisfaction of my heart.

When i get extremely upset and want to relax, i just quit every work and start thinking the good time i had in my life and i get lost in it. I remember the good people of my life who are no more.

And specially when I think that finally I will die one day, it also makes me relaxed that i will go out of this hell-world.

Kaitlyn Q · Answer

I draw to relax, though it doesn't always work--sometimes it makes me more stressed. But I also eat to relax (I wouldn't suggest this to others, because I may not get fat from eating a lot, but lots of people do.) and I read.

Evan · Answer

listen to my ipod, just chill.
take a nap.
in the nice weather I like to sit outside in a hammock or on the grass and look up at the sky.
can't relax around people, I have to be by myself.

Neko · Answer

I just like taking a seat and contemplating something positive, or maybe go for a walk. Or write in a journal. :]

Listening to music helps me, too.

Kerry · Answer

Deep breathing, yoga, isometric exercise, reading a good book, visualizing a "happy place,"  doing an enjoyable hobby....the list goes on.

rebel without a cause · Answer

I read book's and when the voices tell me, I clean my gun's. (really) I clean firearms to relax. The voice thingy was b.s. I think??

ludakhrys · Answer

partake in the ganja then soak in the whirlpool tub. no music, no tv. just bubbles. oh and sex. the best, free stress reliever on the planet. and if you can't be with the one you love...love the one your with *wink wink*.

Anonymous · Answer

close my eyes, listen to music, and pretend im sumwhere else

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