Ask HN: How do you unwind at the end of a day?

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Post by gmemstr » Sat, Apr 22, 2017, 5:43 PM UTC

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Re: Ask HN: How do you unwind at the end of a day?

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Post by Artlav » Sat, Apr 22, 2017, 5:53 PM UTC

Let my thoughts randomize, about 2 hours before going to sleep. It's the only way to attain the capability of falling asleep...

Re: Ask HN: How do you unwind at the end of a day?

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Post by roryisok » Sat, Apr 22, 2017, 6:08 PM UTC

Artlav wrote: post #2

Let my thoughts randomize, about 2 hours before going to sleep. It's the only way to attain the capability of falling asleep...

I fall asleep by randomizing my thoughts but it only takes a couple of minutes

Re: Ask HN: How do you unwind at the end of a day?

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Post by grecy » Sat, Apr 22, 2017, 6:09 PM UTC

I know it sounds nuts, but I always found changing clothes made a huge difference for me.

Get home and put on a pair of shorts, t-shirt and flip flops, or at least something you would never, ever wear to work. It always made some kind of mental shift in my head.

Re: Ask HN: How do you unwind at the end of a day?

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Post by roryisok » Sat, Apr 22, 2017, 6:10 PM UTC

End of the day for me is when the kids are in bed, chores done, usually around 8pm. I sit on the couch with my wife, we put something on tv and I code.

The code sucks, I'm not some kind of uber programmer, but I find it relaxing, bizarrely. Maybe its the lack of pressure to turn in something workable and on time

My productivity varies with what's on. If its something good like westworld or GoT I shut the laptop. If its the vampire diaries I'm not looking up

Re: Ask HN: How do you unwind at the end of a day?

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Post by autotune » Sat, Apr 22, 2017, 6:11 PM UTC

Practice guitar and read a book usually, or go to the gym and work out. Incredible what you can do with a healthy work-life balance.

Re: Ask HN: How do you unwind at the end of a day?

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Post by jagger27 » Sat, Apr 22, 2017, 6:17 PM UTC

Queue up a handful (maybe an hour or two) of YouTube videos from my subscription box. Not that it's all that different from the typical "flop on couch and veg in from of the boobtube until you pass out" but if you have a diverse subbox you almost never run out of stimulating, fresh content that does more for you than typical Netflix-style content would.

Here are some of my favourites:

- AvE: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChWv6Pn_zP0rI6lgGt3MyfA

- Cody's Lab: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCu6mSoMNzHQiBIOCkHUa2Aw

- Matthias Wandel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCckETVOT59aYw80B36aP9vw

- SV Seeker: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCj_XaV1ss-qdD-lPUtTEcXw

- B is for Build: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCl4-WBRqWA2MlxmZorKOV7w

and I just discovered this channel last night:

- Isaac Arthur: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZFipeZtQM5CKUjx6grh54g

Re: Ask HN: How do you unwind at the end of a day?

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Post by dharness » Sat, Apr 22, 2017, 6:18 PM UTC

I drink beer and watch It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia

Re: Ask HN: How do you unwind at the end of a day?

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Post by jbernardo95 » Sat, Apr 22, 2017, 6:18 PM UTC

Workout at the gym, followed by dinner and then some YouTube chill or some coding.

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Post by jagger27 » Sat, Apr 22, 2017, 6:19 PM UTC

grecy wrote: post #4

I know it sounds nuts, but I always found changing clothes made a huge difference for me. Get home and put on a pair of shorts, t-shirt and flip flops, or at least something you would never, ever wear to work. It always made some kind of mental shift in my head.

Sweatpants/pajama bottoms are a key element to my evening unwind.