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

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Post by biocomputation »

allemagne wrote: post #36
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.

For those of us who live alone, the process definitely stops at taking off work clothes

I was the same when I lived alone. My pants were nearly affixed to the back of the chair in my living room.

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

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Post by jwdunne »

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.

Taking off my shoes is a key element. Even if I'm not in work, I put my shoes on so I'm ready for the day. I then can take them off and feel relaxed once the kids are in bed. It's a weird little thing I've noticed but it feels awesome in both the morning, putting them on, and taking them off in the evening.

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

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Post by samstave »

CroCroCro wrote: post #30
jagger27 wrote: post #7

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/c…

Ha! Just what I'm doing. I'm into cheese making so I watch videos related to that while making some new ones / flipping the stored ones. - https://www.youtube.com/user/greeningofgavin

Ha, years ago I was at a girlfriends house while she went out to dinner with an old friend to catch up.

She called me at the end of her dinner on the way back home and said "what are you doing" and I said "Watching cheese making videos on youtube"

She didnt believe me... she came into the room, I was sitting there still watching cheese making videos and she laughed and thought it was super funny.

Yes, I was literally just binging cheese videos on youtube.

great sex ensued.

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

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Post by jagger27 »

abakker wrote: post #31
jagger27 wrote: post #7

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/c…

I think we might be the same person...but, you need to add "this old Tony"

Already subbed! We really might be the same person.

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

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Post by wanderr »

I always have a hard time going to sleep at a consistent time; it's much easier for me to stay up a couple of hours later than it is to go to bed even a half hour earlier. The two easiest ways for me to lose track of time and end up amped up at bedtime are programming and gaming, so I set an alarm 2 hours before bedtime to remind myself to stop either of those activities for the night. Then I veg out watching something stupid on Netflix or reading. It works but is definitely frustrating that I have to dedicate such a big chunk of time to winding down.
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