I play airsfot every Sunday it's the perfect reset. Equal parts sport, adrenaline, and pain from getting hit by those little plastic balls. But honestly, there's so much laughter that you forget the bruises. Highly recommend if you've never tried it.
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#23I play ultimate frisbee. The read-and-react way you play that game was a nice reset from the push-my-brain-through-concrete-walls character of my work.
Before I retired, I started taking smoke breaks at work. I don't smoke, but if smokers can go outside for 15 minutes, so could I.
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#24It might sound strange, but the best relaxing time for me is that sometimes I go to the office on Saturday or Sunday, turn off email and phone and write a blog post or make a short video about our product. https://www.pragmatech.it/blog-home/all/index.html https://youtube.com/@pragmatech-srl?si=k5Dvw855pE3int4s
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#27It might sound strange, but the best relaxing time for me is that sometimes I go to the office on Saturday or Sunday, turn off email and phone and write a blog post or make a short video about our product. https://www.pragmatech.it/blog-home/all/index.html https://youtube.com/@pragmatech-srl?si=k5Dvw855pE3int4s
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Wish you joy and happiness in your live.
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#28I find watching and interacting with animals brings me back down to Earth. If I could talk to them I know all of the things I worry about would seem so strange to them. They just live in the moment and when I'm with them I live in the moment through them.
Other things I do I find my mind is still in worry mode – walking, reading, cooking, sleeping, etc.
Something about observing animals, thinking about what they're thinking and interacting with them turns that off for me. It's temporary, but it's nice.