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Ask HN: How Do You Relax?

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Re: Ask HN: How Do You Relax?

#21

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.

Also, surfing. Nothing clears your head quite like getting tossed around by the ocean.

Re: Ask HN: How Do You Relax?

#23
I go watch trains. I often wander around while I'm waiting for a train to show up. I think about things, pray, look around. Sometimes I bring a book to read.

I 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.

Re: Ask HN: How Do You Relax?

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It 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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Re: Ask HN: How Do You Relax?

#25
Assuming you work from home, if not doing already, separate your workspace from living area. Do not sit with your laptop on the couch. Just listening to your own breathing pattern itself is one simple technique to reduce stress and relax. Then, you can definitely follow all the other suggestions in this thread.

Re: Ask HN: How Do You Relax?

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post #24
post #15

It 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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I don’t understand why, some people have fun doing their job and feel joy when blogging about products they create and believe in, for me it’s a hubby.

Wish you joy and happiness in your live.

Re: Ask HN: How Do You Relax?

#28
Go outside and spend time with animals.

I 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.

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