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Intensive Decompression: Brain Reset by Sleeping in Nature

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Re: Intensive Decompression: Brain Reset by Sleeping in Nature

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This was my little experiment to battle stress and pressure at work. How do you manage stress?

For me, it's motorcycles / motorsports. Something that requires concentration so intense that it is impossible for your brain to stress about anything else.

Re: Intensive Decompression: Brain Reset by Sleeping in Nature

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I agree, but I think that there are different stressors in our lives. Work stress is hard to deal with, and I deal with it by sailing. However, there are stressors when sailing: the safety of the vessel, the safety of my crew, etc.

True and those stresses experienced while sailing are more true than the ones experienced at work. You don't stress about deadlines when you are in front of the bear :)

Re: Intensive Decompression: Brain Reset by Sleeping in Nature

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Just watched this the other day on Netflix. http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/independent/happypeople/ Takes you deep into Siberia to the winter campsites of trappers. Harsh life but very beautiful.

Thank you for this! Looks really good! Will watch it later :)

Re: Intensive Decompression: Brain Reset by Sleeping in Nature

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Get on a bicycle and just ride somewhere (but nowhere in particular). Forces my mind out of deadline mode, since I can't know when I'll be back or when I'll get to where I'm going. Also, by removing myself from familiar surroundings, helps me forget things (like work) associated with them.

Those are great tips! I could see myself building a habit of wandering around unknown parts of the city.

Where do you live?

I can't do that. The 'unknown' parts of my city are unknown for a reason...

Re: Intensive Decompression: Brain Reset by Sleeping in Nature

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tl;dr: go camping once in awhile.

I see that you are getting downvoted, it may be beacuse you don't add to the discussion, but to be fair the article doesn't offer more than the above line.

You are right, there's nothing more to it. It's really simple :)

Re: Intensive Decompression: Brain Reset by Sleeping in Nature

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tl;dr: go camping once in awhile.

I see that you are getting downvoted, it may be beacuse you don't add to the discussion, but to be fair the article doesn't offer more than the above line.

Thank you. I am in my 30s and I read blog posts by many super intelligent but perhaps sheltered younger individuals that seem to just be discovering life's insights .... that are second nature to me. My family has always gone camping, for instance.

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

I see that you are getting downvoted, it may be beacuse you don't add to the discussion, but to be fair the article doesn't offer more than the above line.

You are right, there's nothing more to it. It's really simple :)

Maybe it sounded harsh, it's not, your sibling comment explains it better. I'm also (almost) in my 30s ;)

Re: Intensive Decompression: Brain Reset by Sleeping in Nature

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Those are great tips! I could see myself building a habit of wandering around unknown parts of the city.

Where do you live? I can't do that. The 'unknown' parts of my city are unknown for a reason...

Helsinki, Finland. The city is pretty small, so there's not actually that many unknown places. And every place is safe to go.
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