I’ve been really struggling to unplug my brain after a heavy week at work and I always overthink my free time, to the point where I don’t know what I’d prefer to do.
What’s your ‘go to’ way to relax or disconnect from real life?
Thanks!
Marijuana and TV with the wife
Podcasts. I have a very aural internal experience and just having someone else’s voice in my head helps a lot.
Video games. There’s so much science put into making video games an escape it’s almost like cheating. If you look at them as an engineered tool designed for escapism it’s kind of amazing.
Gardening. Takes a certain amount of privilege in space, money and patience but it hits a very deep evolutionary satisfaction.
Nature. Just get as deep into trees as you can and then sit or walk. Find a tree that you like and keep visiting it through the year. Watch how things change through the season and how it fights a fungus or feeds the birds. Connect to an ephemeral but living thing in an implicitly liminal space to disconnect from your constructed reality.
Making something. Shelves are easy. Pizza or pie is just involved enough but not too much effort. Good for iteration and practice too. Lots of people do Lego or puzzles. I enjoyed 3d printing but it’s a major time investment thats hard to maintain.
This person unwinds.
I’m usually tired enough that my sleepiness overcomes my anxiety.
I either watch a couple of episodes of some of my favourite sitcoms or of star trek TNG/voyager. Or I just open a book like discworld on my ebook reader and listen to it with my eyes closed, through ear phones, especially if I am experiencing eye fatigue.
I go to the gym, on off days I go for a ride on my mountain bike. Doing something physical forces my mind to disengage from anything other than what I’m doing right that moment.
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How many of them are your own?
Angry wank.
What are you angry at?
Myself.
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Weed, beer, sex, camping, reading. Not necessarily in that order.
Well I’ve picked up the routine of rock climbing at a indoor gym immediately after a tense day of office work. So I’ve been going almost daily 😂. You pay little to no mind to anything other than wanting to place both hands on the final hold at the end of a route. I also draw A LOT. Spend quality time with my wife listening to her, engaging in conversation with her and I leave my phone away from me. Cook at home and try to be present and in the moment with all my friends young and old. I’m technically monetarily poor and unapologetically-unbelievably happy. Although we used to be monetarily rich we traded that for more personal time and I will never go back to such a slave-like lifestyle (working like an animal to store useless riches and material objects) don’t get me wrong we work really hard but just for our essentials and for the sake of keeping a solid reputation of good work ethic on the 3-4 days we work a week. I recommend it to anyone.
Trick question. I never unwind.
Watching a long (ideally 30 minutes or longer) Youtube video from the few content creators I like. Things like Real Life Lore or other geography/history content
