How do you de-stress from work/study?

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I'm finding as studying/job hunting/family life becomes more and more time consuming i'm not getting time to chill and wind down sufficently to feel refreshed enough. The days of meeting the lads on a Friday night at 6pm are gone as were all settled, married with kids - and to be honest too knackered to bother

I probably get an hour a day to myself if i am lucky and that time is spent either doing absolutely nothing just veg state of consciousness in front of the TV watching 'nothing' or if im in the mood i load the ps3 and play abit of Tiger Woods or FIFA; however if i'm in a ratty mood i may load up a driving game and loose the tension

The thought of reading to destress does not work, it just does not help my brain to relax.

What do you do?

 

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I play Call of Duty - I find running around shooting people destresses me nicely

 

Playing with the kids, board gaming, computer gaming, reading.

 

Fire up the PC for a bit of WoW, CoD, Counter-Strike:Source, whatever else takes my fancy or whack a DVD in (normally The West Wing, awesome show).

EDIT: forgot to mention, I also help run a ladies football team and a drama youth group (neither of which are particularly DE-stressing to be honest). And I occasionally play tennis. Oh and act for a local theatre group.

 

I go to the gym. If the weathers nice I'll go for a run or cycle with my partner. Was enjoying just relaxing in the park until the british weather took a turn for the worse in 2006 lol

I only play vid games late on weekends and usually after a late session

Enjoy cooking and I'm learning italian as well as I may have to spend a considerable amount of time there. Time vegetatin in front of the TV is something I reserve for illness or visiting boring friends and relatives

 

working out, watching tv, chillin with the guys or my girl. There's no way in hell I can read when I am stressed....

 

Watch some of my DVD's or play some games. Either way just generally relax

 

I go and take a plunge to 40m/130ft and swim with the fishes for a while
nothing quite relieves the pressure than being under 5 times as much pressure ;)

 

Listen to music, watch films, Wii, Read, Karate and boxing.

 

Yup.
And get drunk.

 

I pick up my guitar and play of course well within reach of a stubby

 

Switch off the computer/tv etc, get outside, get on my bike, go for a drive, play the piano.

 

Depends.

Daily it's usually a walk with my gf, but after a stressful week sometimes I end up having a spliff and playing team fortress 2 whole night (rarely happens lately, due to me coding for work in my time off).

Also coding de-stresses me too

 

I grab the guitar or a good book.

 

Sleep

 

Normally a bit of COD on the xbox, a book or I go for a long walk/ bike ride...haven't had the time to do that too much recently though

 

Xbox, read, karate practice or a play fight with the little one.