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Ask HN: What's your favourite way to relax?

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1. 10 minutes session on any mediation application. I prefer headspace. 2. Walking 3. Playing with my Dog

You seem very balanced :D

I recently signed up for Headspace, it’s quite good!

Morning routine or when do you make time for it?

I suck at routines – so it’s currently sporadic :)

But I have considered to take a 10 min break around 2pm in order to meditate.

Judo or Brasilian Jiu Jitsu. Any grappling I guess where part of training is deliberate practice and part is kind of competition/sparring.

Any reason why grappling trainings are relaxing?

Flow. You can't overthink grappling, or you'll sabotage yourself. You have to let your mind flow like a river.

Never tried it. Very interesting.

Flow is quite addicting.

When you are thrown or being choked you are unable to focus on anything else than the moment itself. Its extremely liberating and picking both of those activities were detromental for my health

I agree with the others that Flow is part of why grappling is relaxing.

But, the another reason is that it's an amazing stress reliever. After a good grappling session, you will feel incredibly relaxed and calm.

I’ve enjoyed wood turning/wood working in the past. Most people here build things on computers everyday, it’s fun to build something with your hands and touch and feel it. It’s quite meditative in a way.

Cooking is a great way to relax as well. Take up a complicated recipe. It can take you hours to cook but I enjoy researching, shopping and trying to make the best version of something.

Man it really is relaxing to do something with your hands instead of sitting at the computer.

The reward you get from being able to touch what you are working on is really nice.

Cooking can be relaxing as well - unless you have kids crying that they are hungry - then it becomes quite stressful.

Do you have any specific wood working projects?

Sit in a hammock in the woods, listening to the wind and the birds, watching the treetops swaying.

Tranquility.

This will only work if I have phone removed for a few days...

I take a walk and call my parents. I also occasionally take a bath while listening to a podcast.

That sounds lovely. I should call my parents.

Being a new parent, I realized this is one thing I have failed at in my 20s with my parents. Should have definitely called them more often, even if it's just for a few minutes here and there.

I'm a new parent as well - it really made me understand and relate to my parents better.

Calling them every week at least once to see the nephew (we live in a different country ) - but I'll try to do the 1 minute a day I commented earlier.

It sounds like you don't have this chance anymore. . sorry for your loss.

Do it, and do it often. They are lonely.

Just heard this and really liked: "1 minute a day is worth more than 1-2hours on a Saturday"

Meaning giving 1 minute a day to your parents / love ones to let them know you are good - healthy - that you love and appreciate them..daily is worth more than trying to compensate on a Saturday.

Riding on the train, just watching out the window as the landscape pass me by.

As a student I used to dislike riding on the train every other weekend to go home. wished there would be a faster way to travel.

I now miss watching out the window.

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