Every day is a balancing act, and sometimes all it takes is a little something to shift that balance. Things could be progressing swimmingly when a bomb is dropped that torments the remainder of your day. We have no choice but to move past those rough days, and the process starts as soon as you shut your computer down.
I like do a stress-relieving workout and then watch one of my guilty-pleasure shows on my DVR after a particularly challenging workday. How do you unwind?
L'Autre Chose
Zoppini
Nicole Farhi
I fill up the bathtub with Mr. Bubble and light a few tea candles.
1kickboxing!
2As much as I enjoy exercise, there are days when nothing but a glass of wine will do. If it was a particularly hard day, a glass of heady port (sweet AND strong).
3DVR
4A run, followed by the indispensible glass of wine.
5At least 20 minutes of quiet time to rest/meditate.
6Gilmore Girls reruns and a snack
7hot tub. if it isn't raining, that is where I will be tonight!
8A good book and a glass of wine. Depending on the day, I might opt for something stronger.
9tv, preferably bravo reality tv reruns! add a hot shower, and cocoa/tea and im set
10Deidre, Gilmore Girls is my de-stresser too!
11Take out food and a bath
12I make myself a drink and relax with a magazine while I watch some TV. It usually works to make me forget about how crazy the day was.
13I will usually eat some fruit and watch tv, and am a massive b*tch to anyone who tries to talk to me for the first half hour I am home.
14I love curling up with a book or magazine. I also love having a nice cup of tea
15I'll stick a soft-porn CD and enjoy some quit moments with my vibby.
16I need quiet time for about half an hour, then I'm off and running again!
17A hot shower, cuddling, curling up in bed and watching an old movie.
18Working out, or when its really been an awful day: Grilled Cheese sandwiches.
19I need help with this too. With the way that things are now, EVERY day is stressful for me.
20Exercise doesn't work, it just gets my adrenalan going faster, that's why I do that in the AM.
I'm trying to mix some moderate exercise (walking around the block with my fiance) with relaxing, sitting on the porch with a glass of lemonade, closing my eyes and relaxing.
I'm going to try to do the bath thing.. but I haven't taken a bath since I was about 10! I'm constantly paranoid that if I fill up the entire bathtub with water, it's going to go thru the floor! Ha.
A good trashy novel is my de-stresser when I first get home from work and then have to face reality of dinner and family
21A workout and a few beers always lightens my mood.
22Watching Reality TV or Family Guy does it for me.
23Golden Girls reruns.
24Big glass of wine (or 2 or 3 depending on the day) and my DVR
25vino! or running....depending on the day. both just kind of turns into a mess!
26Listening to my music is my escape, reading a magazine, napping, the ocassional glass of wine. The TV is usually hogged down by my husband so I really don't watch much of that.
27Depends on the day. Cooking dinner helps me focus on something simple, I enjoy a good glass of wine too, but I had to post because lots of people mentioned running but not yoga! I do my own mixture of yoga and pilates stretches/poses to relax and recharge. This always helps loosen my back and shoulders where I carry the tension.
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