Feeling a bit down tonight. How do you guys like to lighten up?
Play guitar. Ride a horse. Ride a motorcycle. Play frisbee with my dog. Read a book.
Like the other reply, the little things are big things.
I hope you can feel better, friend.
Take a nap
Get out into nature.
Watch a favorite show or movie.
Make something.
Pets.
Play games.
Eat a favorite food.
The little things can carry you through life.
Cutting my hair (because I do it myself) or getting a haircut never misses.
Just feeling fresh and well groomed, I don’t think it’s any deeper than that. A shower helps too.
Omg I love rearranging furniture. I feel so validated
Pizza, followed by dessert.
Maybe I’ll order myself a pizza tomorrow to celebrate the weekend :)
Pizza Friday is the best friday
Treat yo self!
I fully acknowledge that it isn’t healthy but I drink or smoke weed. Playing with my dog and going on walks helps a lot too. Videogames when I have the attention span to play them is good too
My wife got me onto a comedy podcast called Bananas on the This is Exactly Right network–it’s usually really funny. We both also like Dungeons & Daddies which is a Dungeons and Dragons improv comedy type podcast. Just lay in bed and laugh
I could use some comedy for sure! I’ll look into it.
Edibles and weird, interesting music. The more polyrhythmic the better.
Any polyrhythm suggestions?
Approaching polyrhythms together with singing intervals, based on their ratios (for example 2/3 for a fifth) and discovering and experiencing that they are the same thing but at another scale, really blows my mind and makes me feel like I am poking through Alice’s mirror or neo’s matrix code.
All Tool albums Lateralus and later.
Take a cold ass shower. After spending a few minutes yelling at myself for putting me in there. I remember to turn around many times so I get cold water all over. I feel a lot of relief when I do turn off the water and warm up. You can even make yourself warm tea and be nice to yourself after it.
That sounds healthy, right?
Cold showers are actually really nice after working out.
I do something creative that lets a little secret part of me out. Those things I feel guilty enjoying (because I feel like I’m not good enough at them to do it, like singing or painting). It’s like a little special indulgence that also reminds me that I’m pretty cool.
What’s your secret hobby?
hmm… maybe I need to find a secret hobby of my own. most of my free time is spent just kinda staring off bored.
Seriously, two things on the internet can help me laugh uncontrollably.
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Reading Garfield Minus Garfield. It’s hilarious when you just imagine that Jon is simply completely neurotic.
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Or, whatever hilarious “autocorrect” disaster screenshots will do the trick also.
just coming back to say that this one has me in tears laughing right now lmao
Hahahaha, had a good chuckle and almost woke my wife who is sleeping next to me.
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I just remember that everything is going to die with the heat death of the universe and I feel at peace.
Boring.
Caffeine, and spend money.
Head for the crafting table. The combination of precision and concentration it takes gives me a little break from being inside my own head for a while.
I miss making things so much, but everything is too expensive and I don’t have the money to spend $60 on an electronics project I have been thinking about doing for months.
