We all need to "take a small break" from life sometimes.
By "Small Break" I mean just have some time to yourself.
Some people go to a bar to escape. Some people escape into a book. Some people watch a movie. Some go jogging. Some go for a drive. Some watch T.V. Some write.
What are some of the things you do to "get away" on mental vacations and which are your favorite/do you do most often?
For me, I like to read, but get burned out on it after a while sometimes. I also love film and screenwriting. I also enjoy Hatrack.
Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :
Hatrack. Sports (watching them). Reading. Writing. Walt Disney World. Movies. Cooking. Eating (okay, in all truthfulness, eating belongs earlier in this list, but why be truthful?)
Long moonlit walks on the beach.
Posted by Uhleeuh (Member # 6803) on :
I take a warm bath with my radio on in the background.
If that doesn't work, I curl up in my bed under my blankets and stare into space.
Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :
HAtrack, of course...I read a ton of books, mostly fantasy; I play video games; I play pool.
I love to drive, too......so Jenni and I take trips to see my family as much as we can. We also love to spend time with her family, particularily the neices and nephew, and her mom.
Kwea
Posted by CStroman (Member # 6872) on :
I used to play games on the computer, but life took that time away. I also like watching sports...in a group of my Family. Just not the same by myself.
True Blue baby!
Posted by dread pirate romany (Member # 6869) on :
Reading, the internet, live music hopefully once a month, and the Ren Faire.
Posted by Ophelia (Member # 653) on :
Go somewhere with water. This can be sitting by a creek or fountain, walking in the rain, swimming, or just taking a really long shower. As long as it's water, preferably moving, although still will do in a pinch.
Being in high places, like balconies or mountains or a tree or rooftops or the top bunk of a bunk bed. If nothing else is available then just sitting on top of a dryer or kitchen counter works.
Music (listening to it, as I am not a musician by any means).
I used to do a lot of writing, but I really haven't in the past two years.
When I was kind of depressed last fall I just slept all the time and that was an escape.
Posted by BannaOj (Member # 3206) on :
Ophelia, You sure being up high was the only reason you were sitting on that dryer? Does Ben know about this little "habit" of yours? AJ
Posted by Ophelia (Member # 653) on :
I don't think I've ever sat on the dryer here. Our laundry room is not an extremely comfortable place.
Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :
LOL Posted by Goody Scrivener (Member # 6742) on :
Hatrack; cross stitching (and now I'm getting into Hardanger as well); reading sci-fi/fantasy; movies; music
Posted by Boris (Member # 6935) on :
Stare at the wall. Then bang my head on it. Then stare at it some more.
Posted by WishfulWiggin (Member # 6823) on :
staring into space, mindless computer junk, reading, sleeping, getting away from it (most likely going outside or out of the room), writing (if one calls it that), push ups
Posted by Synesthesia (Member # 4774) on :
I drown myself in music. I get drunk off of it and I read and make up stories all the time. I also play video games and games like Sims 2.
Posted by Cashew (Member # 6023) on :
Read. Headphones on, listening to jazz. TV. Read. Embarrass myself on Hatrack...
[ October 22, 2004, 12:25 AM: Message edited by: Cashew ]
Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
Read. Write. Do arithmatic.
Oh wait. That's school. Posted by Book (Member # 5500) on :
I watch a movie, read a book, or write in my head. Right now in astronomy we're talking about all the ways the world will inevitably end, much of them the fault of mankind, and we're also talking about how the universe as a whole will end. And I'm also reading Hobbes right now for Political Theory, right when I need something human and unscientific to pick me up, and instead I'm getting b*tch slapped back to the ground (because I've always believed that, regardless of whether there is a God, there is good and evil).
So I fiddle around with fantasy. I think, "Wouldn't it be cool/nice/great if..." and then I'm off. Sometime it's how I get to sleep at night.
Posted by blacwolve (Member # 2972) on :
Read or else randomly bump on another forum I'm on where it's not only allowed it's encouraged! I'm becoming addicted, it's very bad for me.
Posted by advice for robots (Member # 2544) on :
Read, pick around on the guitar, watch some stupid show on TV. Check to see how many threads I've killed here, or respond to a thread in an effort to talk to myself.
I rarely get more free time than I know what to do with. My "escape" strategies are very carefully calculated to help me wind down and rejuvenate in the few minutes or hours that I have for myself.
I have lost all tolerance for video games, especially those that make me think hard for long periods of time. Playing something like Sim City would burn me out and make me majorly stressed about wasting so much time. Brain time is too precious. Time in general is too precious.
Which is why I wrote this post when I should be going to bed, of course.
Posted by Stan the man (Member # 6249) on :
listen to music, play diablo II, read, drive somewhere random, work on truck, run, sleep.
Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :
Cashew, you seem like a good egg--er, nut. I know you're not quite new, but I haven't seen you post much before the last day or so, so welcome! I hope you enjoy it here, and I hope you stay. Posted by Kama (Member # 3022) on :
quid, you should stop using that smilie (smiley?)
[ October 22, 2004, 09:42 AM: Message edited by: Kama ]
Posted by Stray (Member # 4056) on :
I read, knit, hang out in bookstores/cafes, or go to the gym and go swimming. I do that 3-4 times a week anyway, for exercise, but I actually find myself looking forward to it sometimes. It's almost like sensory deprivation, very solitary, very soothing.
Posted by KarlEd (Member # 571) on :
I read, play computer games, watch movies, take a hot bath, go for a drive or walk, do beadwork.
I sometimes have this fantasy of getting in my car, randomly picking a direction and just driving wherever the road takes me for about a month.
Posted by Carrie (Member # 394) on :
Watch football (American, thank you very much). Watch movies. Cook.
Sometimes, if things get to be too much, I'll do more than one of those at once... Posted by UofUlawguy (Member # 5492) on :
I go through phases. For several months now, it's been Diablo II. I actually have more time for it now, because when the baby won't sleep, my wife just crashes and I sit at the computer with the baby on my lap.
Posted by Danzig avoiding landmarks (Member # 6792) on :
Books, Internet, music, drugs, and combinations of the above.
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