How do -you- relax when you are really exhausted / burnt out?

[jpgray]

Don't tell me "I sleep"--I can figure that shit out myself.

[swag]

1. Don't know what to tell you.

You already play music, you already get loads of exercise, you already enjoy the nature, you already masturbate, you already drink, you already read.

You cover the waterfront.

[jpgray]

2. I -work- the waterfront

But damn it's tough to swim after troop ships in these leggings.

[swag]

6. Try dropping those leggings,

like you would drop a four-credit class.

Better yet, treat yourself to a chocolate and bacon brunch on Sunday, and have a beer float made with warm stout and premium mocha ice cream. Have two beer floats. And sip a little bourbon while your at it.

Then get back to work!

[jpgray]

12. I just had an awesome bison burger at the Happy Gnome

Their sign has the extremely appetizing silhouette of a gnome with a giant flaccid Washington monument on his head.

[graywarrior]

3. Believe it ornot, I run on a treadmill for an hour.

And I run hard.

[jpgray]

7. Yeah that always is therapeutic

But I am the laziest runner ever--my pace is all about comfort. Still, I'm not too far from my old time of 42 min for 10k

[graywarrior]

13. Wow, that's good time.

I was a lazy runner til recently. Now I'm a maniac.

[jpgray]

16. That's really great if you have the "gumption" or whatsis for it

I have phases of pushing it and phases of laying back, such that I never get anywhere. :P

[graywarrior]

21. Yeah, been there. By next week, I may be taking naps on the

treadmill. I've done that before. Ever close your eyes while running and practically fall asleep? I have.

Maybe you need to date a massage therapist.

[Ava]

4. happens very often

and i chill out by have some friends over and watching a funny movie or just hanging out.

[jpgray]

9. True---I entertained last night, and that was great

The staying up until 3 part was less advisable...

[Miss Marmelstein]

5. I would tell you how I relax....

but sex threads are not allowed!

:evilgrin:

[jpgray]

17. That certainly works

[Omphaloskepsis]

8. A stack of Playboy magazines and a bubble bath....

usually I just eat pills and drink malt liquor.

[jpgray]

20. I have none of those things

And that would be a bizarre trip to Walgreens. :D

[Blue-Jay]

10. Scotch.

Or bourbon.

Or a good book.

Or a swim.






But mostly scotch.

[jpgray]

22. All good advice

I think I need to make a trip to the liquor store. Some Lagavulin and some nice brandy are probably in order for this semester.

[ScreamingMeemie]

11. Yoga.

I love it.

[jpgray]

23. True--it mellowed out my dad quite a bit

But I like joint-destroying, travelling exercise. I do enjoy stretching before and after a run however.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

14. Well, it depends.......

If I'm feeling sociable, I'll try to reach one of my good friends and talk to them....

Unloading that way is very therapeutic!

I think that the main way I try to relax is just to escape from whatever is making me tired.....

Change of scenery, read something, take a nap, whatever......

Playing on DU also works!

:hug:

[jpgray]

24. I think I'm going to do the dishes

Something good and mindless to clear my head a bit. It's tougher to escape in a disorderly place.

[bicentennial_baby]

15. Sex

:)

[ScreamingMeemie]

18. That reminds me...

MrG is back HOME!! I don't need no stinkin yoga tonight. :D

[jpgray]

25. Yes, I've had success with such

:)

[mark414]

19. light up a joint

the best way to relax at the end of the day

[jpgray]

26. That also works well

Rolling is incidentally a relaxing activity.

[bettyellen]

28. light a joiint in the bathtub.

checkmate

[Broken_Hero]

27. usually a drink, and a cig

but since I quit smoking...usually DU, guitar, music, or read....

[Kali]

29. Hot tub. The big one in the yard (if it is running) or just the little one

in the bathroom. Begging for someone else to clean it first is a good plan.

[pitohui]

30. if i'm achy then 2 aspirin plus a glass of wine or a martini

if i'm too tired to sleep, it's because there's a pain element somewhere, so there's my RX

don't do it every nite tho, it's for emergency occasions! :-)

if there is no pain element, i just need to chill, often reading something technical or difficult will make me sleepy

i know some people go for the "light" reading but this doesn't work for me, it just bores me and makes me twitchy, there has to be some element of intensity -- if it is true junk reading, it has to be very fast paced, but it works better if it is something on multiple levels that pulls me out of myself for a little while

[leftofthedial]

31. BBC America

or recording studio

depending on how physical the exhaustion