Well it’s now nearing the end of half term and soon I will be going back to some sort of daily routine instead of just getting up when I want and relaxing around the house. As much as I will be glad to go back to some sort of normality I can’t say I’m really looking forward to the next few months, I have certain things to look forward to for example Hogswatch which I know will be great, but other than that it is just going to be a lot of coursework and work. I have never been one to get stressed, but at the moment seems like it dawning on me that I need to do well in this year if I want to get the grades to go to University, and I seem to be putting all my free time into my school work and if I’m not at school or doing my school work I’m at work. Anyway I know it will be all worth it in the end, but sometimes you just want to forget all your work and just have a good night in with friends get a take away and just relax.
So I was thinking, when you are having a particularly stressful week what do you do to help to just relax and forget about everything even if it’s just for an hour?
Angua
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Sometimes I'll get my flute out, but at the moment that frustrates me more cos I havent practised properly for a while, so I cant play as well as I know I should be able to... So mostly, if I've been working really hard, not getting any time off, I just work some more
MS
"LOOKS PERFECTLY LOGICAL TO ME"
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My break is over, too. Not that it's been relaxing at all, in fact I'm feeling less relaxed than a week ago, when it started.
When I'm feeling stressed, I like to watch something nice on telly (DR WHO!!!!) or read something, maybe listen to some nice music to it (for some reason I can do that when I'm reading something on the computer, but not when reading a book). Or take a nice hot shower, which always calms me down and gets me in control of my emotions again.
When we remember we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands explained. – Mark Twain
Save the rats, eat a dwarf!
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Well, I can remember (when i was young
) that i was so stressed and burned out when i had to write my exams for my A-levels, that I just told myself: Stop it. You dont need to do anything today. And then I grabbed a good book and loads of chocolate and sweets and got lost in it for hours and hours. I felt a bit sorry after that, but I got my A-levels. And my bio teacher used to say: Its better you keep a clear head in your exam than learn to the last minute and come in stressed and distracted by thoughts like "Arrgh, I forgot to reread page 21 to 36!!" and misunderstand a task.
My results were not perfect, I know I could have done better, but still. And as they say: You learn for your school and teachers, not for yourself. Good marks in school are not the most important things in your further life. Otherwise I shouldnt even think about going to GB, cos my english marks were mostly like C or D lol
Okay. Enough for today. Need a shower. Just do what you really love to do on a weekend in the middle of a stressful month ang!
The turtle moves.
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I like to go for a long, cold run through the dark streets of the village where I live with my iPod in. Lately, because of my exams, i've almost got a "Vimes" thing going on
. It's ok if I go late enough to avoid the chav's and boy racers, and it gives me a chance to unwind.
I know, lets all jump of the white cliffs of Dover holding hands!
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What always helped me was going for a stroll into the woods. Preferably going somwehere on the top of a cliff/rock/tower and watch down on all the busy ants running around underneath me. Just to think that I could be one of these ants, but I decided to go up here and look at it from far away.
"The problem with Italian food is that five or six days later you're hungry again." - George Miller
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A nice thread this...
I like to put some chilled music on...for example some Tim Hecker...turn the lights down to low and just collapse in a comfy chair. Just stopping for 15 minutes not having any distraction and not thinking about anything is wonderful.
on the other hand i tend to relax easily around friends in a loud metal nightclub - gets some of that pent-up energy out.
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