how do you get rid of stress in your lifes?

[PKCSPT]

Depends on my mood and what caused or started the stress.
After a bad day at work I revert to being 16 and crank up the radio. Preferably disco but it could be John Denver to country to old time Rock and Roll. LOUD, sing at the top of my voice and drive on down the highway.
If it is just where I feel life is getting to crowded and I can't breathe will all these people around I escape for the night at a campground. Love my little camper always ready to go.

[mrsanderson]

Yoga...prayer...meditation (listening instead of praying)....and CAMPING!

[Vedette]

DRINK!

[Mukilteo]

I got divorced. Over night the stress was gone.
The Ex feels the same way about it too.

[Roly Nelson]

During my 40 years of supervising large comercial construction sites, I always left reminder notes to myself on my desk, before leaving my construction office, to remind me of the first things to be done tomorrow. Then as I turned the key to lock the door, I said to myself, "I"ve done the best I can do today, and won't think about this job until tomorrow". That worked for me, and now in my leisure years, my stress level is virtually zero, as long as those retirement checks keep coming in. I hope that continues for 20 or 30 more years. Roly ~~

[eamarquardt]

.................. as long as those retirement checks keep coming in. I hope that continues for 20 or 30 more years. Roly ~~

Yup but is there gonna be anyone around to collect them?

Beginning to glimpse the "darkness at the end of the tunnel" here.

Gus

[campmaster-k]

I just ride my bike. Seems really simple but it works wonders. It makes me feel like a kid.

[sagebrush]

Beginning to glimpse the "darkness at the end of the tunnel" here.

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Gus, you are such an optomist!

Will

[S. Heisley]

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When I can, I get away some place soothing and CAMP!

When I can't get away, soothing music and a good book; a walk with the dog and a good dog pet-down; Ocean or stream water sounds to hide noises while sleeping, and I take my problems to prayer before I go to sleep. (I usually wake up with the answers or ideas that I need.) If I'm angry, I blow off some steam and think about it, first. But, sometimes, nothing works but time.

[stumphugger]

In the winter I go skiing. I used to name the moguls after people who were causing the stress, and hammer my way down through them.

I don't ski like that anymore, and I retired so that stress is gone.

In the summer? A day spent paddling my kayak around does the job.

[Festus]

I sold my motorcycle to fund the teardrop project, but I used to enjoy taking off on a ride for my "cycletherapy". Could be 30 minutes or 3 days.....depending on my stress level and attitude.

Probably the most relaxing for me is canoeing or kayaking, but since I don't live on the water, it can't be a spontaneous thing, I have to plan it. Sitting down at my drum kit and wailing away is a great stress reliever, as is a walk in the woods behind the house.

Just piddling around in my shop is good too, but sometimes that can cause the stress also. I have learned, even if I have only been in the shop a little while, some days you just have to know when to walk away before you make a major mistake or injure yourself.

[jss06]

Working in the garage or reading is my outlet. I do try to not to let things stress me too much.

When it gets to the point where there is nothing else you can do then you need to stop worrying about the issue. It will resolve itself one way or the other. The key is the ability to know when you reach that point. As long as you have done everything you can to correct the issue then you should be content.

I have tried to get my wife to do this. She will continue to worry about a problem long after it is beyond her control. Sometimes even to the point where it is after the resolution.

[bobhenry]

D.I.V.O.R.C.E.

[Verna]

I laugh....it works!!!! If I'm smiling, it either makes others smile or makes them wonder what I've been up to!!!

[starleen2]

They say WALKING for ten minutes is enough to relieve the stress of one day