Things that are restful.

[GP44]

I was just playing solitaire on my phone and I think that it is time well spent because it takes my mind away from all of the things that require my attention all of the time.
Not as a way to avoid things but just a few minutes to rest the brain.
A forum that I belong to has a joke and humor section that has one joke after another. Just quick humorous things.
That helps to keep me on an even keel too and between the two I think that they allow me to gain a perspective on things that I have to do as they require attention.
Have you ever noticed that when you are able to let your mind escape for a little while nearly every day that it seems to be healthy and worthwhile?

 

[hollydolly]

Unless I;m ill..there's not a day goes by where I don't complete one or more crosswords... that's relaxing to me...

Also playing music.. ..I play a couple of instruments now..... that is relaxing..... and the time just shoots past without me realising

..but when I can get out of the house, the most relaxing thing of all for me is taking landscape photos...

 

[Jackie23]

Listening to music and a good movie.

 

[MACKTEXAS]

Thanks for this reminder. What is relaxing to one person may be different for another, but the important thing is to step away from stress for awhile; something I'm not so good at.

I don't save all Christmas cards, but some I do. Today, I went through Christmas cards, this year and some from from past years, and enjoyed reading the notes again.

 

[MountainRa]

Restful to me — sitting beside a small mountain stream.
Indoors, like @hollydolly , I do crossword puzzles.

 

[Tom52]

Restful to me:
Watching a fire in the fireplace or a campfire
Reading a book while music is playing softly in the background
Playing the guitar

 

[WheatenLover]

Hiking in the mountains with my dog.
Playing Mahjong on the internet.
Reading a book that is not scary.
Playing in the Gulf of Mexico or any warm ocean
Going to a museum
Going to the library

 

[Babs2u]

Restful to me — sitting beside a small mountain stream.
Indoors, like @hollydolly , I do crossword puzzles.

I often wait for three free crossword puzzles to arrive on my phone at midnight. (Washington Post which is actually LA Times, NY Post and Your Puzzle Source.) I say I should save something for morning but seldom do. Sleep evades me. When I run out I do Boatload puzzles.

 

[JBR]

Something that is restful? Listen to this...

 

[squatting dog]

I guess I'm just wired differently. For me, garage time is relaxing.

 

[hollydolly]

I guess I'm just wired differently. For me, garage time is relaxing.


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...but you also have to have enormous patience.....

 

[BeefStu]

I have a few things that I find restful. When I go to bed I will do crosswords or read for 20 or 30 minutes.
I like to go out to the shop in the evenings before bed and do some woodturning or just putter around putting things away and clean up a bit. You'd never know it by the look of my shop right now though.
Some evenings or dull afternoons I can go to the basement to reload shotgun shells to be ready for skeet shooting the next time we get a chance to go.

 

[Lawrence00]

Tree views

 

[KSav]

I feel guilty reading of all the people who enjoy crosswords. One of my favorite restful activities is Bejeweled, a match-three game that requires almost literally no thought.

 

[dusty]

I relax when I knit. Absoltely no otside stiminlus.

 

[Bella]

Warm tropical breezes... the distant sound of steel kettle drums... sipping an ice-cold fruity cocktail... as I get drawn into the vortex of a comfy lounge chair.