Unwind?

[Blueangel]

How do you all unwind after a hectic day/night at work?

You know the kind of day I mean... The one where you've got one important job to do, but everything else that comes in suddenly becomes 'priority', and you find yourself fighting to keep your head above water.
Every simple, straight forward task becomes a nightmare because clients keep "changing their mind about what they want", but are adamant that they want it NOW!
The kind of day when you grab 10 minutes for your lunch just to get out of the office, only to return and find a list of messages on your desk from that one awkward client who has "changed their mind" for the umpteenth time! Then at the end of the day, you find that the one important job you intended to do hasn't been touched, but if you attempt it now, you're likely to get locked in the building over night.
:rolleyes:
Then to top it all off, you end up on the train home wedged next to some freaky kind of guy who's determined to chat you up when all you want to do is escape into that great book you've been reading.

So how do you all unwind when you get home...?

[kemikalfire]

my unwinding usually begins at work actually...usually the last hour I am there I don't do anything other that re-organize my desk, tie up lose ends, and play poppit...

when I get home I usually watch a little television, rob cooks dinner, and we eat together. Then, depending on the day of the week, I either hang out with rob and/or we go out somewhere, or (if he has band practice) I stay at home and do artsy stuff or go out for a few drinks with my friend Dan.

I guess my main way of unwinding is reading. I always read before I go to bed because it helps me relax, so I fall asleep easier.

kate!

[Horus_Kol]

depends...

last night I went out to the pub and got fairly tipsy with some friends...

other times I go home and vegetate in front of a movie, although this isn't too frequent.


I try and get to the gym, and I find that this helps work out any tensions...

I used to play squash, but I got unfit when I put my back out a couple of years ago, and need to get in shape before I take it up again.


read, play piano, play guitar, cycle...

pretty much anything that takes my mind of the office will work for me.

[darksidepuffin]

Depends...unwinding for me involves anything from coding(yes, sad ain't it?), to watching my favorite movies, to watching anime, to reading manga, to reading novels, to reading one of my two volumes of E.A.P. poetry.

But..I consider unwinding either sitting here and thinking, talking to a certain moderator here via pm(I'll spare singling him/her out...they know who they are XD), or talking to someone else who has a similarly relaxing/non-expectant/non-co-dependent effect on me.

Jeesh..on some days...relaxing is going downstairs and bludgenoning a piece of leather until it resembles a choker ^^

[Pegasus]

I work at home, so "Unwinding" can be difficult. Generally, if I'm starting to vibrate from tension, I'll lay down for half an hour or so with a self-hypnosis tape. Sometimes I end up having an hour-long nap on top of the 45 minute tape, sometimes not.

I've also been known to listen to Verdi or something similar and 'float' on the music for a while. That I can do while I'm working, to keep the pressure from building up.

Peg

[putts]

Play with my kids :D

[darksidepuffin]

Originally posted by putts
Play with my kids :D

Yesh ^_^...how are the adorable little mini-putt'z?Keeping good?Aubery is the youngest..isn't she?I'm sorry that I don't remember your son's name at the moment.

[RobRoyRogers]

How I unwind...

On Mondays and Thursdays I come home, cook a quick meal, and then head off with the "boys" for a couple hours of rehearsing. Banging on a guitar is always a good stress reliever for me...

In addition to that as part of my daily work commute I ride my bike to and from the bus terminal every day, which gives me a solid 4 miles each way to let off any steam that might be built up. That way by the time I get home/work/etc., I'm already nice and relaxed....endorphines are good for that. :)

[farmer_Tom]

an easy, long distance run brings my nerves back to normal...maybe some time with my crush 2...

[blackbeard]

Read, listen to classical music, or, if I'm so inspired, get some exercise in by walking to the local tavern.