What do you do to relax or de-stress?

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<p>I try wine & hot tub at home, but what really seems to work is heading to my beach house, even for just an hour, even in the winter.</p>

42

<p>Everyday I walk my dog on a 700 acre undeveloped land with logging roads on it, lovely no matter what the weather, though better with sun! (or snow!)
Read a book
Read CC
Yoga
Sauna
Walk on the beach, watch the bald eagles and herons and smile.
Deep tissue massage
Yak with my sister</p>

43

<p>Yoga, running, chocolate, and reruns of Law and Order. :-)</p>

44

<p>I haven’t seen Law and Order in a long time (stopped watching TV a few years ago). I wonder if it’s available on Hulu or something.</p>

45

<p>Get outside. Nature, even if it is just my neighbor’s camellias, always does wonders.</p>

<p>Oh yes - and practice gratitude. Remembering what there is to be thankful for. When I desperately wanted one thing that, at the time, I simply could not have, a very wise person told me simply ‘to appreciate every little thing’. It really does help.</p>

46

<p>Oh, wanted to add…</p>

<p>jimmy Fallon…makes me smile every time…thank goodness for TIVO</p>

47

<p>To relax, I just come home. I need to entertain for work sometimes, and I would just cancel if I could.</p>

<p>When I get home, I have a glass of wine, turn on the American TV (very comforting to me), get on my laptop (CC, FB, and emails), and maybe a massage at home.</p>

48

<p>Cat on lap, book in hand.</p>

49

<p>Walk, bake, cook, glass of wine, a book. Contemplate gratitude. Read Melody Beattie’s blog, Living in the Mystery.</p>

50

<p>Swim and bird watch, sometimes at the same time.</p>

51

<p>Garden. Or look at garden with cat on lap or cat on lap, book in hand. In winter, look at rose catalogs, cat on lap.</p>