When you need time to yourself, what do you do?

[Anjew]

Where do you go to relax for a couple hours? a day?
When you can't talk to your friends or just don't wanna see anyone.
Do you have any one specific thing you do when nothing in the world matters and all you care about is the feeling you are experiencing in that moment?

Walk in a specific park?
Chill in one static spot?
Turn off your phone?

Life throws up and downs in your face. What do you do when it throws downs and you can't handle it at the present time?

[Goat]

I grab a beer and a book, head to the bathroom, and lock the door.

[Chewy]

gym, bike ride, drive

[Liqwid]

grabbing my ipod

and run/walking along the sea wall from near davie and pacific, all the way to stanly park.

[tiedye]

play my guitar, sleep

[yoshi242]

rollar blade ~

[Erin]

I go for drives with my cd book. My favorite thing to do.

[Bobby_T]

go for a run.

[stephen_c]

road trip. clears the head.

[Play-it-hard]

take a drive, or take a bath and listen to the music really really loud

[Only_Glory]

porn. never disappoints.

and looking at getty images

[SmokeOne]

I go to the beach with my two dogs..go for a walk and a swim always works for me. Then go home and crank out a drity as hell Psy set..then my brain has no idea what to think about..lol...Making a Hundred posts..might work too..LOL..almost there!

[baby-phat]

I find that listening to music (esp. really melodic or really hard music) helps when I'm stressed or have something on my mind, also taking a nice long walk through a park or an area with lots of trees or a beach is nice. :)

[ebbomega]

Close my eyes and listen.

[yoko*]

lol damn you. I just made a thread and realized that you made one that pretty much covered the topic of mine, so I deleted it.

Well my thread was entitled "what keeps you sane?"

My sanity-saver is exercising - doing anything to get my heart-rate up. During my most stressful week not too long ago I woke up every day at around 5am just so I could go on my 3 mile jog around the terry fox field. My life isn't as hectic as it was then, but I still intend on staying active because I know that I'm prone to stress as I worry about things too much and think a lot. Exercise helps me slow down my thoughts and is a great way to release a lot of built up stress.

[mojo]

look at pictures taken in my past when i felt nothing but freedom.

that and excercise.

[Anjew]

Originally Posted by yoko*

lol damn you. I just made a thread and realized that you made one that pretty much covered the topic of mine, so I deleted it.

Well my thread was entitled "what keeps you sane?"

My sanity-saver is exercising - doing anything to get my heart-rate up. During my most stressful week not too long ago I woke up every day at around 5am just so I could go on my 3 mile jog around the terry fox field. My life isn't as hectic as it was then, but I still intend on staying active because I know that I'm prone to stress as I worry about things too much and think a lot. Exercise helps me slow down my thoughts and is a great way to release a lot of built up stress.

Only recently have I started to use exercise as a means to relieve stress and relax. I'm not very good with Cardio so I stick to sports when any running is involved. Basketball, Badminton, Tennis, Soccer and light weightlifting is starting to creep back into my life thank god hahaha

Previously and presently, I am still one that loves to look at very simple settings such as a sunset/sunrise over a body of water.
Or, when I lived in Victoria would I walk around such places like the inner harbour and the heart of downtown.

Music however, will always be my primary outlet =)

[t-skywalker]

i do a few things

go for a nice walk alone
go over to my moms house and lay by her pool with a beer and go for a dip for a few hours..like a mini vacation
go write
go practice dancing alone with my video camera and some sweet tunes
draw graff in my book
lay on the beach with my headphones on
go for a bike ride..which since i just got a new bike i can now do again:D
sometimes when noones home ill stay in light a bunch of candles and put on some downtempo dnb on and just lay in the dark with my eyes close and my kitty on my side and just think

[baby-phat]

Originally Posted by Anjew

Or, when I lived in Victoria would I walk around such places like the inner harbour and the heart of downtown.

Beacon Hill Park was awesome for that. :)

[Atlantis77]

pull out a pen and paper and let the thoughts flow . . . in words or images. a doob and tunes are essential to the process. that or enjoying a nice cup of coffee with a cigarette . . . again a doob and tunes are essential. sometimes you just need that hour of alone time, just to keep ur sanity, i know i do. and when shit hits the fan, all u can really do is live life on day at a time.

[STORIE]

beer
music=house
lawn chair
bathing suit
sun

relax!

[Anjew]

I guess, this is more of a, recharge your batteries type of question.

[decypher]

Well recharging batteries and boarding yourself up from the world are two different processes for me.

When i hate society i shut the curtains, order take out, grab a few beers and setup my station on my big chair: laptop and books etc. Then i go from cbcworldnews + laptop to mixing records. When i'm recharging my batteries i work out, go for walks, busy myself with projects and mixing.

[neoh]

I live alone, I have plenty of time to reflect.

[Anjew]

Originally Posted by decypher

Well recharging batteries and boarding yourself up from the world are two different processes for me.

When i hate society i shut the curtains, order take out, grab a few beers and setup my station on my big chair: laptop and books etc. Then i go from cbcworldnews + laptop to mixing records. When i'm recharging my batteries i work out, go for walks, busy myself with projects and mixing.

yeah... very diffrent
I wanna make a new thread thread dedicated to what people do to recharge their batteries.
That was my intention... woops...
I wonder who will get anal about it... oh well.. maybe someone else will
*hint* *hint*