What relaxes you in your spare time? It could range from video games, to listening to music, or even cleaning! Name some of your hobbies that you go to for relaxation. My personal favorites are biking (bmx), video games, or hanging out with my girlfriend and getting jamba juice(smoothies) while watching movies at home. I used to skate and considered it relaxing but drifted away from it because most of my friends did too. Feel free to share your responses!
-Chase
Lately most of my free time has been spent playing Call of Duty, watching Attack of the Show, True Blood, Dr Phil, or anything on the History/Discovery/Science/Some educational channel.
marijuana.. but apparently we're talkin' about hobbies here lol so saints row on xbox and whatever is interesting on netflix.
Computer MMOs (Currently play Rift and will be playing Star Wars; The Old Republic when released since my g/f and I decided to start a guild), spend time with the g/f, console video games, watch TV and movies (mostly sci-fi and fiction), play with the dog, building pepakura armor and SLEEP! I never get enough sleep so that is a huge bonus when I can get it. When I look at my current hobbies I think the older I get, the more geeky I become.
Quote from: Jigsaw on July 30, 2011, 09:02:05 PMWhen I look at my current hobbies I think the older I get, the more geeky I become.
Hahaha, me too.
Honestly, I'm the lamest person in the world. I sometimes draw or write, but usually, I do this. Go online, read stuff on forums, read fanfiction, watch shows online.
Sometimes I work out.
Bah. I have no life :P
Spend time with my g/f, time with my pets, bike ride, collecting stuff, watching tv shows like Supernatural on DVD, etc. etc.
Listening to and playing music, especially the piano. Play games on the Wii; I'm currently playing Cursed Mountain (at the final boss) and Dead Space: Extraction. I like to read books and fanfiction. Surf various online forums (especially this one). I love movies and reality tv; SYTYCD and NFNS are my two favorites atm. I used to enjoy driving, but gas prices have kept me from that recently.
That's pretty much it, I'm afraid. I'm a rather boring person haha
watching movies in bed, usually horror movies, and yeah, cleaning, its not relaxing but I love having a clean nice house afterwards, and I love organizing I was raised by my dad who's motto was "a place for everything and everything in its place"
Reading, listening to music, drawing, making music, petting cats, long hot baths, eating sugary treats
Internet trolling :'P. Not the "piss off the internet" trolling. I like "make everyone agree with the troll, hence making everyone a troll" trolling. No, I haven't done that here or else I wouldn't have mentioned it XP. I also enjoy all sorts of wonderfully geeky things like DnD, gaming, horror movies, math (yes, I do math to relax :'P), awesome nerdy stuff on Netflix, and recently my boyfriend has gotten me into cosplay. I've yet to forgive him for that! D:< I went to the Deathly Hallows part 2 premier as Harry Potter with glowstick glasses :'D!
I find myself drinking more and more during my down time. that and WoW.
Edit: oh heck, didn't even notice this was in the F2M section. Good grief am I tired =/
Working in the garden is my freedom. I have to watch my mom as i am her caregiver and she gets fiesty at times.
I read a lot. I also write and beta for fanfiction.net, play video games, listen to music, play with my cats, go for walks, hang out with friends. I draw and I paint. Watch anime, read manga. Watch tv online, or movies. I do pretty much whatever will relax me. Walking in the rain is always relaxing.
Daily basis: Dinner with my kids, lots of loughs and irreverant convrersation, after that a mojito in front of the TV, and some girl talk with my girls.
Ocassionally: go to the range with the kids for some shooting practice, roller skating, my ducatti, dancing
Kate D
I spend time with my partner, read, watch movies, listen to music, walk, go out for coffee, write in my diary, cook, and spend time with friends and my other lovers occasionally.
Cuddling with my girlfriend calms me down when we're both in the same country. When we're not, or she can't help, I juggle and practice my Russian. Всё будет хорошо.
When things get too much, I go for a long bike ride listening to music. Usually chill music. If I can't do that I might listen to something cathartic/funny like Strapping Young Lad \m/
If I can I'll play my guitar or best of all if people can just leave me alone for a damn day, actually writing music mellows me out.
Or going out between night/ day, twilight or dawn or whatever it is. When everything looks blue and it's all still outside.
I pack a fat bowl and let things happen
Quote from: RyanThomas on July 31, 2011, 09:59:05 PM
I pack a fat bowl and let things happen
^This hahaha and watching tv/movies, taking naps with my cat, and taking showers.
Quote from: skakid on July 31, 2011, 10:04:19 PM
^This hahaha and watching tv/movies, taking naps with my cat, and taking showers.
those three things are exactly what I was referring to when I said I "let things happen". literally everything I've ever done high is contained in those words and I don't even own a cat.
Dancing. After a few hours of that nothing matters. :)
Watching old Disney movies with my girlfriend, knitting, watching the Food Network/Animal Planet (Seriously, it's like insta-happy just putting either channel on), being around animals, painting (sometimes, when I'm not too busy attacking the canvas), cooking...not really winding down, but I love singing for an outlet. I start getting really bitchy when we don't get band practice every week.
Quote from: RyanThomas on August 01, 2011, 12:05:53 AM
those three things are exactly what I was referring to when I said I "let things happen". literally everything I've ever done high is contained in those words and I don't even own a cat.
hahaha That's awesome. I watch so much tv (also with my cat) and I probably take at least 2 showers a day and that's really all I do. Hanging out with people is cool sometimes too. That's funny that we do the same stuff.
heavy metal is soothing. meditation, studying occult texts, ghost hunting, camping, soccer, watching anime, online gaming, and weightlifting. but my fav is a tea cermony japanese style on an open fire out in the bush. or a nice stormy day and laying in the backyard in the rain watching the lightning. yes im a lil crazy
Quote from: Ryan J on July 30, 2011, 09:27:05 PM
Hahaha, me too.
Honestly, I'm the lamest person in the world. I sometimes draw or write, but usually, I do this. Go online, read stuff on forums, read fanfiction, watch shows online.
Sometimes I work out.
Bah. I have no life :P
Wow, apparently we basically have the same hobbies. Weird and funny :P Haha, and it's awesome that you said "read fanfiction" cause now I feel a little less dorky...or less singularly dorky anyway ;)
hells to the yeah whoever said fanfiction. :P
Quote from: vik2ray on August 02, 2011, 09:03:11 AM
hells to the yeah whoever said fanfiction. :P
Yep, definitely one of my favorite pastimes. Writing it's a joy too!
Quote from: Hadrian on August 02, 2011, 03:48:58 PM
Yep, definitely one of my favorite pastimes. Writing it's a joy too!
I hear that :) We're all such dorks, it's awesome ;D
What I like to do to unwind is to go hiking (the scenery and getting away and thinking is really nice, as well as seeing my dog so happy), listen to music, and boxing (I'm hoping to be able to either buy or borrow some equipment). Also chatting or texting with the woman I'm talking to since, unfortunately, things are long-distance at this time.
When I'm feeling down I also like to cuddle with my dog, though she's actually not big on cuddling.
Sometimes I also like to watch a movie just to kick back as well (opposed to just because I want to watch the movie).
I've been able to get myself back into watching HGTV, which I can stare at as intently as all the food shows I used to watch. But I don't want to be hungry all the time so I had to cut out watching food all day. Now I'm back on HGTV all day, or DIY if I've already seen what's on HGTV. I'd love to decorate or renovate a house. I've never had the opportunity.
Playing video games on any console relaxes me...but nowanddays it's mainly on my PS3.
I tend to go work-out, go for a hike and train in the martial arts to relax me. I know, usually physical activities are not the 1st thing people think of when it come to "relaxing" but I always feel 10x better after a work-out session than I do sleeping or just sitting around.
Then I guess if the mood is right and my girlfriend is up for it, we get down to doing what mammals do best. ;) That always makes me feel relaxed and more like a man. She makes me feel like a man. Hellz yeah!
Go out in the forest.
Photography.
Driving around and taking roads I've never taken before just to see where they go.
Daydream.
Sit in the shower for 40+ min or take a hot bath.
Read in bed at night.
Write.
Organize things (drawers, closets, whatever - for some reason I find that relaxing!)
Organizing ftw! I do that too. I alphabetized my girlfriend's 200+ dvd collection once out of boredom.
I like going through old things, too, like my desk or drawers at my parents' house. It's interesting to me, especially finding crazy-old stuff I'd forgotten about.
when my gf is around we usually lay in bed and watch episodes of family guy on netflix. But when shes at her police explorers meetings(like she is right now) i use my homemade lightbulb vaporizer my gf made me to vape some weed then pack a bowl, smoke it, play COD and when im done with that ill put in moulin rouge and be mesmerised by it. haha keeps my anxiety down when gf is away. (: now im off to go do whats above lol
Haha, glad I'm not the only fanfiction reader. ;) I spend most of my free time online, so there's that, and browsing forums, researching things, watching films and TV shows online... I also read actual books, and I draw and paint. I spend time hanging out with my cat.
If my best friend is bored at the same time, I go and visit him, get high, and watch Star Trek or something like that.
Meditatation
Metal work (yes building stuff relaxes me)
Walking in the woods
And when I cannot sleep, fapping.