Comments on: Relaxing is hard work

By: Moxie

Moxie — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 01:34:50 +0000

Interesting you bring this up on the blog. I am also trying to ensure that I have time to relax and create some work/life balance. It’s been a long time since I had a real post on my blog and I am starting to feel guilty about that…maybe this will be my topic.

By: Tanya Espanya

Tanya Espanya — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 19:39:19 +0000

Ahahahah! Dick! The Instant Retard! I love it!!!

I also love the word retard and like to use it often.

That is all.

By: Dick

Dick — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 18:25:36 +0000

I am a 10th dan in the art of relaxation. After a brief stint with anxiety I made it a life long goal to relax…even under intense pressure.
There are various strategies I use to eliminate anxiety from my life:
1) The instant retard: If someone is bothering you they become instantly retarded. I have sympathy and empathy for that.
2) The worst case analysis: What’s the worst that could happen? So? Life continues.
3) My mental health: Ensuring that my mental health comes first and foremost benefits the whole world.
4) Tao principle: Good and bad are only that if you believe it to be. Shit happens…smile and move on.

It is difficult to capture in a few lines. The bottom line is never pass up an opportunity to analyse why you feel the way you do.

By: Tanya Espanya

Tanya Espanya — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 22:27:10 +0000

Snort…Beth, checking the blackberry at concerts…I bring my stupid iPod touch to bed, and will be surfing while my two guys are snoring beside me…

By: BeckEye

BeckEye — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 05:09:33 +0000

No no, don’t put on Leo Sayer whatever you do. It’ll make you feel like dancing, not relaxing.

By: Beth

Beth — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 16:47:17 +0000

I wish I knew the secret. I’m not a Type A at all — and yet I always worry about work, check my BlackBerry nonstop (even at concerts), have nightmares about work. I love what I do — but not that much.

By: barbara

barbara — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 03:41:58 +0000

If it makes you feel any better, I’m not all that great at relaxing either. It makes me antsy if I have to sit still for too long, unless I am at the computer of course.

Relaxing is overrated anyway.

By: gifted typist

gifted typist — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 02:21:20 +0000

OK, so I can see a coma trend emerging here. So to relax all I have to do is pop on one of my old leo sayer albums? Then pop a tylenol PM and then chase it was a couple shots of Scotch. JEsus, I want to relax, people, not die.

By: tagbagger

tagbagger — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 18:57:08 +0000

1) Tumbler Glass (all the better if heavy lead glass tumbler) 2-3 fingers of favorite Scotch (Talisker is my fave, if you are not a scotch drinker try Johnny Walker Blue Label - it just slides down like water) Tiny splash of H2O (nearby spring or well water best) - Sit down and enjoy

2) Mint leaves, muddle in glass with 1 tsp sugar, annd rum and fresh squeezed lime juice - relax mojito lady

At least you won’t have to worry about being a stressoholic - an alcoholic? - Sure, but only your liver will be stressed, and it rarely complains until the very end :), and at that point you’re usually comatose…

By: BeckEye

BeckEye — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 18:45:28 +0000

…Because you are forced to relax when in a coma.