Stress Relief

M's topic: What's your favorite stress reliever?

This is a hard one for me! I am always stressed, and even when I'm taking a break from all of the hard things in life, I'm still holding that stress somewhere. When I'm at a friend's house, when I'm playing with the kiddo, when I'm out for a walk in God's glorious nature..

It's in the back of my head. No matter how hard I try to let it go. But here are some things that help.

~Spending time with friends

~Putting puzzles together with N

~Playing catch (especially when you hear a solid smack of the ball in the webbing of your mitt)

~Eating a burger (I KNOW that's terrible!!! But if you get a good one, it's so delicious that you forget what stress is while you taste the goodness that comes between two slices of bun!) ((And I'm totally serious about this one, though you may think I'm crazy!))

~Reading a book

~Moving (my body, not moving to a new home)

~Traveling

~Sometimes painting. Sometimes it stresses me out more though, because I'm a perfectionist.

~Building things. It's so therapeutic. I like to see my hard work has actually resulted in something that's tangible.

~Biking really fast

~Driving in the heat with the windows down

~Swimming

~Watching a good movie

~Attending high school basketball games

~Getting a massage

~Snuggling N

~Bible study

~Almost anything with N, actually

Yep. Any of those things are just grand. And there are more.

^^ Stress = Relieved