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Originally Posted by KQiao
Do you have any local museums or quiet places outside your house you can go? Even just sitting in the park feeding ducks older bread can be very therapeutic... if there are any ducks where you are at. I don't know, it might be getting cold enough in some places that they are starting to migrate.
Hm... That really only helps during the day, and most night time activities are going to center around food. Maybe you should consider curling up with a book and taking a long bubble bath. Even if you don't like to read you could listen to an audio book or music so you don't feel so much inside your own head. Make it a long ritual type thing where you just focus on picking out scents and decorations and arranging candles and whatever else tickles your fancy. It'll keep your mind occupied, and you'll get to spend some time chilling in the tub.  |
I wish so much that there was a library in existence in the UK (or maybe it's just London?) that didn't seem to have a rule that all children should run around, play chase, that teenagers should only ever visit with boxes of fried chicken and that mothers should always bring in crying babies and ignore then whilst they talk with other mothers over coffee take aways. Yup; library, filled with books and the fact the books are there seems to matter to no one else but the people who stay away from it because they want a quiet space to go!
Only other place I can get away from all the noise is the gym. I try to not spend too long in the gym because I've just gotten past several years of basicly abusing my body through exercise because I hated the fat that was on it. I go to the gym, but limit what I do and am wary of spending more time there! However, classes (yoga ...etc) are really useful and something I can do during the week, but the weekend there are only early morning classes. If I manage to sleep I like to stay in bed as long as I possibly can because I worry about how else I'd spend my time....
So far I've been trying to save the bulk of my admin work for the weekend, form filling, phone calls and so on. Then walking a bit, the gym and showering at the gym. I try to arrange a cinema or theatre ticket for the evening but (and I know I'm going to sound spoilt here!) I normally feel that low that I don't get anything out of it. It's just a better space to be in than at home thinking too much. I am lucky that in London things don't really shut down at the weekends. I am managing but at the skin of my teeth. I feel like if something were to come along and push me slightly I'd topple over the edge of a very tall cliff. I get to the end of my weekend and actually feel exhausted for having done very little other than juggle my time doing very little at all.