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What is something simple that you do to decompress and keep yourself centered? (self.chat)
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I personally enjoy taking long walks. It doesn't matter if it's in the woods, on a bike trail, or just through town. There's something nice about just meandering and being alone with your thoughts while still being immersed in the outside world.

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[–] Zummy 9 points 1 year ago

I have a few things I like to do! In no particular order:

  1. Make a pour over coffee. From measuring, grinding, pouring, and all, it takes 10 to 15 mins. It's the perfect amount of time to make for a break for something. Then you get all the nice aromas, warm mug, and caffeine general helps stabilize my mood too.

  2. Walking or sitting outside! Gets the blood moving, change in air, sometimes you hear the birds or insects.

  3. Take a relaxing bath. You can go extra hard with bathbombs for fragrances and stuff too.

  4. Light candles, incense, dim lights, put on jazz or some other nice background music. Dim moods and calming smells and good sounds help bring good sensory experiences to block out any bad feelings.

  5. Lose myself in my instruments. Playing anything requires my focus and forces me to turn off my depression spiral thought patterns and focus on creating something wholesome and pure.