Bird-watching is very relaxing and surprisingly engaging. You get to know your local birds as individuals with personalities. It’s pretty neat.
Slightly more active, but not by much, raising native bees is low effort and it can be enjoyable to watch the bees go about their business in your garden or yard, assuming you have flowers. In fact, once you get the bees, you might become more interested in gardening because you need to get some nice flowers for the bees, naturally.
Cooking and working out. Proper nutrition and taking care of your body make a huge difference, along with reading.
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Cycling has been a massive boon to my health, both mental and otherwise. It’s such a fun way to get around, and just so happens to be great exercise in the process.
Petting kitties.
Eating kitties…
… I mean, making stupid jokes nobody understand. It works for me at least.
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Reading. It doesn’t have to be much, but occasionally filling idle moments with a few pages read instead of doom scrolling social media can do wonders. It did for me at least.
I allways read a bit before going to sleep. It helps with shutting down. My sleep improved a lot
The Libby app with most public libraries is really good!
Installing an ereader app (ReadEra) helped me so much with this. I always have my phone with me anyways, and tapping the ereader app instead of Instagram takes away so many barriers.
Doing this actually got me back into reading. Started with Manhwa (Solo Leveling) and that spiraled into reading books such as Midnight library, Before Coffee Gets Cold, The Words We keep and now “1984”.
I need to feel productive. Be it a programming project or woodworking. Just creating something new instead of maintenance like oil changes and mowing the lawn. Creating something new.
Also, take a walk in the forest. Get out on the water. Both are great therapy to disconnect from the mental todo-list of things going on around the house.
Renting a paddleboard and just chilling on a lake on a sunny day. It really is a kind of heaven.
Going on a walk regularly.
a little bit of exercise is amazing for mental health. just half an hour, 2 or 3 times a week makes a massive difference
… Where there is greenery. It’s scientifically proven to improve mental wellbeing if you see greenery just 20 minutes a day.
I was just coming in here to say walking in nature or hiking. 🙂
Although I do also get some benefit in driving through nature too.
Photography maybe, you go on walks and travel, forces you to observe the world around you.
It depends a lot on the person, but it always does me good to do something tactile after working all day on a computer. Cooking, baking, sketching, woodworking, Legos, hiking, that kind of thing. I’ve noticed it really helps me ground and be mindful.
League of Legends /s
Yeah, totally! The best answer so far!
Only (former) League players will understand.
Lol
That is indeed the correct abbreviation
But honestly, quiting such a toxic dumpster fire is really relaxing on your nerves.
You joke, but sometimes I’ve had a crappy day and just wanna play some ARAMs.
Weightlifting has done wonders for mine. I don’t even go super hard with it, just an adjustable dumbell set and bench at home a few times a week.
How is training routine like?
If you have any recommendations or suggestions for a beginner, could you please share them?
https://old.reddit.com/r/Fitness/comments/2e79y4/dumbbell_ppl_proposed_alternative_to_dumbbell/
This is pretty close to what I started with. Starting out focus on getting your form correct and staying consistent over pushing tons of weight.
Thank you
Disc golf is the sport for nerdy kids who never liked sports. And even if you’re absolutely terrible, you get to take a nice walk in the park or the woods. Most courses are free to play, and you really only need one disc to have a good time. Strongly recommend for those who know they aren’t active enough but have no interest in going to the gym.
You gotta be careful though. My best friend tried to take a girl out on a discgolf date once. She said "no thanks discgolf is a gateway drug to marijuana. " and she might be right.
If you’re interested in that, it will probably be available, yeah.
But if you’re not, there are plenty of non-stoners who play too.
Daily walks are so simple but getting out does wonders
I agree, especially if it’s not in a built up area. There definitely something about being able to see the horizon.
Even if it’s inner city, getting out and being around a different energy than being alone in the apartment is so helpful. It’s difficult to get moving though
Hobby? I dunno, but habit? Meditation.
