Favourite OS way to relax?

VfM4meplse

...without spending a fortune. What's yours?

Am looking forward to your tips

Mr_Singleton

Meditation/yoga floats my boat

elona

Cup of tea and a book by a favourite author - either bought online , library or charity shop.

Bath or long shower, clean pjs and fresh bedding and a browse of tv channels for old shows.

candygirl

Reading, browsing the net, cooking, dog walks , sitting by the seaside

determined_new_ms

without a shadow of doubt being at my allotment! It costs me £12 a year and for most other things I get free or as low cost as possible. I have a budget of £100 this year, I've spent £65 but invested in a collection of raspberry canes and loads of bulbs (almost 50% of what I have spent) & they will keep going for years to come We will reap much more than £100 back in produce. Last year was my first year I spent £180 as didn't have tools and other bits and produced £380 worth of produce despite only managing to cultivate a small area. This year I have dug over the whole site Gosh I can be there for hours and despite feeling physically tired I feel so invigorated!

other than that I'm trying to get back into reading - the internet kills attention span! Going for a lovely woodland walk, laying on the beach in the summer, playing with my little girl, watching a good film or box set. time spent with friends and family

Pollycat

Reading a good book.

And I've just started doing jigsaws since our local Air Ambulance charity shop are selling them 2 for £1.00.
I have to take a timer into the spare room with me because the time just flies when I get engrossed.

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For me its my first love which is reading I can't honestly remember a time when I didn't have a book to read.My late Mum taught me to read before I went to school as she did all of her children. I read when I get up,and before I go to bed and often during the day I am a real 'bookworm'

My late OH used to say even when I read the paper I would read everything it it

My hearing is not too good at times ,but I can cope with that ,but to me losing my eyesight would be devastating as it would limit my ability to read virtually anything
To sit with a book and become immersed into the story is fantastic and a good book will take you away from the most dire things in your life.Writing comes a hot second place though :):)

JackieO xx

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Going for a walk along the lanes and footpaths or beside the river, with or without a canine companion and being in the garden sitting on the home made bench (leftover railway sleepers from building a pond years ago) leaning against a warm brick wall with a cup of coffee either is heaven!

Nelski

slobbing on the couch with a load of catch ups to watch on my sky planner , cooking, reading, enjoying a nice glass of chilled white or two sitting in the sun in my garden, holidays that involve a pool and a free bar, spending time with good friends

Never had much of a problem relaxing lol

DigForVictory

On my own? A good book. Any time, any place, anywhere - I was wandering through Jane Austen's Pride & Prejudice happily whilst around me folk were sweating waiting to see the oncologist. I'd an appointment too, but was hiking in muddy petticoats rather than jitter.

With the brood? I love beach time, but they're not so keen & anyway it's a drive & a chip lunch so not that MS. Usually gardening - digging, weeding, planting, & of course harvesting is Always Popular. And in truly foul weather, hunkering together & rewatching 'Firefly'.

trailingspouse

When the children were little, my haven of calm and relaxation was to take a glass of red wine and a cup of black coffee and drink them while I soaked in the bath with the door locked. That was the important bit.