What do you do to relieve stress when the world situation

[ailsagirl]

becomes overwhelming?

I like to watch old TV programs like Andy Griffith and
MacMillan and Wife and even Leave it to Beaver.

Or read.

Or talk a walk.

And take a break from the Internet.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

1. Read mysteries, sing, watch a good movie

take a walk, ride a bike...

[ailsagirl]

2. I love mysteries, but very conventional ones: by the greatest

mystery writer of all time!! Agatha Christie. Particularly her
Hercule Poirot series.

[Lindsey]

3. I also enjoy the old shows like I Love Lucy, Dick Van Dyke, etc. and the

new ones that are good like Six Feet Under. I pretty much stay away from network t.v. (including the news media whores) altogether. I also have tried to shift my focus to a more spiritual (NOT religious) arena.

[ailsagirl]

6. I love I Love Lucy (the old ones-- not when they went Hollywood)

And I saw a Dick Van Dyke today (when Rob lost the script and
it was held ransom by a "bum")

I don't watch anything new and try to keep my focus on PBS and
such.

We need our escape hatches-- sometimes it gets very intense.

[RPM]

4. drink and listen to good music

nice and relaxing

[swag]

5. read some Epictetus:

click this link:

http://classics.mit.edu/Epictetus/epicench.html

Another approach: Image Google Vida Guerra:

(on edit: removed link. any douchebag can images.google.com "vida guerra")

[Misskittycat]

7. I've started watching cartoons a lot.

Rugrats has always been a big favorite of mine, but now I'm discovering Arthur, Baby Loonytoons, Caillou, and Ruby & Max. Yes, I've completely gone over the edge, but it's very peaceful here.

[enigmatic]

8. a few things

DX on my many vintage radios, play my guitars, look at my wife and realize how lucky I am..

[6th Borough]

9. Play with my doggies.

Serious...whenever I think the world is going to hell...I headlock one of my dogs.

Then put peanut butter on their noses.

[alarcojon]

10. My top three:

1. Play guitar

2. Meditate

3. :smoke:

[leftofthedial]

11. live

I am perpetually pissed off, stressed out and frustrated by the mess the repukes have created.

[MrScorpio]

12. Listen to some old Isley Brothers

"Make Me Say It Again Girl"
by THE ISLEY BROTHERS


O, Oh, I believe you are a rainbow
You're all the heaven I need to see
You're the promise everlasting
Ah, cuz where you are
I hope to be

Oh make me say it again girl
Make me say it again girl
Make me say it again girl

You're all I need (Ah, yes you are)
You're all (all)...
You're all I need...
You're all I need

Whatever pains inside
You make it better
You seem to realize
Where I'm concerned
You are the only who
Goes through changes
Giving my life direction
When I am turned

And, oh, oh make me say it again girl
Make me say it again girl
Make me say it again girl

You're all I need (Ah, yes you are)
You're all (all)...
You're all I need...
You're all I need, ooh, ooh, ooh
You're all I need

How am I worthy of
Love from an angel
Princess superior of my soul
Don't really matter if you
Choose not to answer
Hopin' that what I reveal
You already know

And, Ah, make me say it again girl
Make me say it again girl
Make me say it again girl

You're all I need (Ah, yes you are)
You're all
You're all I (oooh, oooh, oooh)
You're all I need

Ah, sweet lady
Ooh, Ooh, Ooh, Ooh, Ooh

Girl you're all I need (I love you)
Girl you're all I need
Girl you're all I need
Girl you're all I need

Ah, Why don't you say it again girl
Girl you're all I need
Girl you're all I need (I wanna sing it, yeah)
Girl you're all I need
I wanna, ooh, ooh, ooh, say it again girl
I wanna sing it, girl
I believe, I believe, I believe
You're all I need
Say it again girl

[drfresh]

13. turn on the Daily Show -nt

[Tallison]

14. Examine my priorities

Edit to add: ...and level of conscientious regarding what's within my sphere of control and what isn't. Used to do a lot of drugs, which seemed to work at the time...

[WCGreen]

15. Post in the lounge.....

Read, exercises, talk to people who aren't into politics as much as we are......

Paly Guitar, Write and take an 80 mile drive to get some home grown corn