A humble idea but not hard to do. In an ever-increasing stress filled world, finding ways to release that stress has no shortage of conduits. Let’s look at some ways to relieve that stress and relax by going back in time.
The idea is simple. Many of us have fond memories of when things were easier and fun. As an adult, however, those times are few and far between. Think of a time when you were a kid and you had the most fun in your life whether it was watching a scary movie with friends or playing in an arcade. These are the types of activities than can really help us navigate an adult life with a sprinkle of past enjoyment.
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Time to pause, calm the mind and really focus in looking into your past and remember when you had zero worries. If it involves an activity, its time to relive and try that activity again. Remember if you did it alone or with friends, its time to let that stress out with the joy of the past.
Im sure there are quite a few times that we ask “Why is time going so fast?”. A valid question with a simple solution. Break the routine of everyday life with something you did 10–15 years ago. Its difficult to break routine in life but its even more difficult when you come to the realization that all you do everyday is rinse, lather, repeat. Life should never be go to work, sleep, wake up and work again. Go ahead and go play some checkers. Go ahead and go to the beach. Go ahead and go to the park and swing on a swingset. These are some ideas that will defintely help you remember the fun times and relive them to feel some stress melt away.
Work. We all do it, the grind of trying to make a living but have you noticed how much time you actually spend not only there but combined with the preparation and travel? Use the PTO folks, take some time off to live your life. Once again, pause and think what can I do today that was fun as hell 20 years ago. We can all easily head to the club or go to the bar but when was the last time you played a board game? When was the last time you had popsicles from the fride on a hot day? Life is too short to spend all that time at work.
Thinking of an easier time and adapt that to today will work wonders in helping you relax and slowing time down. The goal here is basically cleaning the mind of the noise of todays society and revisiting your youth. As our parents used to say when we were kids “Go outside and play”
It’s time to do that again.
