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Engage in Vacation Play
One of the problems with all-or-nothing thinking is that it encourages us to associate certain activities exclusively with weekends or vacations. So, we put off enjoying activities that we could easily enjoy on a normal day. True, you can't scuba dive in your back yard or go deep-sea fishing from your office window, but there are many vacation-type activities that might relax you.
- Read one chapter of a beach novel, or do part of a crossword puzzle.
- Practice your putting or ask the office "pro" for a few pointers.
- Take time out for a conversation at the coffee bar. Share a few jokes.
- Linger over the newspaper, as if you had nowhere to go.
- Build sand castle art without sand: a tinker toy tower or a paperclip sculpture?
- Write a few pages in a journal, just recording whatever thoughts pop into your mind.
- Read the next Quick-Lift
- More on Chilling Out
More on: Dealing With Stress
A series of "quick-lifts" excerpted from Recharge in Minutes, ©2003, by Suzanne Zoglio, Ph.D.
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