What Do You Find Therapeutic?

[Pete Incaviglia]

Okay, so maybe not exactly therapeutic. Maybe, relaxing?

I have a friend who swears he finds doing dishes by hand is therapeutic.

Me? Well, the Mrs. Incaviglia and I are expecting and we're doing the baby's room in Winnie the Pooh theme (her call, not mine. Although we've agreed if it's a boy I can start the "sports changeover" quickly). To save some cash, instead of buying those wall sticker things I decided to buy a coloring book and Crayola crayons and color 8X10 "photos" of the old bear and frame them in old frames I had in the closet.

I gotta tell you, coloring is AWESOME. I'm 30. And coloring rules! There. I said it.

I also collect baseball cards, and I love just sitting at the kitchen table and putting sets in order. I get lost in it.

Anyone else have some weird things that relax you?

 

[Captain_Kirk]

first sexual comment by post five.....

I actually enjoy mowing the lawn. Enjoy the outdoors, the look of a freshly mown yard, etc. A very serene experience from my view.

 

[Cansportschick]

therapeutic....putting needles in voodoo dolls of people I hate or who are pissing me off.

 

[Angola!]

first sexual comment by post five.....

I actually enjoy mowing the lawn. Enjoy the outdoors, the look of a freshly mown yard, etc. A very serene experience from my view.

Pooping. Oh wait, wrong thread.

I agree Captain_Kirk, mowing the lawn can be very relaxing, except when it is a 110 out and you can't get the damn mower to start and you feel like you might have a coronary pulling on that stupid little rope over and over.

 

[Captain_Kirk]

first sexual comment by post five.....

I actually enjoy mowing the lawn. Enjoy the outdoors, the look of a freshly mown yard, etc. A very serene experience from my view.

Pooping. Oh wait, wrong thread.

I agree Captain_Kirk, mowing the lawn can be very relaxing, except when it is a 110 out and you can't get the damn mower to start and you feel like you might have a coronary pulling on that stupid little rope over and over.

True, when the temps hit the 'holy ****, it's hot out' range, it does lose some of its luster.....

 

[Evil ... Thy name is Orville Redenbacher!!]

Mowing the lawn
Chopping wood with an 8-pound sledge hammer and wedges
Walking in the woods with my kids
Drinking beer, eating chips and salsa and playing God of War

 

[forever_town]

Hanging out with good friends.

 

[Angola!]

Mowing the lawn
Chopping wood with an 8-pound sledge hammer and wedges
Walking in the woods with my kids
Drinking beer, eating chips and salsa and playing God of War

What is God of War?

 

[JR]

We live in an apartment now but I used to find there was nothing better than listening to a ball game on the radio and working in my vegetable garden. My tomatoes were 4H worthy.

 

[HoopsMcCann]

hookers and blow

 

[TigerVols]

There's a man in downtown LA who gives shoeshines that last about 20 minutes. Pure bliss.

I second the yard-work-as-therapy thought. I'm the only homeowner on my block who takes care of his own yard -- even the Hispanic guy across the street laughs at me and says "hell, even I don't mow my own yard!"

 

[Evil ... Thy name is Orville Redenbacher!!]

Mowing the lawn
Chopping wood with an 8-pound sledge hammer and wedges
Walking in the woods with my kids
Drinking beer, eating chips and salsa and playing God of War

What is God of War?

The Greatest Playstation 2 game ever created!

 

[Armchair_QB]

I get a freakin' haircut.

 

[ArnoldBabar]

I enjoy painting. Not painting pictures, painting walls. It's very methodical, it's not terribly difficult and you get to see the results right away (something that can't be said for the more stressful things in life).

I also like going to movies by myself, sometimes two or three in a row. I just get lost in it and forget about everything else for an afternoon. Sure, it's escapism as therapy, but it beats drugs.

 

[Jones]

I like shovelling snow, which is just as well, seeing as we've had eight feet this year.

Plastering is good, too. With plaster, I mean.

 

[Montezuma's Revenge]

You could always try this (not for the squeamish) ....

http://www.leechvideo.com/video/view2361456.html

 

[playthrough]

Shoveling snow is a good one.

I think the first few rounds of golf in the spring are therapeutic. Just good to be outside again and walking 18 holes. Of course by the fall, when I've been playing for six months and am really %&#! tired of shooting in the 90s, it's not so therapeutic anymore.

 

[funky_mountain]

making a nice meal
fly-fishing/camping/hiking
walks in the neighborhood
listening to music
reading books
spending time with my wife

 

[Hustle]

One each, please.

 

[Inky_Wretch]

Fly-fishing
Hunting (not the killing part, the being out in nature part)
Working on my house, and completing a project