What do you do to relax, that doesn’t involve a screen?

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Lockdown blues, have got into habit of watching tv with phone in hand in the evenings...

What with the lack of light I’m feeling a bit blah and looking for ways to relax, move a bit more, that don’t use screens and don’t mean going outside (in the cold dark, sob).

Anyone else a bit stuck? I’d love to find something really interesting to do that isn’t my bloody phone

Sewing , embroidery and baking. I recently started needling felting too.

Reading
Long baths (maybe still reading)
Sex

Read, listen to podcasts, adult colouring books, DH and I sometimes do crosswords together, have a long silly phone call with a friend to catch up.

Read
Play chess
Cross stitch
Bake
Face mask, relaxing music & smelly candle or essential oil diffuser
Adult colouring

Read, it can take you places :)

Reading
Lego
And my guilty pleasure... Hama beads.

Ok just been out for a long walk (half of it in the dark, it’s freezing, gorgeous moon though).

Tonight I’ll write to my grandma.

I read as much as I can but screens have screwed with my attention span 😬 I’m sure that’s fixable.

Thanks for all the suggestions. It probably looks feeble on my part but when you’re a bit down you need the obvious pointed out, sometimes, so ta.

Read, practice a musical instrument, do foreign language exercises, phone friends/family, listen to the radio.

Lots of things

Reading
Maths for fun (yes, I’m that sort of geek)
Piano
Exercise
Board games
Puzzles

Read
Sewing machine
Making autumn or christmas decor
Online computer games- usually hidden object crime solving ones!
Netflix

Cross stitch :)

As a PP said, I’ll sometimes have the telly on too, but busy hands mean I pick up my phone and snacks less.

@lazylinguist is it on the craft threads? I’ll have to have a look, they’re usually quite quiet. Honestly I don’t think there’s any hope left for me with knitting on crocheting. I’ve even been to a class and the teacher was flummoxed at my lack of skill 😳

Read
Read
Read
And try and exercise once a day.

Read, walk my dog, ride my horse (not indoors though, obvs ... ), photography, knit, bake (cakes and other goodies), drink (too much) wine ....

Does reading on a Kindle count as a screen?

I like to read, walk the dog, bake and crochet.

Read
Crochet
Listen to an audio book (whilst crocheting)

Read
Sew
Learn French
Walk
Cook

Read
Sudoku
Play card / board games if I can talk anyone else into it
Colouring
A bit of drawing / painting but not as much as I'd like as I'm so rusty I just get annoyed

Cook whilst listening to jazz
Read
Walk in the dark (I'm too old to be of interest to anyone scary)
Drink wine

Following cos I too am having far much too screen time.
I would love to learn to paint and draw but dont have the confidence to try.

@Abracadabra12345 I love receiving letters, are they just people you know anyway? When I was younger, I started writing to pen pals through a scheme at school, I doubt they still have schemes like this as it is all electronic these days 🙄

I try to light a fire, pour a glass of port and listen to a audiobook in the 5 minutes I get between the children falling asleep and me falling asleep.

Gardening, although not much Tia time of year
Crochet
Paint by numbers
Sex
Just chill and chat about anything and everything with dh
Read

Read, do colouring, logic puzzles. Stroke the dogs!

I like to knit and embroider. This year I have also started learning watercolour, as a total beginner. It's so important to be creative, and it's great learning new skills.
@Nosuchthingastoomuchcheese I was in the same mindset with watercolour painting, but I bought a small set of paints and a few watercolour books and finally got stuck in! It does take time to build your confidence, but it has really been worth it for me. Just persevere and keep practicing, and as Bob Ross says "we don't make mistakes, just happy little accidents."