To ask what's the best thing you do to unwind?...

[MumQuack]

Just that.....nothing to else to add

Another vote for open water swimming, in winter is more like 3min than 3hours though!
In summer lose track of time when in a the river/lake.
Baking is my other de stresser, but washing up stresses me out do it dies not really work

I do lots of things but I came on to Covent that this morning, after a pret tty good night sleep, I saw my dogs lying in the sun and thought it looked nice so I curled up on the sofa in a sun spit. Went out live a light for a short nap. That was extremely relaxing!

Colouring in, reading, listening to rain sounds on headphones to drift off, reality shows, my e cig.

Xbox

Yoga, reading, wine, Minecraft.

reading
crochet
hiking

Going to the woods with my dogs.

A big fat joint.

Knit something that is complicated enough to stop me thinking about other things but not difficult to unpick if I go wrong

If I want to relax so I can sleep, I run cold water over my hands and feet before getting into bed. Feeling them warming up slowly makes me feel very relaxed and sleepy.

legotits - I like roast lamb too

Hot bath
Get into freshly made bed with a book
Crochet
Walk on the beach
Colouring
Jigsaws
Binge watch a boxset
Play a video game

Kill things on ps4.

Not talk to anyone

Read

I used to love twilight shifts in summer as I'd come home and sit in the back garden and watch the sunrise listening to Dawn chorus. Perhaps with a cold glass of wine. Then sleep in the day.

Now children need looking after in the day so no sleeping so no quiet time alone. So it is ps4 with headphones whilst they are asleep in evening instead.

I'm impressed by all your exercising and crafting types. Far more productive. I enjoy crafting -cooking painting sculpting etc- but get really quite stressed by it

Same with colouring in. Far from relaxing me I get all het up. Some childhood trauma perfectionist streak no doubt.

Sex

Running

Cooking for the freezer

Doing an Ocado shop (I know how sad that sounds)

Turning off phone/laptop and reading a book

Netflix

But running is the best

I don't find sex relaxing at all. Quite the opposite: I feel very awake and energetic afterwards.

I prefer gin.

Playing piano, painting, meditating, walking in nature, bath, running, reading, watching a good drama on tv-loads of things.

Sex or crystal meth