How do you unwind after a demanding day? – Asks the daily prompt again.
Thankfully most of my demanding days are behind me. I guess taking care of the grandchildren is a demanding day now. And that I can recover from physically, while I’m smiling mentally.
To be honest I enjoyed challenging and demanding days and assignments when I was working. That was till they weren’t appreciated and then it became demanding in another way. And by appreciating, I mean a simple thank you would have been fine a vast majority of the time. Luckily, I had some good managers over the 5 decades who knew how to say that.
Sometimes the most demanding part of the day was the hour or more each way to and from work. Especially when the weather was poor.
Some of the things I used to do:
- Sometimes when I got home before sunrise I’d sit outside and listen to nature come alive. Especially on warm summer mornings.
- Listening to music was always a go too.
- Get a hug from my better half.
- The last several years of work I would write a bit when I got home.
- Some years ago, I played on company softball teams or bowling leagues.
- Pickup basketball games with friends in the early years.
- There were a number of years I’d go for a short ride on the motorcycle before dinner when I worked day shifts.
- Some years when I got off work between midnight and 3am, I’d just sit in the quiet at home. Now that I think about it, there was always a lot of noise involved in my work. Maybe that is why the quiet sounded so good.
