HACKER Q&A
📣 samh748

What activities help you rest and recharge?


I'm trying to incorporate more ways to get more rest and recovery/recharge into my daily life. What are some activities (ie hobbies, leisure) that you do regularly that help you get through the day/week etc?

It could be anything from sports/exercise, music/art/craft, games/puzzles, to talking with a friend, watching a comedy, etc. Anything relatively self-imposed is fair game.

And it would be super helpful if you could share some details on how you think the activity helps you rest/recharge etc.

Thanks so much in advance!

PS. I've asked similar Ask HN's recently but I could never figure out how to frame it in a way that gets the point across. Hope this one makes more sense.

  👤 mindcrime Accepted Answer ✓
Mountain biking. I ride alone more often than not, and basically always with earbuds in my ears, playing music. Not uncontroversial in the MTB community, but this is the way I like to experience it. To me, nothing beats being in the woods, on a bike, rocking out to some Slayer, Testament, Metallica, Iced Earth, etc.

Note, of course, that this is actually tiring from a physical perspective, in the short-term. But it's how I stay sane and it helps me clear my mind of all the random crap that builds up during the week from work and what-not. And over the long-term it is beneficial physically in terms of helping improve overall cardiovascular conditioning.

👤 jstx1
Absolutely nothing helps, I suspect that I have hypothyroidism and I'm waiting to get tested.
👤 sneusse
We travel a lot. Experiencing different cultures and landscapes never gets old for us. My wife will take her laptop because she’d miss her work, I won’t :)
👤 annagrigoryan2
I read a book, or go for walk. Near my house there's a nice river, so i go and sit close to it.

Really helps.

👤 dotcoma
Sleep.