Intensive Decompression: Brain Reset by Sleeping in Nature (opens in new tab)

Get on a bicycle and just ride somewhere (but nowhere in particular). Forces my mind out of deadline mode, since I can't know when I'll be back or when I'll get to where I'm going. Also, by removing myself from familiar surroundings, helps me forget things (like work) associated with them.

For me, it's motorcycles / motorsports. Something that requires concentration so intense that it is impossible for your brain to stress about anything else.

If you have children, take them out of school for a day and go skiing.

In my 20s (quite a while ago now) I would run home from work a couple of days a week, roughly 70 to 90 minutes at a decent clip for a recreational runner. That tended to burn off a lot of stress.

Avoid work!

Seriously.

Change meaning of stress, why stress, what is stress?

Can't you just sit there at work, drink your tea, enjoy the view outside the window, the birds, concrete, clouds and noise. Listen how people speak, phones ring, listen to this music, composition of life.

Problem? Turn around and walk away. If problem is not solved by then, then try different strategy. Experiment. Failures are essential to success.

More of life will not help you get away from life.

Also, I did not considered one important factor, you enjoy stress and have opinion that it is must be rid off. >:D

I one travelled to Ushaia Argentina and then simply picked a random hill to climb. It was about 3000ft and had snow on top in summer. I was under a lot of stress because my wife was in town and had an injured back. I contemplated if I should go all the way up (there were no paths) but decided I will probably never have the opportunity again. When I finally made it up I could see into a valley without any human development. It was one of the best moments of my life. Since this day I go out into nature more often and also spend a couple of nights outside alone. I always come back clearheaded.

I've experienced this crystal clarity a few times in my life. Once, lying with my dog in the yard as a teenager, and another time driving over a hill and seeing a beautiful sunset. I experienced an almost overwhelming joy and love of life.

I am not a religious person but I think these are known as "Peak Experiences". [0]

I also experience "ASMR" [1] and maybe these things are related.

[0] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peak_experience

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autonomous_sensory_meridian_res...

I haven't experienced the latter, but I bet it works :)

I see that you are getting downvoted, it may be beacuse you don't add to the discussion, but to be fair the article doesn't offer more than the above line.

And stay offline.

Thank you for this! Looks really good! Will watch it later :)

True and those stresses experienced while sailing are more true than the ones experienced at work. You don't stress about deadlines when you are in front of the bear :)

Thanks for the link! It sure looks like I need to read more on this subject