Regular, common chores that relax you and kill stress

bruchi

For me is doing the laundry as long as I don't do the folding, here we can pretty much can hang stuff to dry outside year around and doing so kills a lot of stress for me, shopping at the supermarket and cooking too.

Good thing for my brother is folding the stuff, also doing the dishes.

Anyone here has his?

Eli

Cooking.

Don't really like grocery shopping, but like making the finished product.

Eli

Cooking.

Don't really like grocery shopping, but like making the finished product.

breamfisher

Reloading, while not a chore, is a great stress relief for me.

beartracker

Reloading and shooting at the range really relieves my stress.

Jayhawker

bruchi wrote: »

Anyone here has his?

Yep...evening chores...grooming the horses, feeding the orphan calves, cleaning out stalls, and gathering eggs, all contribute to bleeding off any stress that has accumulated during the day and leaves me ready to settle in for the evening...

ghostsniper1

2nd on cutting grass, at least with my last house, big yard, riding mower and beer in hand. Reloading is another.

Bakerman

Fishing............might as well name someting I like. Chores....bah.

Slanteyedshootist

Cooking is good. Eating is better.

Quinian

Chopping wood... then throwing the axe at my target. I'm the aggressive sort

CaliFFL

+1 on chopping wood. Drop the trees, haul 'em out, cut the logs into rounds, and splitting with a maul.

NN

Cutting and splitting firewood.

And right now burning it.

shotgunshooter3

None. I hate chores.

justin10mm

Same here, I didn't inherit the workaholic gene from my dad.

samzhere

Mmm, interesting question. Shooting is fun but it's not an everyday chore. I think you're talking about things like laundry, cleaning house, shopping, right?

I kind of like cleaning the house (okay, apartment). Not a lot of it at a time, understand, but like one storage area or one particularly messy corner where books and other stuff is stacked.

Grocery shopping? Not for me. I'm a "combat" shopper -- list made out prior, in and out asap.

Make_My_Day

While not a "chore," the most relaxing activity for me is getting out on an open rural highway on my motorcycle and cruising the back roads.

shooter

After a shooting session with one or more of my firearms, I enjoy cleaning them afterward. I guess that would fit the category of a "chore". I love the smell of the solvents.

bullsi1911

Cooking is the common chore that helps me zone out.

Fixing or building something is one that makes me happy as well. But it's not as common.

shotgunshooter3

Make_My_Day wrote: »

While not a "chore," the most relaxing activity for me is getting out on an open rural highway on my motorcycle and cruising the back roads.

Good call. No motorcycle here, but I love cruising the highway in my pickup. I know some cities, such as Roswell NM, like the back of my hand because I'd spend a few hours cruising them when the luxury was afforded to me.

Antonio

Cooking.

wolf049

Riding the motorcycle is #1. Number 2 would be fishing with just a few people around but those are not a chores. Radio playing, drinking a beer and sorting brass. When I go to the range I'll pick-up a bucket full of brass. I have a couple of friends that will pick up brass for me also when they go to the range.

rbsivley

Interesting topic. I can be a very lazy person. But, I'm not. It seems when I'm home I have to be doing something. I've done my on laundry for years because I'm picky about my clothes. For years my wife and kids did most of the household stuff; cleaning, cooking, etc. The kids finally moved out but she got sick in 2000 and all of a sudden I'm the homemaker. Household stuff wasn't much of a problem but the cooking was a big challange for me. I knew very little about cooking. Thankfully I got a Ronco rotissire which helped a lot in the beginning. I'm pretty good in the kitchen now. I've even picked up a couple helps here from ya'll. I guess my number one chore that I find almost enjoyable is outside stuff, cutting grass, trimming trees and my favorite is burning stuff. I burned some leaves and tree trimmings this afternoon.

rallykid

Mowing the lawn, cleaning the guns, stacking and inspecting ammo cans and magazines.

orchidman

Disposing of the wild/feral cats in the neighbourhood normally relaxes me...............doesnt relax the cats much though, they normally stiffen up after a while....

bruchi

Not a "chore" also but when I drove a cab in LA late 80's, driving around the city when it was slow or exploring an area new to me, returning via a different route, was relaxing.

roadking

Mowing, yes...weedwhacking, NO!
Sp[litting firewood Yes, burning it YES!
Cooking, yes...grilling in the snow YES!!!
Maintaining the hot rods...not so much, but cruising...YES!
Gardening, yes...preserving and eating the produce, Yes!
Building stuff, yes (prepping for a 25'x25' 2 car garage/hot rod shop).
Some may call it a chore, although I don't...love playing with my boys and being a Scout Den Leader.
Most everything is simply a chore that needs doing...neither good or bad.

Matt

bml

Now that I work in an office, I find that just about any kind of physical activity, especially the brainless kind, is stress relieving. It used to be that my computer was a way of unwinding in the evenings. Now, once I'm off work, I don't even want to look at one most days.