A Few Ways To Unwind After A Stressful Week At Work

Work can give us a lot of stress and We all know what it's like after a long week at work. Stressed from all the meetings, deadlines and office politics. Work can give us a lot of stress and by the end of the week, we can be very demotivated, and flat and just want to escape in the weekend to enjoy what time we have before we go back to work. Work isn’t always a stressful thing, but on those particular weeks when you’re feeling rubbish, planning something to unwind and destress will be highly beneficial to you, and your mental health and managing to do something on the weekend without just sobbing about in front of the TV.

Get Out In Nature

When you feel very full in your head, a very stressed one of the best things you can do is get out of the house and go for a walk, not only go for a walk if possible to try and be around nature. There is something about being around nature, and trees which is relaxing and calming. You can take a straw through your nearby forest and you simply just explore what’s going on in the wilderness, listen to the sounds of the birds and animals as well as the wind going through the trees. Walks like this are normally quite quiet and peaceful. If you do have a dog you can also take them with you and give them some nice exercise. A great thing to do is take a flask of hot chocolate or tea, and when you find a nice scenic place to sit whether that’s looking over some fields or maybe a waterfall then you can sit down and have a nice relaxing, hot drink.

Destress With Some Games

Especially for the men in the world gaming is very much an escape from the stress and troubles of everyday life. They can escape into the game with their friends online for a couple of hours and just enjoy doing different things whether that’s racing, army games, or something more of a role-playing type game. Is a great way to destress and socialise in the comfort of your home. As a lot of these online games. You have the capability to talk to your friends through headsets while playing games with them. So you can even do it in your pyjamas. You can also play games online, like chess, blackjack, roulette or bingo. Some of these games also give you the opportunity to win money which gives you a bonus and definitely some adrenaline when you are about to win a big lump sum.

Have A Spa And Bath Night

Some of the ways that people really like to destress and relax are by treating themselves and grooming themselves. Once you have finished everything you want to you feel relaxed, fresh and ready to take on whatever life is at you next. It’s a great way to start your weekend so you can go into your weekend with no stress and simply enjoy what you plan to do. You could start the night by having a facemask, doing your eyebrows, painting your nails and maybe even doing some meditation. Then you can move on to the main event of having a luxurious bubble bath with bath salts, ambient music and your favourite book in hand. You could even add a glass of wine to really add a relaxing element to your evening.

Invite Friends Over

For extroverts, being around people is relaxing and good for their mental health. Whereas introverts, like to be by themselves and find their social battery, can diminish quite quickly in certain situations. If you’re an extrovert and need a relaxing evening ahead, a great way to do this is by inviting friends over. You could organise a game night where you will bring board games and can play them while enjoying a delicious pizza or curry. You could have a movie marathon while having some alcoholic beverages depending on if you drink or not. Movie marathons are a great way to spend the evening with your loved ones. You could watch things like Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, Fast and Furious or. if you aren’t a movie you could watch episodes of your favourite reality show that’s on the TV at the moment. If you don’t feel like you want to have people over in your home, you could simply see what your friends are up to if there are any parties going on or even see if there are any pub quizzes or events in your local area that you could attend. 

Journaling And Reflection

Journaling has been around for a long time but has certainly picked up popularity recently as the wellness industry Has become very popular and things like manifesting, journalling and tracking how you are and how you can bet yourself has become a top priority for a lot of people. After the Covid crisis, a lot of people struggled mentally, and this was a great way that they were able to put their energy into how they were feeling and how they could change it. if you’ve had a particularly challenging week at work and found yourself getting more and more stressed without any respite. A great idea to do at the end of the week or even at the end of each day is to do some journaling and reflection on what has happened. You could note down certain things that have triggered you and how you dealt with them and then thinking about it, you could contemplate other ways that you would have dealt with it so in the future you don’t get as stressed and can manage situations more effectively. You could also highlight certain things that went well as when you are struggling with stress, you can focus on the negative things. So by shining light on positive things that have happened as well. It can improve your mood massively.