Coping mechanisms for crappy days

[heyzeus]

j/o

I got a beagle for that.

gross

You're really daring me to unleash the photo evidence.

[sighyoung]

j/o

I got a beagle for that.

gross

You're really daring me to unleash the photo evidence.

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[Molly]

Red wine, hubby and my kitties.

[Socnorb11]

Good music.

[cardinalkarp]

If the weather doesn't blow it's driving. particularly this one route that takes me about two and half hours to drive over in Missouri that is kind of twisty and fun. Sometimes when I'm particularly down I can shave about an hour off that and cheer myself up.

When the weather is bad, like now. I don't know. It's hard to get out of a funk in the winter.

If I had cars like yours, that would be my escape as well.

[AWvsCBsteeeerike3]

Working out is a pretty good stress release no matter the weather.

[jim]

Amen to working out. I generally workout 2x per day through the week. In fact tonight when I do my spin class it will be every day this week that I worked out both before and after work. Most people gain weight in the winter, I lose it. I drink less beer and workout pretty hard 7 days a week unless I don't feel well. WIth double workouts, I probably get 10 workouts a week in. It's all for mental state.

[Freed Roger]

Thumbs up to exercise for coping. Incredibly, our rec center closed for 2 days this week. I put on my headlamp and yaktrax and ran in the snow-which turned out to be better than the gym.

[jim]

The other coping mechanism is winter vacations. I'm leaving for Cancun Tuesday. Last year at this time we went to Key West, and then in late Feb/early March Arizona. We have completely stopped taking our vacations in the summer, our big trips are in the winter and we just do small weekend type things in the summer for a break.

[lukethedrifter]

I just got used to crappy days.