I love sleeping in, and unfortunately I don't get to do that too much often anymore since I got a job at the Carolina Ale House. Allow me to explain how I tend to relieve stress and try to get some sleep in the process.
I'm a 90's kid, and one of the most recognizable characters I remember LOVING to see on anime I used to watch back then was a Pokemon called Jigglypuff, a small, pink, cat-like balloon Pokemon with huge eyes and a squeaky voice. Its most notable ability is singing a serenade to send other living things to sleep, which according to its Pokedex entry, is its main method of defense.
In one Pokemon episode, the group is traveling through a forest when a Jigglypuff pops out of nowhere onto a tree stump. Misty, the female of the group, finds it adorable and wants to capture it, sending out one of her own Pokemon to weaken it (this is the main method of capturing Pokemon in both the game and anime). After a short series of events, Misty manages to get Jigglypuff to sing. It starts singing, and after the song finishes, everyone is asleep.
Later on, a YouTube search revealed to me that the same song she sings was recorded from the show! I saved it as an MP3 to my PSP and used it to fall asleep ever since.
Other than that, I use other methods of stress relief/falling asleep, albeit sleeping sort of ties in with relieving stress. I've found many open-ended video games such as WATCH_DOGs for the PS4 to be highly satisfying when it comes to my burning flame and I'm so pissed that I want to see blood spill out. So, I just jump on WATCH_DOGs, grab a 416 machine gun and just let the sparks fly. Other times, I meditate, if the environment is stable enough and I'm not interrupted. If I'm not too angry, I just watch some cat vines on YouTube, or something Jigglypuff-esque. (I'm a huge Jiggly fan.)
Lucky that I have TWO weighted blankets (swag) so throw that all together and I'm floatin' on clouds. Speaking of which I'm getting pretty sleepy just thinking about all this, it's 4:56 AM here and I should go to bed anyway.
So how do you guys unwind? Is there a certain system that you follow or a routine, or do you just simply put in some earbuds and *THUD CRASH BANG SHATTER ZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz*
I'm a 90's kid, and one of the most recognizable characters I remember LOVING to see on anime I used to watch back then was a Pokemon called Jigglypuff, a small, pink, cat-like balloon Pokemon with huge eyes and a squeaky voice. Its most notable ability is singing a serenade to send other living things to sleep, which according to its Pokedex entry, is its main method of defense.
In one Pokemon episode, the group is traveling through a forest when a Jigglypuff pops out of nowhere onto a tree stump. Misty, the female of the group, finds it adorable and wants to capture it, sending out one of her own Pokemon to weaken it (this is the main method of capturing Pokemon in both the game and anime). After a short series of events, Misty manages to get Jigglypuff to sing. It starts singing, and after the song finishes, everyone is asleep.
Later on, a YouTube search revealed to me that the same song she sings was recorded from the show! I saved it as an MP3 to my PSP and used it to fall asleep ever since.
Other than that, I use other methods of stress relief/falling asleep, albeit sleeping sort of ties in with relieving stress. I've found many open-ended video games such as WATCH_DOGs for the PS4 to be highly satisfying when it comes to my burning flame and I'm so pissed that I want to see blood spill out. So, I just jump on WATCH_DOGs, grab a 416 machine gun and just let the sparks fly. Other times, I meditate, if the environment is stable enough and I'm not interrupted. If I'm not too angry, I just watch some cat vines on YouTube, or something Jigglypuff-esque. (I'm a huge Jiggly fan.)
Lucky that I have TWO weighted blankets (swag) so throw that all together and I'm floatin' on clouds. Speaking of which I'm getting pretty sleepy just thinking about all this, it's 4:56 AM here and I should go to bed anyway.
So how do you guys unwind? Is there a certain system that you follow or a routine, or do you just simply put in some earbuds and *THUD CRASH BANG SHATTER ZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz*