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Dealing with Stress and Stress-Relief Tips
Kelda:
--- Quote from: ineedcrayons on September 05, 2007, 04:42:00 pm ---Last time my friend and I went to Italy, she told me she'd booked a three-hour tour of the Vatican. "OMG -- three hours??!" I said, rolling my eyes.
And ctually the tour wound up going longer than three hours -- but it was riveting!
Of course, we had a particularly great guide.
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;D
belbbmfan:
--- Quote from: Kelda on September 05, 2007, 04:37:22 pm ---I have!!! Some of the pieces were amazing birth of venus and of course David sits outside in the square, so Katherine I imagine if you are into art, then you'll absolutely love it!
But I know its bad to admit but half way round I got kinda bored..... shows my ignorance! But there was only so many men in military poses and woman in portrait poses looking grumpy that would hold my interest!
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Exactly! That's how it always goes in those big museums, like the Louvre or the Prado. You just can't like everything. A museum tour can get very tiring too. The trick is to really select what you want to see and just skip the rest.
I always feel for those people who go on an organised group tour and then have to follow their 'leader' (in some cases waving an umbrella ::)) for hours on end in a museum! ;D
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: belbbmfan on September 06, 2007, 07:53:02 am ---I always feel for those people who go on an organised group tour and then have to follow their 'leader' (in some cases waving an umbrella ::)) for hours on end in a museum! ;D
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I used to think the very same way, until I went on tours in Rome. Our Leader was a 27-year-old cute ancient-history grad student from New Hampshire who gave very informal and kind of juicy talks explaining the stories behind this and that. We went on a night walking tour and a Vatican tour. Afterward, he and my friend and I wound up drinking wine and going out for dinner, and the next day he gave us our own private tour of the Borghese gallery. He was really fun.
I think I got much more out of those tours than I would have wandering through on my own. Plus met a friend and learned a lot more about contemporary Italian culture than I would have otherwise.
Kelda:
bumping some old threads
Front-Ranger:
Wise advice from our dear Shasta.
--- Quote from: Shasta542 on September 01, 2007, 11:41:14 am ---You probably all already do these, but this is my stress buster advice:
Take a walk and think about what you are seeing, not about work or whatever it is that is stressful to you. Think about the scenery, good memories, blessings, etc. Course-ya gotta have time to do that. But it doesn't have to be a long walk every time.
Pet your pet. Sometimes in the mornings when I let the dogs out, one of my old dogs sits on the steps with me. I rub his chest and kiss his face and he nuzzles my ear and shakes my hand, and we have a little chat. It's so nice. Or I sit in the floor and they gather around and sit all over me--that lowers the blood pressure. If you don't have a pet, you could volunteer at the Humane Society or foster a pet for a rescue organization.
Do something for someone else. It takes my mind off my own problems. This takes time, too, but when you have time it's great therapy. I collect things from the Marine's list and make boxes to send to soldiers in Iraq, and I enjoy doing that immensely. But it could be a neighbor or a friend. Whoever or whatever it is--you benefit as much or more than the recipient.
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