Some great destressifications? Get out and bike! But make sure you're mountain biking... On the mountain bike you have to completely focus on the riding (you don't want to wreck, after all!), versus road cycling where your mind usually wanders back to whatever's stressing you out in the first place.
Of course when all else fails, grab a book or magazine and head to Starbucks.
What happened to Vulcan?
Kirk, two Spocks and Enterprise
Save Earth from the same.
Over the years I've switched back and forth between the electronic and the paper and have definitely settled on paper. Specifically, my Moleskin notebooks. I have a small one I use for my to-do's (it's always with me, to the point my team has made a joke out of it) and a large notebook I use for, well, note-taking.
And yes, I also have actual stationary at home for notes, thank you's, etc. Not Moleskin - Do they make stationary? I should check.
(Oh, I should add that I work for an email marketing company, so I also realize the world runs on email :) )
The most useless thing in the house right now is the TiVo... As electronics go, it's as dead as my first generation Newton. It needs a new power supply, and I haven't gotten around to buying and installing one (they're around $50).
Instead the TiVo sat open on our kitchen table for 2 months before finally being semi-reassembled and put next to the TV, like Bernie propped in the car, lifelessly staring at us.
How much can you cram into one 3-day trip to The Big Apple? How about the Chrysler Building (during a walk from Union Square to Central Park), dinner at some absolutely awesome restaurants, Wicked, a taping of The Late Show with David Letterman, and a day at the Westminster dog show?
We could have done without the February snow storm that trapped us there for another 2 days... And I wish I wouldn't have caught the flu. But it was an awesome trip, a great hotel (W Union Square) and I want to go back!
As sweet as an Audi R8 would be, or a Lotus or Maybach or Maserati for that matter, I don't think I'd be comfortable driving a car that I'd be nervous about spilling coffee in. Hand-stitched leather doesn't mix well with Starbucks. So my daily ride would have to be something a bit more down-to-Earth, like the VW I have today.
But just for fun? I'd love to get an R8 or Ferrari out on a track sometime. That'd be a blast.
Yesterday I attempted my first suburban assault ride in Alpharetta. For those (like me) unfamiliar with this term, it’s an “open” ride along unmarked trails, power easements, random fields, business parks, and anyplace else you can think to take a mountain bike. A buddy of mine invited me to one earlier this week, and I had no idea what to expect. With planned obstacles like the “Dips of Doom,” “Wall of Shame” and “Satan’s Steps” I figured I’d come home battered, bruised and bloody. It ended being a very fun 12-mile trek through our suburb, one which was certainly challenging but had a good balance of rock, dirt, gravel and pavement to keep it fun and interesting. (My buddy, who seemed to be the main coordinator/instigator, is the type who will point out very random “trails” and shoot off to investigate them. We did a few of those yesterday as well.)
No bruises, and the only blood was from a thorn bush I accidently rode through.
Would I go back? Most certainly. It’s not every day I get to try the Dips of Doom, after all!
(In my mind’s eye, this is exactly what I looked like during the ride.)
