Poll: How do you relax between large projects? Autor da sequência: ProZ.com Staff
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It depends on the hour of the day. If I’ve finished the project at the end of the day nothing beats sinking into a hot bubble bath followed by a good night sleep. If I’ve finished earlier in the day, I might go for a long walk with my dog or stay at home reading a book, a newspaper or a magazine, or watch TV, or listen to music or sit at my veranda and enjoy seeing the world go by or just catch up with chores around the apartment I have neglected to do during the project, namely ironing. I m... See more It depends on the hour of the day. If I’ve finished the project at the end of the day nothing beats sinking into a hot bubble bath followed by a good night sleep. If I’ve finished earlier in the day, I might go for a long walk with my dog or stay at home reading a book, a newspaper or a magazine, or watch TV, or listen to music or sit at my veranda and enjoy seeing the world go by or just catch up with chores around the apartment I have neglected to do during the project, namely ironing. I might even do all that, unless there’s another project (big or small) in the pipeline… ▲ Collapse
| | | | | A Wide Variety Of Things | Jun 5, 2021 |
I read books and news of interest to me, listen to music and politically-oriented podcasts, visit and go out with relatives, write to friends, go to one of the many parks around here, which border a river and a creek, and go to concerts at the world-renowned Conservatory of Music at Oberlin College. When I get the chance, I also travel to Europe and the UK to hang out and go all over the place with clients and colleagues (although navigating through all of the airports isn't very relaxing at all... See more I read books and news of interest to me, listen to music and politically-oriented podcasts, visit and go out with relatives, write to friends, go to one of the many parks around here, which border a river and a creek, and go to concerts at the world-renowned Conservatory of Music at Oberlin College. When I get the chance, I also travel to Europe and the UK to hang out and go all over the place with clients and colleagues (although navigating through all of the airports isn't very relaxing at all!).
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Muriel Vasconcellos (X) 
Estados Unidos da América
Local time: 18:23
Espanhol para Inglês
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| Many different things | Jun 5, 2021 |
In addition to Teresa's list below, I'm active in my community and engage in a lot of volunteer projects. I also do landscape designs, which is on my agenda today after delivering a job yesterday.
Teresa Borges wrote:
It depends on the hour of the day. If I’ve finished the project at the end of the day nothing beats sinking into a hot bubble bath followed by a good night sleep. If I’ve finished earlier in the day, I might go for a long walk with my dog or stay at home reading a book, a newspaper or a magazine, or watch TV, or listen to music or sit at my veranda and enjoy seeing the world go by or just catch up with chores around the apartment I have neglected to do during the project, namely ironing. I might even do all that, unless there’s another project (big or small) in the pipeline…
| | | | Edward Potter
Estados Unidos da América
Local time: 21:23
Espanhol para Inglês
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| Most of the above | Jun 6, 2021 |
I´ll definitely do some exercise. Sometimes I´ll go on a short trip. Watching T.V. is a good way to relax as well.
| | | | Thayenga
Alemanha
Local time: 03:23
Membro (2009)
Inglês para Alemão
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Enjoy the view from either my window or my balcony, nothing but green and a sometimes blue sky.
The other above mentioned options also apply, depending on what I feel like doing.
| | | | Baran Keki
Turquia
Local time: 04:23
Membro
Inglês para Turco
| Large projects? | Jun 6, 2021 |
How do you know when you're going to get your next 'large project'? This question sounds as if you're getting 20k word assignments right, left and center.
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Mario Freitas
Brasil
Local time: 22:23
Inglês para Português
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| Between projects? | Jun 7, 2021 |
I relax at least once every two hours.
But for a longer relaxation, I sleep, cook, walk my dog...
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