Inner Peace, How You Get?!

[God-Raped-Me]

Watching TV, doesn't relax me but I need to have it on to go to sleep at night if not my thoughts wander and I don't like my thoughts when they wander.  

[wakusei]

I like to doodle aimlessly, read books all snuggled in bed, or take a bubble bath and then immediately afterwards going to bed~~~  

[aretoo]

To key down before going to sleep, I do either logic problems or the New York Times crosswords. If I don't do SOMEthing, even if I've been falling asleep on the couch, I'll be there staring at the clock for an hour or more. smile  

[Erverain]

I... really don't do anything. Sure I'll play some video games when I get in a bad mood, and the mental exercise is usually enough to take my mind of things. And yes, reading does relax me more than it probably should. But the thing I do to relax the most, with the least amount of falling asleep, is probably taking a long, hot shower. I put the heat up to as high as I can stand and just let it wash everything away.  

[124-C]

That works even better if you can do it the dark, Erve...  

[Alarias]

I smoke.  

[AlcoholicPancake]

Alarias

I smoke.

Same.  

[Tetra Sorrows]

My inner peace would be sleeping or music but sleep is alot better  

[Slim95]

My methods of calming down aren't particularly... "creative". I read, I write, I doodle, I listen to music, I spend time with friends... sweatdrop

Actually... I took up running as a way of calming down a few months ago... Took a bad night to inspire it, but I'm kind of glad I came across it. It's not just steady jogging; it's full-on sprinting. So, I've built up a decent amount of agility~. All alternatives considered, it's a lovely way to empty my head.  

[WiskersThCatfish]

I was thinking of something I could put in this thread, and it struck me just now: the times when I'm most at peace would have to be when I'm plotting some story in my head. I can live there in that space for a while, embody a character, or simply view a scene like a movie, and I can pull the story the way I want it to go, and I always know the outcome for better or for worse.