24 Electricity-free Free Stress Reducing Activities

When I got here I realised how tired I’d become. Days beginning at 4:30am, with writing, social media, bread mixing, bread baking and just plain old early waking. Days filled with kids activities, play group, music and swimming. 

At Wollangarra I was happily going to sleep at 7:30pm and waking at 6am. Instead of filling the days with ‘busy’, I needed to come up with some electricity-free, free activities to help me low down and pamper myself. You can and should do some of these too.

1. write a letter with pen and paper
2. bake cookies and eat them all
3. read a book in the sun
4. take a long shower in the rain
5. light some candles and run a hot bath
6. invite your favourite friend over, have a sleep over and chat all night
7. forget about housework and go to bed early
8. leave the dishes until tomorrow
9. go for a walk up a hill
10. call up an old friend and have a long overdue chat
11. turn off your phone for a day, you’re not missing anything, and if you really are, you’ll find out tomorrow
12. sit outside in the dark and look at the stars
13. take a picnic rug to the park, lie on it and see what shapes you can see in the clouds
14. make a fort out of blankets, hide under there and read a book
15. curl up in bed with a pot of tea and a good book
16. light a candle and do some yoga stretches
17. enjoy a decadent dessert for one
18. light a fire inside or out, sit and stair at it
19. turn off your phone, turn off your tv and just sit on the couch and snuggle up with a good book and your lover
20. play some music and have a kitchen dance party
21. go to bed early, read a good book or just fall an early into a well deserved slumber
22. sit down with a pen and paper and see where the words take you
23. cook up a big pot of soup and share it with your friends and neighbours
24. go outside, weed a garden bed, cut the grass, prune and tree etc

Do you have any suggestions of electricity-free free stress reducing activities? Let your ideas in the comments below.