Amendment To National Relaxation Day 2026

Yeah, I think it’s interesting that I’m relaxing today and it’s rest and relaxation day but you know it’s been around for a while and I think in 85 it came out in the US. Some young fella came up with the idea and you know the UK likes to celebrate it with a conference and they’re pretty mindful about it. You know here in Canada we like to try to practice the self-care part of it a little bit more I think the US you know has it as a real holiday and I think that means a lot that it came from an individual you know that’s what makes it stable in the US right and I’m just interested in this western perspective. I think it’s good to know that we’re all on the same track.

Yeah, so today is just a day rest for me like I normally take it easy on Sundays you know but I really took it easy today and you know it’s it’s just great to get up a little later you know I think I woke up well I think I got out of bed at around nine and I did that because I was practising my routine. I was trying to get early late so you know that’s good for your circadian rhythm and I like getting out there you know so it’s on my balcony for half an hour hydrating had a glass, my normal hydration drink, and I yeah I don’t know I got back in and I had my breakfast and again you know it takes me a while like I make my own breakfast and I stick to some pretty good dishes there probably a couple recipes that I’ve had on this blog over the years and yeah I did have a nice you know piece of sandwich steak and a couple eggs and you know the usual keto style kind of breakfast and you got my supplements in me and I had a nice decaf. I really like having a decaf in the morning, but that’s usually my last one of the day and then I got into one of these comedy movies that was nice and light and you know equivalent to watching a Saturday morning cartoon except for it was a movie for adults basically that you know family friendly. It was. It was a fun movie and you know I really didn’t wander out of the house my apartment I never never left until probably 3 o’clock only two meals a day and I wanted to get over to pick up something that was good to eat you know and so I got back home and you know cooked up some chicken and had some nuts and had a you know more of a some fruit berries and put a little bit of creatine on them and then I have that decaf decaf in the morning or was it in the afternoon you know I forgot now that that’s how relaxed I am. I really didn’t pay much attention. I did some critical thinking today like you know it’s working on a couple things for a few hours so I did a little bit of work but it’s so organic like I do. I use AI as a sounding board a coach and I do a lot of you know Reflective thinking on it to just to consider stuff you know so I rounded up my day by you know getting ready for my 8 o’clock wind down you know I’ve been drinking a lot hydrating a lot today. I’m drinking some carbonated natural mineral water serve a favourite standby of mine like but I don’t feel like making a hydration drink up and I don’t drink hydration drinks with any electrolytes in it or hardly any right usually after around two or three in the afternoon cause I sleep better if I don’t have too much sea salt, and I use that usually as an electrolyte when my own homemade drinks right but yeah that’s enough of that so what else?

 So it’s just about time for me to wind down. yes soon I’ll be turning off the you know light to more natural light. You know the bulbs that aren’t LED or fluorescent and covering up all the ones that are on my displays and making sure any device I do turn on has the blue blocking variety of stuff and you know I’ll I’ll take some magnesium you know soon I like to help my sleeping a little bit with you know a couple supplements of magnesium and I do take magnesium in the morning, but you know I’d like to spread it a little bit throughout the day anyhow, it’s pretty good that way for me and yeah so once I get the lighting down, my device is plugged in and I can start getting ready for the rest of the evening so I’ve had a movie that I’ve been watching on and off for since you know around three but I keep breaking it up with different things chores that come up in my routine for this time of day and most of my time today has been rest and relaxation so either been lying down or sitting down or standing or moving around in my apartment because I don’t like to sit too long right and yeah, I’ve been feeling good enough that I want to ojust mention this amendment to the day today you know as a blog entry and you know I do have a sleep hygiene that I sort of follow every evening you know like go to bed around 11:30 so 10 o’clock I’ll probably have a shower cause that’s good for sleep hygiene and I do enjoy you know my other routines you don’t like from 8 o’clock to 830 is winding down like I said already and then from 8:30 till 930. I’ll probably watch more of that movie and then if I get a chance to finish that movie off tonight, I will, but it doesn’t matter. I usually watch like movies incrementally so like I just you know whatever however I can fit them into my day until I’m done. I don’t like really watching a movie straight through it. It’s too much time sitting around, so I really don’t, but yeah, I’ve been doing a little bit of reading and a little bit of journaling. You know I always like to do that sort of thing once I get closer to my bedtime as well like I don’t wanna activate my brain like again that’s just sleep hygiene right so yeah, it’s been a pretty good pretty good day and definitely. My body was telling me like you know lots of rest and relaxation today I needed it. I really did so non-eventful day very very relaxing. Hope you’re enjoying your day.