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As you might already know from bitter experience, modern life is pretty hectic with all the concerns you have every day. These can simply be thinking about work, friends, and family, but the one thing that is often neglected is self-care and your own mental health.
To ensure you don’t leave yourself out of the equation, suffer a meltdown and be of no use to anyone (especially yourself), you need to prioritize a little ‘me time’ in the shape of a quiet night in. This can involve many things, but top of the list is turning off the phone and taking time to do something for yourself, like one of the activities listed below.
#1 Cook yourself a gourmet meal
This doesn’t necessarily have to be a full-blown restaurant quality meal, just something you might consider gourmet or a guilty pleasure. You could possibly even invite somebody special over to share it with, as cooking food can have mental health benefits. It also gives you something to concentrate on other than your day at work, or the other pressures of being a parent, a carer, or any one of the million other things you are somehow expected to fit into your day.
Alternatively, if everything you cook should come with a health warning, a takeout could also do the trick, as long as the company and food are exactly what you want.
#2 Watch the game or a movie
The message here is that taking time for yourself is all about doing the things that you want. Maybe it’s a long time since you sat down to watch the game while it was being played rather than catching the highlights on the bus the following day at work.
On the other hand, there might be a movie that you’ve been looking forward to watching at the cinema and just haven’t had time for. This will be the perfect opportunity to grab some popcorn or a snack of your choice, settle down on the sofa, and just indulge yourself in the plot unfolding in front of you.
#3 Play online games
A refreshing step away from the type of games you might normally play (which may often involve a headset and taking down an enemy stronghold) would be to indulge yourself and see what’s to offer at an aussie online casino or one that is more local to where you live.
With the massive range of different games that are available at an online casino, you will be hard-pressed not to find something to immerse yourself in for a couple of hours, even if you are only playing some of the games in demo mode or at a social casino where you play for virtual coins.
#4 Indulge in an old-school hobby
With all this technology around us, it is easy to forget that there were hobbies that existed before the invention of the smartphone. You could try and do something tactile like the favorite lockdown hobby of knitting, or crocheting, or maybe if you have a more artistic side by taking up drawing or scrapbooking. You’ll find, though, that these are more long-term hobbies, which will overlap neatly into subsequent quiet nights in which you will no doubt have planned.
