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Do you have your phone near you when you do this or not?
Nope! Relaxing, for me, is listening to music (wihout distractions, because I like studying the details), watching movies (in ways in which David Lynch would accept), playing a game, reading a book, etc. I'm honestly not all that attached to my phone in general, never caught my attention in any significant way (don't do Social Media in general, don't chat that much with people over text, mostly use it for calls, music, and some background noise when cooking, cleaning, etc.)
I would listen to music but in 90% of times that music is controlled by my phone and my mind always seems to get lost on Lemmy while looking for the music controls.
Gaming and computers in general became more stress than fun a while ago and never liked tv. I should pick up reading again but in a way thats still staring my eyes at a flat surface.
I highly recommend trying to listen to albums in their entirety, if for no other reason than it makes it easier to turn it on and then not touch anything for the rest of the album. Personally, vinyl works really well for me.
Yep, I get the control bit, which is why I love my smartwatch - best feature on it is the remote:)) Plus I prefer local storage for all things music, so I just let Poweramp do its thing shuffling my personal library.
As far as gaming goes, it's always been one of my biggest pleasures in life, alongside music, movies and books. I'm a sucker for stories, and the more involved they are, the better. My brain relaxes when I flood it with information it enjoys, I always feel refreshed after a New Vegas session for instance.
Computers have been a major stress during work hours, though, yes. I don't want to see a spreadsheet, or a command prompt (unless it's necessary to get me playing), or anything of the sort, ever again.
And books are worth it. I get your point about eyes staring at a flat surface, but I honestly found some books more immersive than a lot of the games I've played so far! Brilliant for disconnecting from reality for a while, read the first three volumes of Foundation in 48 hours, didn't even realise a day had passed.