Clicking Our Heels: Hobbies that De-Stress and Fill Our Wells

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Clicking Our Heels: Hobbies that De-Stress and Fill Our Wells

Have you ever felt super stressed? Blocked from doing anything? Do you have a hobby or other activity that de-stresses you and fill your well? Here’s what works for the different Stiletto Gang members.

Bethany Maines – My daughter and I had a standing date last summer for Fridays so that we could do art.  I took half days on Friday and we would pick a project and try it out.

Barbara J. Eikmeier – Hands down working in my sewing room. If I can sew for an hour, I can feel my stress level drop.

Saralyn Richard – Gardening, cooking, being out in nature.

Dru Ann Love – Quilting and reading and watching Sci-fi movies

T.K. Thorne – Tending my little pond and brushing my horses. Combing tangles out of their tails, in particular, calms me. I can’t explain why, but it is a semi-mindless process that gives me satisfaction, even when I know that the next day it will all be a mess again.

Debra H. Goldstein – Reading for pleasure or soaking in a hot tub with a gossipy magazine.

Lois Winston – Other than wine? Listening to Rhapsody in Blue while taking a long walk.

Lynn McPherson/Sydney Leigh – Walking the dog. Nothing beats it.

Gay Yellen – Reading is my #1 go-to when I need to relax or spark my writing brain. If I’m too stressed to read, I work the hardest crossword puzzles I can find. As I concentrate on something so completely mundane, it works to tune out the emotional noise.

Donnell Ann Bell – I am playing pickleball often these days and learned it is a perfect de-stresser.

Debra Sennefelder – I enjoy counted cross stitch.

Anita Carter (1/2 of Sparkle Abbey)- When I get stressed or need to think something through, I’ll clean my office or a closet and organize everything.

Mary Lee Ashford  (1/2 of Sparkle Abbey) – I wish I had some hobbies, but I don’t really have any unless you count reading. For me, refilling the creative well is a book on the beach, or a favorite coffee shop with a book and a latte. Sometimes wandering the library will do it or browsing a bookshop.