How do you destress?

What small daily or weekly practice helps you relax and regroup?

This here is my delightful new stress relieving practice. I’ve been wanting to begin for a long while.

I am an avid collector of objects. Not because I can’t throw anything away, but rather to surround myself with visually interesting things. What better fun than to play around each week creating little collections of color, texture, and things I’ve made. With all that can’t be straightened in the world, perhaps an exercise such as this becomes a metaphor for restoration and making things right.

Clockwise from the top:

1. White birch bark
2. Ceramic prayer wings by MLH — give thanks – take heart – be strong
3. Sprigs of lysimachia ground cover from the garden
4. The Night World Vol. 2 completed dream journal by MLH
5. Origami paper cranes by daughter Madeline
6. Pebbles collected on travels