| Pagine: < [1 2 3] > | Poll: How do you relax after a long/hard project? Iniziatore argomento: ProZ.com Staff
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Michael Harris 
Germania
Local time: 14:52
Membro (2006)
Da Tedesco a Inglese
Philippe Etienne wrote:
Provided I don't have back-to back assignments: DIY
As a list-maniac, I have an ongoing list of what needs to be done. It never seems to get shorter.
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With friends. Or just meeting them in Hard Rock for a beer or two. I have always loved computer and oline games but I recently rediscovered board games. And now I am a huge fan of them. They have all the benefits of computer games plus I can meet living people, which is normally limited in our work.
| | | | Klára Kalamár
Romania
Local time: 15:52
Da Inglese a Ungherese
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| Well, it depends on the season... | Nov 26, 2010 |
swimming & sauna - during the dark, cold winter months
long walks with my husband - in the rest of the year
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Not ashamed to say I am an "Adult Fan of LEGO®" 
Always seems to help clear my mind for the next job... Depending on how much time I have on my hands, I occasionally do some cooking (which I usually don't) or go for a long walk, as many folks apparently do.
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| Interesting.... | Nov 26, 2010 |
Spending time with friends is at the bottom of the results list. I might be true what they say about translators not being very sociable....
| | | | | My spare moments | Nov 26, 2010 |
I spend in a long hot bath with lots of candles around me!
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It could be very different things (or nothing special), but what I remember doing the most often is going to the restaurant with my husband.
| | | | Thayenga
Germania
Local time: 14:52
Membro (2009)
Da Inglese a Tedesco
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Dorothee Rault wrote:
I spend in a long hot bath with lots of candles around me!
This is my kind of relaxation: a hot bath, warm candle light, soft music. But only during the winter months. In the summer it's long walks in the woods, catching up with friends, enjoying the sunshine.
I wish you all a relaxing weekend.
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| Family/partner | Nov 26, 2010 |
I just have a glass of good wine together with my loved one or we go out for a walk with a camera if it's daytime.
| | | | Sheila Wilson
Spagna
Local time: 13:52
Membro (2007)
Inglese
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| I refuse to structure my free time | Nov 26, 2010 |
One of the main differences for me between free and working time is that when I'm working I have to do this, do that, meet this deadline, etc.
I absolutely refuse to finish a project then say, "Right! What am I going to do now? I've got to go swimming, I've got to read a book, ..."
I just like to go as the fancy takes me. Isn't that the meaning of leisure?
| | | | Adnan Özdemir
Turchia
Local time: 15:52
Membro (2007)
Da Tedesco a Turco
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| Sleeping and interneting | Nov 26, 2010 |
Sleeping and interneting
| | | | Lorena Baudo
Argentina
Local time: 09:52
Da Inglese a Spagnolo
In this order: I take a long relaxing bath, I go outdoors, buy something cool and have fun! Of course, I'm talking about working for monthssss in a project! It's not possible to buy something nice to celebrate each project you finish))
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Joan Berglund
Stati Uniti
Local time: 08:52
Membro (2008)
Da Francese a Inglese
| A combination of the above | Nov 26, 2010 |
But unless it is the middle of the night, it usually involves leaving my home/office, no computer games or internet surfing. Sometimes I am good and go for a long run/swim/bike ride, other times I just go window shopping or splash around on the beach without attempting serious exercise, but if I am finishing up a long stretch of overtime, I generally need to get out.
| | | | | Relaxing, sailing, biking, photography, being out and about | Nov 27, 2010 |
If the project was longer than a week and financially worth while and there isn't an urgent, new project waiting, I take a few days off. Sitting in a cafe with a double espresso in the one and an interesting magazine in the other hand is my idea of a good time. "Chatting someone up" is a favourite pastime of the people here, so there's never a dull moment.
Also, I always carry my DSLR camera with me to capture a nice scene, a flower, a bird. The scenery on Vancouver Island lends it... See more If the project was longer than a week and financially worth while and there isn't an urgent, new project waiting, I take a few days off. Sitting in a cafe with a double espresso in the one and an interesting magazine in the other hand is my idea of a good time. "Chatting someone up" is a favourite pastime of the people here, so there's never a dull moment.
Also, I always carry my DSLR camera with me to capture a nice scene, a flower, a bird. The scenery on Vancouver Island lends itself very well for that. Photography makes you look at things differently, with more of an eye for detail, composition, colour. It's a great hobby and not expensive anymore.
Used to worry a lot when there was no work coming in, but I'm past that now. I raised my rates and try to have a good time when there's no work and so far that's worked out fine.
I started this job for the freedom it brings, then I found myself voluntarily giving up that freedom for the sake of satisfying the demands by my clients. It wasn't worth it. ▲ Collapse
| | | | Amy Duncan (X)
Brasile
Local time: 09:52
Da Portoghese a Inglese
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| Small - medium? | Nov 27, 2010 |
Gianluca Marras wrote:
My projects are usually small - medium (from 3000 to 25000)
That's what you consider small to medium? To me that is long to very, very long...!!
A short job to me is from around 300 to 900 words and a medium one from 1000 to 2500...does that make me nuts?
Anyway, I usually like to read a book on my breaks, and many times I end up doing chores around the apartment - laundry, washing the dishes, taking the garbage out, sweeping and washing the floors, etc. If there's something interesting going on on Facebook sometimes I'll spend some time there.
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