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Poll: What's your favourite way to recover your "intellectual acuity" after working for several hours? Thread poster: ProZ.com Staff
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This forum topic is for the discussion of the poll question "What's your favourite way to recover your "intellectual acuity" after working for several hours?".
This poll was originally submitted by Juan Pablo Solvez Beneyto. View the poll results »
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Patricia Charnet
United Kingdom
Local time: 00:55
Member (2009)
English to French
sleeping if working non-stop to help a client with a very tight deadline
sport activity to reoxygenate my tired neurons to perk up my mental performance
and once a big project is finished, and I've seen the cash - a bit of shopping for something I've been longing for months
[Edited at 2011-09-22 08:35 GMT]
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Nicole Schnell 
United States
Local time: 16:55
English to German
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In memoriam | I might hop into the bath tub | Sep 22, 2011 |
What is it with all the ado about keeping up your "acuity"? Is anyone afraid of losing precious IQ-points by not doing anything for a couple of hours? Do we have to drop down instantly and take a power-nap to be prepared and ready for the next rush job?
Edited for typo
[Edited at 2011-09-22 09:14 GMT]
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| Sleeping / Social or family interaction / Maybe even doing the housework | Sep 22, 2011 |
And the order really depends on how exhausted I feel.
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Samantha Payn
United Kingdom
Local time: 00:55
Member (2008)
Russian to English
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| Playing a musical instrument or | Sep 22, 2011 |
knitting, or reading, or social network.
A mixture of things, really!
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Suzan Hamer
Netherlands
Local time: 01:55
English
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| No one particular favorite. Depends. | Sep 22, 2011 |
As Patricia says, sleep if I've been working non-stop to meet a very tight deadline, or in fine weather, gardening. One activity missing from the list is housework: nothing like some soothing dish washing or stimulating hoovering after a bit of intense intellectual activity at the computer.
And then, for the occasions when only a mini-... See more As Patricia says, sleep if I've been working non-stop to meet a very tight deadline, or in fine weather, gardening. One activity missing from the list is housework: nothing like some soothing dish washing or stimulating hoovering after a bit of intense intellectual activity at the computer.
And then, for the occasions when only a mini-break is possible, there's always: http://www.flashbynight.com/drench/ (Warning: May be habit-forming for some people.)
[Edited at 2011-09-22 09:55 GMT] ▲ Collapse
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Dave Bindon
Greece
Local time: 02:55
Greek to English
In memoriam
Suzan Hamer wrote:
: nothing like some soothing dish washing or stimulating hoovering after a bit of intense intellectual activity at the computer.
Do you fancy popping over to Athens occasionally for some 'soothing' or 'stimulating' activities? I'll just relax with a glass of ouzo while watching you wash the dishes
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Michael Harris
Germany
Local time: 01:55
Member (2006)
German to English
| Nothing particular | Sep 22, 2011 |
playing with the children as you cant get away from them, then they are off to bed and try to get other "stuff" finished.
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Apart from all quoted activities I do some gardening, cooking, playing with the kids...
Suzan Hamer wrote: As Patricia says, sleep if I've been working non-stop to meet a very tight deadline, or in fine weather, gardening. One activity missing from the list is housework: nothing like some soothing dish washing or stimulating hoovering after a bit of intense intellectual activity at the computer. And then, for the occasions when only a mini-break is possible, there's always: http://www.flashbynight.com/drench/ (Warning: May be habit-forming for some people.) [Edited at 2011-09-22 09:55 GMT]
and just discovered drenching... Thanks (I think) Suzan!
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Michael Harris
Germany
Local time: 01:55
Member (2006)
German to English
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Suzan Hamer
Netherlands
Local time: 01:55
English
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| Sorry Mike and Marjolein, | Sep 22, 2011 |
but I warned you.
Dave, be right over.
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John Cutler
Spain
Local time: 01:55
Spanish to English
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| Not in any particular order... | Sep 22, 2011 |
The best one for me is a short nap. It's sort of like rebooting my brain.
Others include tea, exercise, cooking (more of an obligation, but does the trick anyway), and TV helps sometimes.
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Ivana Kahle
Germany
Local time: 01:55
Member (2007)
German to Croatian
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#JuliaC#
Local time: 01:55
German to Italian
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| It depends on how tired I am | Sep 22, 2011 |
A good book... a long walk... but when I finish a very long and complex project the thing I usually do is taking a long relaxing bath with a glass of a wonderful Chardonnay:)
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| depends on time of day! | Sep 22, 2011 |
if it's late at night, watch tv and relax.
During the day, i'll head to the gym or a bike ride/run and get out!
Or i'll go shopping- grocery shopping or do errands, or if I have some cash, shopping for things like shoes, etc, fun stuff that I need!
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