I am a very laid back go with the flow person as my peers would say but I don’t find myself relaxing a lot and while I do relax it’s more of a like a situation where I’m on my bed and it’s midnight I’m scrolling on my phone but it’s something that I do too often in my opinion a dream setting of relaxing wouldn’t look like this for me but relaxing to me is also not the typical laying by the beach with a cocktail or having a leisurely spa in a five star hotel. I don’t imagine myself indulging in those things but I am all for experiences so relaxing I guess quote-unquote. For me as being surrounded by the people I’m closest with, having fun, you know, just walking around, eating good food, looking at shops, preferably with loud music in the background, probably somewhere that’s hot but still has a lot of wind, you know, like somewhere summary but also very fun. I love socializing, I love making friends and I would say I’m an introvert, I’m an outgoing introvert because I don’t easily make friends but when I do it’s I just click with them a lot so relaxing might not seem something that’s my relaxing for me is not something that you would ideally think of but that is what it means for me and I feel like relaxing is just stop thinking and stop just doing what I need to do but having fun and of course taking a break from everything that’s important and just being myself surrounded by things that I like. I think that’s really what relaxing is for me.
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I am a very laid-back, go-with-the-flow person, as my peers would say, but I don't find myself relaxing a lot. While I do relax, it's more of a situation where I'm on my bed at midnight scrolling on my phone. I do this too often, in my opinion. A dream setting for relaxing wouldn't look like this for me. Relaxing, to me, is also not the typical laying by the beach with a cocktail or having a leisurely spa day in a five-star hotel. I don't imagine myself indulging in those things, but I am all for experiences. So, relaxing, I guess, quote-unquote, for me is being surrounded by the people I'm closest with, having fun, just walking around, eating good food, looking at shops, preferably with loud music in the background, probably somewhere that's hot but still has a lot of wind, you know, like somewhere summery but also very fun. I love socializing; I love making friends. I would say I'm an introvert, an outgoing introvert, because I don't easily make friends, but when I do, I just click with them a lot. So, relaxing might not seem like something that fits the typical idea, but that is what it means for me. I feel like relaxing is just about stopping the constant thinking and doing what I need to do, but instead having fun and, of course, taking a break from everything that's important and just being myself surrounded by things that I like. I think that's really what relaxing is for me.
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