Singing soothes me. It is something that I have always been doing and will continue to do.
Playing the guitar, you kind of lock into a rhythm and a groove, and then it relaxes me to make up lyrics and sing.
The reason I'm drawn to it is - both the off road racing and the motorcycles on the track - it takes a lot for me to quiet my brain and anything that requires 100% of my attention and focus I find very soothing and that is the closest I get to being content.
My mother taught us all to bake. It literally calmed us down, and she was able to get rid of all her frustrations.
I sit here in this chair, I pour myself some whiskey, and watch my troubles vanish into the air.
I'm trying to learn classical piano, Mozart and Beethoven and stuff. I took lessons when I was younger and now I sort of sight read the music and play it by ear. It's fun. It takes up a lot of time. I practice a couple of hours a day, but I find it soothing.
I always get very calm with baseball.
Motion is a great tranquilizer.
In a world where so much happens through computer screens, making a meal by hand, touching the raw materials, feeling your way through a recipe, tasting, adjusting, engaging all the senses, can be a soothing release.
What I have found is that the best way to unwind is cooking. You only have two hands. If you are chopping veggies, you are forcing yourself to put the phone down or step away from the computer. It's extremely relaxing.
I feel like the kindest thing that I do to my voice is sing.
Popping broad beans out of their skins can be therapeutic, but it isn't everybody's favourite waste of time.
