This industry is brutal. I’m tearing my body apart for $16 an hour just continuously reminding myself that I’m learning a lot and this isn’t forever, but man is it kicking my ass. What do you all do to unwind? Is booze/weed really all there is to help you chill out at the end of the day?

  • BoBandyQuaid@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    Weed/beer are part, not “all” there is.

    Any kind of hard but fun workout can reset and stretch out your sore feet, tight back, and burning forearms.

    I usually bike to work. Treating a road bike like it’s a surfboard on an endless wave that is my city’s streets & paths is a riot to me. It can ether be an aggression outlet for when I’ve had to grit my teeth through a belligerently drunk lead waitress or owner or it can just be a peaceful flow session after successfully tackling obstacles of laziness/forgetfulness from the previous shift or lead cook.

    We got a decent rock climbing gym in town and I’ve been hitting that once a week. Fixes my back right up.

    We’re talking, laughing, and even singing a bit in the back. The radio is cranked the whole time. (it’s a bbq, not fine dining). Honestly, I mainly just need a filling portion of some semi-healthy food and small chunk of time soaking in the sky with a decent degree of solitude.