Sep 27 (PR): Stress in the workplace can be detrimental to your health. It sneaks up on you and most people often don't notice that they're stressed until it's too late.

Some people are partial to meditation to relieve stress, but there are loads of fun activities that you can do to zen out as well. They all lift your spirit, stay in the moment, and reduce anxiety. A method many people are using without even knowing that it's a method for relieving stress, is to play solitaire. Many people simply see it as a waste of time, but in fact it helps reduce stress and relieve anxiety.

You might think that fun activities is something children do, but play is crucial for adults as well, according to Rachel Buzenberg, a therapeutic recreation expert. Play is not simply beneficial for children. "As we age, we grow more accustomed to our routines and find it challenging to step outside of our comfort zones and partake in novel, enjoyable activities. However, diversifying your hobbies outside of work is not only soothing, it also aids in stress management and happiness development."

Stress-relieving activities everyone can do

You might already be doing some of these activities in your daily life. After all, we are all wired to like these fun activities.

1. Put together a puzzle. Get a large puzzle—one with at least 1,000 pieces—and start working on it. You may do this on the table or the floor. Puzzles can inspire sentiments of nostalgia in addition to feelings of success. "Those natural feel-good emotions come back when doing play that we enjoyed as children," adds Buzenberg. It is beneficial to be reminded of such carefree moments. Many people get the same feeling by playing solitaire games like FreeCell or Klondike Solitaire.
2. Play games. Play games if you are confined to a group. Any group activity, including Bananagrams, Sequence, Pictionary, Codenames, Monopoly, and Catch Phrase, is likely to spark laughter and camaraderie.
3. Bake a brand-new dessert. Self-soothing is a coping technique that we teach patients, according to Buzenberg. It involves utilizing all five of your senses to achieve a condition of calm and tranquility. Baking involves various self-soothing techniques. Consider bread as an illustration: you use touch for kneading the dough, sight to watch it rise, the smell of baking it, and taste to consume it.
4. Make an attempt at art. You don't need to be an expert. Use sidewalk chalk to sketch a scene on your driveway, pick up a paintbrush and research various painting techniques (watercolor, acrylic), or just color in a coloring book. Adult coloring books with beautiful natural pictures are truly available.
5. Garden. According to Buzenberg, being outside in the sunshine encourages your body to produce melatonin, which aids in restful sleep. (And sound sleep is important for reducing stress.) It is also rewarding to plant flowers, herbs, or plants and watch them thrive after putting in a lot of effort. If you live in an apartment complex, acquire some pots and start gardening indoors since even just digging in the dirt may make you happy.

We hope that you'll be able to use some of the methods we've listed to become a little bit less stress in your everyday life.