De-stressing with Bente (#6)

Learning to relax again: how do you manage to do that? Bente (23) is a freelance journalist and works as an online editor at Flow. Having experienced a near-burn-out, she’s finding her way to a life with less stress. And every Friday, she takes us with her on her journey to get there.

“What are we going to do tomorrow?” I ask Nick. It’s Friday night and we are in bed, about to go to sleep.
“I want to do some exercise, maybe read a bit and, well, we’ll see what else ok?” he replies. We chat for a bit more, and then the light goes out.

After a few minutes I notice that he has fallen asleep, but that blissful restful state has not yet embraced me. The fact that I do not know what we are going to do tomorrow keeps me awake. I have always believed that Saturday and Sunday are sacred; that everything is possible on those days and that you have to fill them with as many wonderful and spectacular things/activities as possible. Because well, that’s what I believe. I mean, “What did you do this weekend?” is asked far more often than, “Are you going to do something on Tuesday night?”