layout: true background-image: url(../../images/slide_background.jpg) background-size: cover class: center, middle --- # Outdoors & Hobbies ### Short Quotes --- ### “Go out, spend time outside, not just on farm but do things outside.” --- ### “Making sure that you connect with your local community as well – that you have activities, that you explore your local area. And make sure you’re not socially isolated, is also important.” --- ### “Go get a hobby.” --- ### “Sometimes distraction; so you get out and just try and ignore it and forget about it for a bit.” --- ### “I live right on the beach and that helps.” --- ### “I’d make sure I had a lot of nice holidays. If I have a big carrot, I can put up with a lot of stuff.” --- ### “I try and be out of the office as much as I can.” --- ### “Getting outside and doing something physical.” --- ### “Weekends away with friends – taking the time to go and see them as they’re not very close.” --- ### “Having hobbies, volunteering, travelling, meeting people.” --- ### “Veterinary is not a job, it’s a lifestyle - but you can also have a life away from it.” --- ### “Having the time outside.” --- ### “I do quite a lot with girl guiding and I’m in a brass band as well, so if I can go away and do something for half an hour, an hour, I’ll do that.” --- ### “Finishing at a reasonable hour in order to be able to have some down time to do whatever your hobbies or relaxation is really important.” --- ### “A lot of it is looking after yourself, realising that if you’re stuck in a rut you don’t have to do that and maintaining connections and hobbies.” --- ### “Something as basic as a good hobby.” --- ### “Taking the dog for a good walk when you got home.” --- ### “Doing something that was completely different to being in a practice.” --- ### “Getting out and about.” --- ### “In terms of dealing with the stress, coping exercises as well – whatever relaxes them, walking the dog, reading a book, whatever.”