I don't think I relax anymore. Is that a shame? Maybe. I'm driven at work. In my free time I pursue artwork with a passion. Even when I sit back with a beer and my guitar I'm doing my damnedest to get better at a song or write a new one. I've got probably quite literally 100 projects I'm working on and I love each and every one of them. Every minute is filled with trying to achieve something. My recent near-death experiences have had something to do with this, and the reality that I'm living on borrowed time spurs me onwards. I haven't thought it's a bad thing at all. I love what I do! But I was not this way a few years ago. A few years ago I used to relax by sitting in my hot tub for 1-2 hours every night after the kids had gone to bed, just drinking and dreaming of mathematics. Thanks for the prompt, lessismore. I think I'm gonna fill up my bathtub right now and see if I can remember how to relax.
Did you remember how to relax? It is certainly good to be motivated and to achieve, but our body and mind do need a timeout every now and then, even if it is for a very short spell.