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Published on 13 Apr 2017
안티 스트레스 취미
Stress is arguably modern urbanites' worst enemy.
Searching for the right method to relieve it could be challenging for some.
While
there are modern therapies and activities that promise great results, a
growing number of people are learning... even when it comes to ways to
de-compress, classics never go out of style.
Take a look.
Grown-ups are taking up simple, old-fashioned hobbies, including paper
folding, flower making and calligraphy. We take a deep dive into the
world of anti-stress and a range of simple activities that help reduce
stress. In an apartment in Seocho-gu, Seoul, Kim Yeong-in is piping
colorful roses to decorate a steamed rice cake. She's making a bean
cream flower cake that is trending among women these days. What
started out as a simple hobby to unload stress from work has become her
day job. It is a now huge part of her life. She takes cake orders
online and organizes cake-making classes. "I like flowers, so it's
fulfilling to make them. It is also rewarding to see my students happy
with the work they have done. Above anything else, I feel happy that I
can make a living doing what I love. I want to keep doing this work."
As people use hobbies to manage stress levels, a wide selection of
books are available in the hobby section of bookstores.
The
anti-stress activity boom started with a coloring book. In 2014, a
British illustrator's "Secret Garden" Coloring Book took the publishing
world by storm and sold more than 1.4 million copies worldwide. It is
still on the best-seller list in Korea. Canvas painting kits and
scratch-off books followed next. Anti-stress activities have become more
diverse than ever, featuring paper folding, hand knitting and book
transcription. They are mostly simple, repeated activities, but why?
Do these activities actually help reduce stress and anxiety? "As
tension builds up in the autonomic nervous system during the day, the
sympathetic nervous system is strongly stimulated and stays
hyperactive. Simple, repetitive tasks can calm the sympathetic nervous
system and activate the parasympathetic nervous system, just like what
meditation does to our body. When the parasympathetic nervous system is
activated, we feel more relaxed. As you concentrate on a task, your
tension is relieved, and so is your stress." On a weekday evening,
people flock to a small calligraphy studio after a long day's work.
They focus all their attention on writing one stroke after another.
The simple act of writing has a special power for them.
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