How do you de-stress or cheer yourself up?

[LMU Uncle Alfred]

I think you could benefit from continuing to work out. You will be sore at the beginning because you don't work out often and your body isn't used to it. Make sure you're working out with good form too of course as that's a rookie mistake many fall to and then quit.

Working out isn't necessarily de-stressing, but it allows you to feel good about yourself afterwards in dividends while getting your body and mind to a more resilient level.

I think you should work on being more resilient in other words to stress.

Stress is unavoidable, but how you handle it is what matters.