Grammar question no. 24 - recently + busy

Only one problem. 'Recently' all but legislates present perfect:

Recently you've been very busy.
I'm wondering what you've been busy with.
I'm wondering what keeps you so busy these days.
I'm wondering what's keeping you so busy these days.
You are very busy these days.
Recently I haven't had much time.
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X Recently I don't have much time.

The others are OK.

Hmm... thanks... then how about this sentence?

The only thing that makes me feel relaxed recently are computer games.

For some reason it sounds awkward to say... that have made me feel relaxed...

The problem is the adverb "recently," which implies a time in the past, up to the present. So you need the present perfect tense.

The only thing that relaxes me now is (playing) computer games.
The only thing that has made me feel relaxed recently is (playing) computer games.

Thank you!

Hmm... let me "resurrect" this topic.

Which of the following sentences are correct?

Recently I've gone to bed really late. At around 3 am.
Recently I've been going to bed really late. At around 3 am.

Recently I've felt your messages were (or have been) different. (here I don't even know whether the use of past simple tense in the second part of the sen

Maybe it's just me, but to my ear 'recently' does not belong at the beginning of a sentence. I suppose it's not wrong at the beginning, but I always put it at the end.

CJ

Perfect StrangerRecently I've gone to bed really late. At around 3 am. ........

I've gone to bed really late recently. On one recent occasion I went to bed really late.
I've been going to bed really late recently. On several recent occasions I went to bed really late.

Perfect StrangerRecently I've felt your messages were (or have

CalifJimI've felt your messages have been different recently. No. You don't want "were different" here.

Now I've got to ask... why?

Perfect StrangerNow I've got to ask... why?

For the same reason the others gave above.

were different is past. Like this, where X is the time when you say your sentence:

Time: > ..............................................................X.............................
........................... [were different] .............