I read a quote this morning: Just as you have to let a computer cool down occasionally, the same goes for the human machine. Small cool-downs help prevent meltdowns. By Judith Waters.

It got me thinking. Ideally I’d like to get away for a few days and really cool down. A beach, a forest hike, a soft bed, beautiful surroundings.   

But that requires a time commitment and time away from home, neither of which are possible at the moment. So how can I cool down? Here are some of my favorite ways.

A visit to a coffee shop to relax.

A walk in a garden though it’s hard to enjoy that while there is still snow on the ground. But as an unknown source said, It is memory that enable a person to gather roses in January.   

Go the a library and sit in one of those big cushiony chairs they now have, read and relax.

Sleep. Who can discount the refueling effects of a power nap? 

Or perhaps I’m a bit more like Benjamin Franklin who said, Plenty of time to rest in the grave?

COFFEE: Because sleep is for the weak.

I want to know how you cool down. Or do you?