AmiSight 2/24: The Power of the Personal Reboot

Ami Kassar
5 minutes ago
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Have you ever thought about how humans are actually a lot like computers?

Every once in a while, a computer needs a reboot. There’s nothing left to click. No setting to tweak. You just have to hit restart. You don’t always know exactly when it’s going to happen — but you know eventually, it will.

The same thing happens to us.

Late last week, I fried out. Didn’t see it coming. My system just shut down. People were asking what was wrong, if I was okay. Truth is, nothing was “wrong.” I just needed a reboot. A massage. A long, uninterrupted night of sleep. A pause. That’s it.

We all like to think we can run 24/7. But even the best systems overheat. Sometimes strength isn’t pushing through. Sometimes it’s powering down.

It happens to the best of us. And usually, after the reboot, we run even better.