How do you know when it’s time to unplug? What do you do to make it happen?

Interesting that this prompt uses an electrical metaphor for a state of mind. In the 14th or 15th century, when this set of buildings was built the humans who lived and worked here would also have needed to unplug from their busy lives. They would have used a different metaphor.

An over-busy head is not a 21st Century phenomenon.

I originally skimmed past this blog prompt as being a bit superficial, but I recently took a quiet 10 minute refuge in this spot on the Cotehele estate in Cornwall. It is not even a very quiet spot. But at the time it was just the place to have a reset. Absolutely a minor one but how lovely to do this in a place that almost invites you to sit down and take a few minutes,and that has done so for 500 years, and barring an apocalypse will probably do so for another 500 years.

To answer the question. I know that I need to unplug many times a day. My pondering head and my real-life head are always far too busy. Just like a cranky or highly sophisticated electrical device, I just need to switch off, unplug and reset, luckily I can usually disconnect anywhere. Sometimes it is automatic and sometimes deliberate. Cold water swimming  is a good trick, but that takes a little planning. But seeking out a quiet corner also always works.

Quiet corners can be found anywhere, I just have to find them. Sometimes they are in the nooks and crannies of my own imagination