“What do you do with your laptop?” was an initial question when I took my three-year-old laptop in for a repair.

Some keys were sticking. Others were responding erratically. A handful of keys had the name of the letter worn off.

The conversation led into long work hours of extensive laptop use, and not consistently shutting it down about once a week.

My main takeaway? Even though they aren’t human, machines need rest too. Who knew?

And giving a laptop a rest means a human gets to rest too.

It’s a great time to shut down your laptop. Let the machine rest. And get some rest yourself too.