I like restarting my Mac on Saturday mornings. It’s a silly thing really. You don’t really need to restart computers anymore unless some update takes place or there’s something wrong; shutting down on purpose is even more rare. Which is exactly why I like it.

I could just close all my windows and have a clean desktop environment, and I could probably write a script for it or find an app for it, but I enjoy the manual process. Maybe I’m a bit weird, but I like seeing all these warnings: “You have unsaved work! Are you sure?” Yes, I’m sure, I’m not working today, take this document and shove it..! “Microsoft Edge is preve…” Bam! Force quit! Kill kill kill!

Yeah, it’s probably not the smartest way to do this, but sometimes you just need to throw responsibility and reason to the wind. Just for a bit.

Most of my work is saved to the cloud anyway (OneDrive)1, and most of my personal stuff is saved periodically in Emacs, where it’s synced to my various devices, so I don’t really lose anything. Besides, I think anyone who’s been dealing with fixing technology would tell you that the reset option is one of the best ways to resolve many of your computer’s problems. It also gives you a chance to go to the bathroom or grab a cup of coffee.

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Have you restarted this week?

Footnotes

1 Every time I write how I save my work to the cloud, or using Microsoft apps, I like to remind myself and my readers: it’s not my choice. It’s work. They make me do it.