I’ve been sitting looking at this blank page for about ten whole minutes trying to think of ways I like to relax, but I can’t think of shit.

When I think of relaxation, I think of those commercials for Coronas before Snoop Dogg was doing all of them.

Realistically I think the times when I feel the most relaxed is in a reasonably busy coffee shop, listening to some of the music they have and a nice cup of tea while looking outside at the rain falling. That’s when I can escape for a little bit.

The times I feel relaxed are when I can be just about anybody. Nobody else knows what the hell I do around me. I can be whoever I want to be at that moment, and nobody would give a shit. I think that’s why I like coffee shops the most. Everyone, for the most part, is minding their business because they have something they’re worried about or working on. I’ve been in those positions at coffee shops too, but I’ll take the times when I go for no reason whatsoever.

You know what relaxes me? Being the first person to park near your hiking trail. Breathing in that nice crispy air. There’s probably not much that beats being the first to the top of the path. Eating pistachios at the top—seeing everyone else getting there and saying hello, maybe making small talk—just starting to wonder what everyone else’s reason was for doing the climb. That shit is amazing to me. You know? The fact that someone could be doing something that helps you find yourself and others are doing it for the reason of wanting to escape: same medicine, but different results.

I should relax more often.