Reboot is a magical word in the computer world. My computer doesn’t work and is frozen. I can’t do a thing with it. My solution to the problem is to reboot, to shut the system down completely, pause, and then bring it back up. More often than not the simple act of rebooting solves the problem and let us get on with life. Rebooting applies to self-advocates not just computers. Many times I run into situations that simply not working and frozen I had to pause and come to a full halt and clear my mind. I try to figure out what is going on and then try again. Everyone must reboot from time to time. We don’t need to get down on ourselves and beat ourselves up. That wastes a lot of energy and accomplishes nothing. So the next time you get stuck and are going nowhere, try rebooting.