When your battery runs low, it's okay to power down.

A phone at two percent doesn't apologize for needing a charge. It dims the screen, slows the background, and does only what's essential until it can plug in. Nobody calls that lazy. It's just how a low battery survives.

You run on a battery too, and today yours might be low. The signs are familiar: small tasks feel huge, words come slower, your patience is thin. That's not a character flaw. That's a charge indicator, telling you something true.

So go into low-power mode. Do only the essential things. Dim the extras. Let the non-urgent run in the background until tomorrow. And then, plug in: rest, food, sleep, quiet, whatever actually recharges you. You're not meant to run at full brightness on an empty battery. Powering down is how you get to keep going.