Park benches are free.

Find a bench. Lose yourself.

You're in the middle of a busy day.

Stop.

Take a book for a walk to a nearby park. Put your phone on silent. Better still, leave it behind. Denial is power. Disconnecting is freeing. Slow down. Breathe. Hear that? The whisper of a page turning in your fingertips.

"If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need."

-Cicero

That's Marcus Tullius Cicero, Roman statesman and lawyer who lived from 106 BC to 43 BC. He was onto something. Fast forward a couple of thousand years and people are still finding solace in this simple pursuit.

By the way, not all park benches are free. Manhattan's Central Park has 9000 benches. They have a program called Adopt-a-Bench and, for the paltry sum of $10,000 USD, you can buy yourself a personalised plaque.

Cicero would turn in his grave.