- Close your eyes and think of your favourite place. Your mind is a powerful thing and it can transport you to far corners of the earth if you ask it to.
- Tell your workmates/family/friends that you’re popping out for a newspaper/coffee/errand. A five minute walk will do wonders.
- The classic: go into the bathroom and bolt the door. It may be extreme but sometimes there’s no better way.
- If you want to spend time with someone when there are lots of other people around, suggest grabbing a coffee and a cake (like Swedish fika!) so you can create a more private space between the two of you.
- Play solitaire with a deck of cards. It’s meditative and, most importantly, it’s not the sort of game that people want to watch. You’ll have your ‘me time’ in two ticks.