Headphones on, one album start to finish, no skipping. Sometimes that’s the whole shelter you need.

Attention given entirely to one thing for a set length of time does something that fragmented attention cannot. Following something through without interruption gives your mind a single track to be on, and that is restful in a way variety is not, since the constant small choices are part of what tires you. A complete thing, start to finish, is its own kind of shelter.

Give something your undivided attention this week, an album, a film, a long walk, with nothing else running. No skipping and no second screen. An hour of that is worth more than an evening in pieces.