Every airport looks kind of the same. The point was never the building. It’s where you’re going and who’s waiting.

Some places are pure transit, and trying to make them mean something is a category error. The identical carpet, the same four chains, the gate numbers: none of it is the experience. It is the hallway to the experience. Confusing the hallway for the destination is how people end up disappointed by things that were only ever on the way.

Look at what you are grinding through now and ask whether it is the thing or the way to it. If it is a hallway, stop expecting it to be satisfying. Spend your attention on who is at the other end.