Some quiet is just your own brain finally getting a word in.

A head that is never quiet is not necessarily busy with its own work. Most of the day the input belongs to somebody else: music, a video, three conversations, a feed. Your own thinking only gets a turn when the rest stops, and it tends to arrive sideways in the shower or on a walk rather than when summoned. Quiet is not empty, it is the only time you hear yourself.

Walk somewhere this week with nothing in your ears, even just ten minutes to the shop. Do not use it to plan anything. See what turns up when nothing else is talking.