The stars don’t leave during the day. The sun is just louder.

Loud things do not remove quiet things, they only cover them. The stars are exactly where they were at midnight; the difference is one overwhelming source of light nearby. Most of what has gone missing from your week is like that: still there, outshone by something noisier.

If you want the quiet thing back, the move is to turn the loud one down rather than to search harder. An evening without the television on, a walk without headphones, a Sunday with nothing scheduled. Whatever you have not been able to hear yourself think about will show up within about ten minutes.