Every few months or so, there comes a point where the noise outside gets so loud that you stop being able to hear yourself think. Not just from your work or responsibilities. The noise of opinions, updates, notifications, everyone else’s urgency bleeding into your own until you cannot quite remember what you actually wanted in the first place.
I have been there more times than I can count. And every single time, the thing that brought me back to myself was not a longer to-do list. It was a trip. The more disconnected the better. The first time I took a trek, it was a life changing experience for me.