I enjoy taking some time to enjoy the peace and quiet during the day.

There is a well-known move where somebody arrives home and sits in the parked car for four minutes before going in. Engine off, nothing playing, nobody asking anything. It is not avoidance. It is the only unassigned time in the day, and people find it wherever they can — the bottom stair, the walk to the bins, the extra minute with the kettle already boiled.

Quiet has stopped being the default and become something you have to take deliberately, usually from somewhere else. Take four minutes today without earning them first. The car is optional.