I wanted less noise than usual

Dear Delyara, Tonight I turned everything off earlier than usual. No music. No podcast. No television. No endless scrolling. At first it felt too quiet. Then it started to feel kind. I think I’ve been using noise to stay ahead of myself for too long. But tonight I needed the opposite. I needed the room to stop talking so I could hear what I actually felt. It turns out I was more tired than I knew.