Had one of those stretches at the shop today where barely anyone came in for ages. I run it alone so there’s no one to talk to when it’s dead like that, and my brain used the quiet to start listing out everything I’m behind on — bills, a phone call I keep putting off, the usual spiral.
I picked up the knitting I keep behind the counter for exactly this reason and it did pull me out of it, eventually, but it took way longer than it used to.
Curious what other people do in the in-between moments like that. Not during an actual bad day, just the slow boring stretches where there’s nothing to distract you and your mind wanders somewhere unhelpful. Is there something small you reach for that actually works, or does it depend on the day for you too?