When things get overwhelming, I start reading. I find books with my phone app now. I can usually find a few that cost little and the books stay with me wherever I go. Technology can be so helpful!
Mind you, this is not reading about light refraction, genetics or quantum theory. The goal isn't curiosity, or education or any kind of enlightenment. It's purely to get into a story and leave life behind for a while. Delve into a well written tome (or even one not so well written) and become engrossed in something that helps remove me from that which weighs me down - this is the target.
From my latest escape novel:
