Things she found after taking the headphones off:"My fear of being bored quickly seemed foolish. There was plenty going on during any journey – hedges humming with bees, snippets of conversations between friends about their recent dates, preachers shouting about saving my soul – and I was finally listening to it."#mindfulness I took off my headphones – and noticed a stranger in peril | Life and style | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2026/mar/30/i-took-off-my-headphones-and-noticed-a-stranger-in-peril