The day begins not with the sun, but with a chime. A notification. An email from a colleague in another time zone, a news alert about a crisis halfway across the world, a reminder of the first of a dozen meetings. Before the mind is fully awake, it is already racing, summoned into a world of urgent demands and ceaseless information. The commute is a blur of podcasts and headlines. The workday is a fractured landscape of open tabs, instant messages, and the relentless pressure to multitask. Even moments of leisure are filled with streaming content, with the curated perfection of social media feeds, with the low-grade hum of a to-do list that never truly ends. We are connected to everything, yet disconnected from ourselves. We are productive, yet perpetually exhausted. We are surrounded by noise, both external and internal, a constant chatter that leaves little room for clarity, peace, or genuine presence.