From a New York Times story by Christina Caron headlined headlined “The Beauty of a Silent Walk”:

In a TikTok video that has now amassed nearly half a million views, the influencer Mady Maio describes taking a walk. But not just any walk: a silent one.

For her, the 30-minute stroll was revelatory. No podcasts, no music. Just “me, myself and I.”

She was resistant at first. (It was her boyfriend’s idea.) “My anxiety could never,” she said in the video.