It’s the day before Thanksgiving, which means the whole world smells faintly of pie crust and panic. The lists are long, the stores are crowded, and your family group chat has hit that point where everyone’s feelings start to sparkle like faulty Christmas lights.

There comes a time—usually somewhere between the last frantic work email and the moment your cat decides to leap onto your laptop—when you realize the day has overstayed its welcome. You’ve survived the meetings, the deadlines, the traffic, the existential crises. Now what?