When I want to Zen out, I do woodcarving. I'm not bored, I'm focused on what I am forming, and I do it with hand tools, which make very little noise. I do have tools that require a mallet, but even then it's not that loud (I use mallets with a phenolic head wrapping), and I'm creating something.
If you get to thinking you’re a person of some influence, try ordering somebody else’s dog around.


