Why Hands-Busy Beats
"Just Relaxing."
Meditation apps, deep breaths, "try to unwind" — they all ask your brain to stop. It won't. Hands-busy hobbies don't ask. They occupy the circuits that were running the work loop, and the loop just... stops.
This is why people finish a kit and say they haven't felt this rested in months. It's not the pagoda. It's the three hours you spent without checking your phone once.
Ask any 6pm-exhausted professional. They'll tell you scrolling isn't rest.