FWIW, two things that help for me: 1- trail running, especially longer distances. Spending 4 hours and going 20 miles one way through the woods gives me a sense

FWIW, two things that help for me: 1- trail running, especially longer distances. Spending 4 hours and going 20 miles one way through the woods gives me a sense of travel and distance and freedom I can’t get in the city. 2- listening to something while I run, podcasts or music or language lessons like Pimsleur. For a short 30 min run, sometimes even pace music works for me, even though it seemed like it could be more boring, running to a good 170 BPM playlist is kinda fun. For both of these, mixing things up a lot is helpful for me too, always finding new routes and new audio to go with.