For years I battled with insomnia. I couldn’t get my brain to ever stop thinking.

You’d say that the answer should have been slow, ambient sounds (which I also love, by the way).

But what actually helped? Beethoven’s complex, intricate, moody, bombastic music.

Slow music gives us space for our brains to go fast—think productivity music coupled with a pot of coffee.

But fast music? Fast music breaks our brain’s ability to keep up and paradoxically forces it to slow down.

Or maybe I’m just crazy.

I’ll allow that.