Sometimes an exhausted traveler just has to give in and conk out. You can intend to be productive. You can try to be productive. You can even be productive—for hours.

Eventually though, the slog, the discomfort, the lack of comfort, the waiting, the lines. and the sheep-herding, dull the mind, wilt the spirits, and invite fatigue.

And you simply have to crash.

Airport survival

I travel loaded with productivity tools but very few articles of comfort. Zero whimsical items. Perhaps it’s time for a change.