Is That a Good Idea?

I always take headphones for whatever reason because I like to take in information or be entertained in some way. But on race day, although I would be very unhappy if I left a headphone behind, I never plug it in because I'm too busy. One of the strategies that I use or have used in the past is disassociate myself from what's actually going on. And I can do that just mentally by thinking of something different and putting on an audio book or a song or a playlist. Is that, is that, are we saying that that's not a good idea?