Baking is a wonderful de-stressor after a couple of stressful weeks. The instructions are right there for you to follow and you have a faint idea of how they're going to turn out in the end if you follow them faithfully. Not that that works for everything, just the cookies.
Speaking of, I might've gotten a little carried away and now there's about 300? Anyone want some cookies? I'll deliver. Chocolate chip that I was going to make for Wesley. Good for the soul?