As soon as something happens to you, immediately imagine a screen in a movie theatre. Put your life on the screen. Make a conscious decision to step back. Practice this.
Experience calmness within you. As often as you feel like it. You don't need candles. Or incense. You don't necessarily need a meditation place. Or for the outside to be quiet. Life around you is movement. Tumult. Fanfare. Only life within you is calm. Learn to touch this.
People like sensationalism. There's nothing wrong with that. And nothing right either. They immerse themselves in scary virtual realities. They play war games. They watch horror movies. Without even realising they're already in the most sensational simulation there is.