Inertia—where rest meets motion.
To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive, and the true success is to labour.
— Robert Louis Stevenson
Inertia is a weekly journal about conscious and simple living. Exploring questions such as how we move in the right direction in life and why we rush when we need to slow down. Navigating the world’s terrain to find peace while we travel and learn (there are contour lines in the logo to express this).
We know inertia as the tendency for physical objects to dance in a waltz of motion or rest until something or someone disrupts their daze. Humans are not so different.
The past twelve years taught me how life hardly goes to plan and how to navigate it. It started in Sorrento, where a teenager first tasted reality’s salt. Kindness doesn’t always guarantee love or embrace. What feels like a perfect moment can quickly fracture like sea glass. The easy route rarely exists outside of fairy tales. And even when you pause to breathe, sadness can find you.
I learned that in many ways growing up. But here’s the secret about inevitability: it bows to choice. We sink into the quicksand of the status quo, what wise minds call psychological inertia; our hearts call out for a new life while our feet lay set in stone. I know this contradiction as I lived it in my bones for a long time. But this journal is a way of remembering the trail as I try to set myself free and help others (you) do the same.
People expect hope to decorate their lives, but it is often a trickster. How do you feel when tomorrow keeps wearing today’s face? When promotions turn into vapour, when beautiful stories end mid-breath, and when bank accounts mock your midnight ambitions? My essays are weekly reflections about why there’s more than arriving at your greatest dreams; they’re about travelling, learning, and finding joy all the way through.
Happiness and success look different for everyone, so I’ll be the first to say I’ll never have all the answers. But here, I can help you consider your horizon as an invitation and see that some songs sing sweetest when you, the artist, are searching.
