Split 🗞️ Slow News Day #31

Hey,

A house by the Cornish coast really would be lovely. They’re out there—lots of them. I see them on Rightmove when I periodically check. A little terraced number in Pendeen, a pokey place in St Just...

A snug sense of home, a deep connection and thick roots in a community that extends beyond me in all directions. Regular haunts, familiar faces.

But then… a nomadic life continues to be lovely. It’s giving me so much.

Finding new beautiful places, chasing the sun, making friends from, quite literally, around the world and living in a state of constant growth and change and mixture.

No right or wrong answers, just a split desire that gets stronger whenever I move closer to one option over the other. When we were in seven places in six weeks at the end of last year, I longed for somewhere settled. Then, after two weeks in beautiful Yorkshire, I felt myself starting to yearn for something new again.

It’s all a bit messy, isn’t it? Life, I guess, gets a bit like this no matter what the day-to-day looks like.

I’m trying not to be too caught up in one way or the other. I appreciate what each phase of life is giving me and I’m letting stuff develop and percolate. The ride’s pretty enjoyable as it is right now, why try to push it further or faster than it needs to go just because of a little discomfort?

Slow down guide

Need a little help moving slower?

Ease your way out of Friday afternoon with this newsletter, a nice cup of something, and a little background music. Steal my setup if you aren't sure where to start.

After I press send, I’m going to be drinking a cup of whatever-the-hell is in the clear plastic jar in our shared kitchen, included in our stay. It’s a pretty dark roast, on-the-whole bold and a bit one-dimensional, but it’s doing a decent job while I search for a more reliable source of Madeira-roasted beans than the small, slightly suspect supermarket shelves can offer. I mean, this probably is what's on the supermarket shelves, but at least I'm drinking it for free?

I’ve been enjoying a bunch of music recently, all of it quite varied, so picking one song to go with your brew isn’t easy. I’m going to suggest Bad Kids by TTRRUUCES. It’s like this bizarre combo of hey-ho 2010s indie folk, a nursery rhyme, and an acid trip. Feels like a fitting way to end an email all about conflicting feelings.

Take it easy,