Posts tagged restlessness
EP. 41 - Home: Where Is Home, Really? On belonging, restlessness, place and being where you are.

In this episode, I explore:

  • Why I’ve always had a complicated relationship with home and restlessness

  • Whether leaving can sometimes be a form of curiosity rather than escape

  • What living in San Francisco taught me about feeling at home far from family

  • The strange experience of being physically somewhere while mentally somewhere else

  • “Home is where the heart is” — and what that might actually mean

  • When restlessness is useful information, and when it might simply be restlessness

  • Why presence might be part of what makes somewhere feel like home

  • How unfamiliar places can force us to build new relationships, routines and identities

  • Whether home is something we find or something we build

  • How our idea of home changes as our lives and seasons change

And ultimately, a question:

Where do you actually feel at home?

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EP. 36 - The Season You’re In: On boredom, restlessness, and knowing what deserves your attention

Evan explores:

  • Why we often confuse activity with engagement.

  • Whether boredom is sometimes a form of restlessness.

  • What a nine-month experiment in removing external distractions taught him about stillness.

  • Why travelling, achieving and constantly doing more don't necessarily make us feel more alive.

  • The difference between wanting something and needing it right now.

  • How to recognise the emotions underneath our decisions — curiosity, joy, fear, comparison, ego or restlessness.

  • Why every stage of life has its own season and demands a different kind of attention.

  • What fatherhood and building SwiftReporter are teaching Evan about staying present.

  • Why good leadership involves knowing not only what to do, but what not to do.

  • Why growth requires patience and why some of the most important work is invisible for a while.

  • The danger of treating the symptoms of restlessness rather than understanding its source.

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