Notes From the Road with Adam Holmes

A few thoughts from a hotel balcony overlooking Edinburgh. Looking across at Portobello, where I grew up, I found myself thinking about success, responsibility, fatherhood and the strange gap between the life we imagine and the person we have to become to live it. Why do some people change and others stay stuck? What is the real cost of getting what you want? And why does so much of life come down...

A walk through Greyfriars Kirkyard after a big show in Edinburgh. Thoughts on grief, fatherhood, touring, indecision and the strange weight of being alive. A friend takes his own life. A conversation in the car about how decisions are made. The pressure of trying to build a meaningful life while staying present for the people you love. And why I’ve started to believe that maybe there’s no perfect...

A few thoughts from a walk home after the gym about happiness, achievement and the strange ache that seems to come with being alive no matter how much we accomplish. Fatherhood, ambition, childhood, music and the quiet moments that actually seem to matter. If this resonated with you, I’ve been building a quieter corner of the internet called The Sanctuary. https://enterthesanctuary.net

A few thoughts on losing 226,000 followers and what it revealed about attention, identity and the internet. Music, noise and trying to build something real in a world that rewards performance. If this resonated with you, I’ve been building a quieter corner of the internet called The Sanctuary. https://enterthesanctuary.net