Stillness in the Wild: How to Find Peace on the Road

You’d think being surrounded by nature would make it easy to slow down.

But here’s what we’ve learned after years of nomadic living:

You can be parked in the most beautiful place on earth and still feel restless inside.

And that’s when you realize—stillness isn’t passive.
It’s a practice.

Movement Can Be a Distraction

When we first hit the road, we thought we were chasing stillness.
But we were really chasing novelty. Escape. Motion.

It took time to realize that movement without intention just becomes noise.

Sometimes the biggest challenge isn’t finding the next location—it’s staying put long enough to hear yourself again.

What Stillness Looks Like for Us

We’ve had to design for it.
Here’s what works in our world:

• Morning silence before the van wakes up
• Solo walks (no phones, no podcasts, just space)
• Journaling or sketching in the middle of nowhere
• Unscheduled afternoons with no agenda
• Evenings under the stars, no screens allowed

Stillness doesn’t mean nothing is happening.
It means you’re no longer fighting the present moment.

Why It Matters (Especially for Nomads)

The world tells us we should always be doing more.
Even in the freedom space—there’s pressure to “make the most of it.”

But the most powerful moments we’ve had on the road weren’t the epic views or the viral photos.
They were the quiet, internal resets.
The deep exhales.
The small realizations that could only arrive in silence.

This Week’s Shift:

Carve out 10 minutes of intentional stillness this week.

Doesn’t have to be fancy.
But it does have to be quiet.

• Go outside without your phone
• Sit by a window and do nothing
• Lay down with no goal but to breathe
• Let your nervous system catch up to your life

And when the discomfort shows up—good.
That’s your cue that you’re getting close to something important.

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📩 Reply to this email: Where do you struggle to slow down? And what’s one way you’re practicing stillness this week?

Next week: the conversation turns inward with Redesigning Your Life from the Inside Out.

—Indy & Kitty
​Nomadists