In this episode of Drifting Notes, I take you to Île Saint-Honorat, a small island off the coast of Cannes, home to pine trees, shrugging lizards, and monks who make olive oil that could change your outlook on life.

I didn’t mean to run the whole island…It just… happened.

Join me as I jog a complete loop (28 minutes, thank you very much), witness a boat-to-wine-glass dismount worthy of a slow clap, and sit down to a plate of tomatoes and burrata that feel like the hand of god had preapared it. This is a story about scale, about how sometimes, when life feels too vast to wrap your arms around, it helps to run somewhere small. And finish it. Fully. Before lunch.

What’s the smallest thing you’ve done that gave you a big sense of joy?

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