Creativity Quote by Lara St. John

There’s something deliciously unromantic about this advice: land, and refuse the little ritual of suffering everyone expects you to perform. Coming from Lara St. John, a touring musician whose life is measured in airports, rehearsal rooms, and adrenaline spikes, the line reads less like wellness talk and more like professional triage. Jetlag isn’t just a biological fact in this world; it’s a socially sanctioned excuse, a story you tell about why you’re foggy, late, delicate. She’s telling you to skip the story.

The phrasing is key. “The thing people call jetlag” shrinks a real physiological punch into a cultural label, like a trend you can opt out of. That’s not naive science denial; it’s a cue to treat your body like an instrument: you don’t ask whether the hall is “tiring,” you warm up and play. “Pay absolutely no attention” is performance psychology disguised as travel advice, the kind of blunt mental hack musicians trade backstage. Attention, she implies, is a resource; spend it on the work, not on narrating your fatigue.

The subtext has an edge: jetlag becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy, a badge of cosmopolitan martyrdom. Don’t romanticize the grind; don’t let your calendar dictate your identity. In a culture that loves public burnout, St. John’s line is a small rebellion: act like you belong where you’ve landed, and your body will scramble to catch up.