Hello, I’m Lyra.

Welcome to In Transit, Intentionally — a collection of reflections, detours, and soundtracks from a life lived somewhere between airports and epiphanies.

It took me a while to admit how much I rely on writing to process the world. It’s something I return to when life feels too full, or too quiet. Over time, it’s become a way to pause, notice, and keep track of the things that move me — sometimes literally, sometimes not.

By day, I work in marketing and spend an unreasonable amount of time thinking about people: what they pay attention to, what moves them and the stories they choose to believe. I spent over a decade in Asia’s tech and startup ecosystem before finding my way into education. Curiosity, apparently, has range.

This blog, however, is something slower. It’s where I document the in-betweens: quiet revelations, cultural snapshots, mental health check-ins, and the music that scores them all.

Travel is a big part of my life, not just for the sake of movement. I’m drawn to places, people and stories that show me how other people live and, inevitably, make me reconsider something about the way I do.

I think perspective makes us gentler with the world. Or at least a little less certain that our way is the only way.

Even when I’m standing still, I feel in transit. I’m always testing routines, changing my mind and trying to build a life that feels both grounded and expansive.

This is going about as gracefully as you would expect.

I also know I didn’t get here on effort alone. Privilege and luck opened many doors for me. I believe in sharing what I’ve been given and, where I can, making a little more room for someone else.

I’ve changed my mind about a lot of things. I expect I will again.

This blog is where I keep track of the view from the middle of things.

I hope you find something here that makes you think, breathe a little easier or feel less alone. If nothing else, I hope it makes you smile today.

 

in transit, intentionally,

PS: I would love to know your thoughts. Please feel free to voice them in the comments or reach out me.