The definition of inertia is the resistance of any physical object to any change in its state of motion (including a change in direction)… I’m feeling a little like that at the moment.I’ve just looked up a definition of inertia and Wikipedia gives several headings to paragraphs…
- Theory of impetus
- Classical inertia
- Relativity
- Mass and inertia
- Inertial mass
- Inertial frames
… but this doesn’t really help me as I don’t understand the physics or mathematics of it (it is physics, isn’t it?)
I guess I mean that I seem to have no impetus to do anything differently, I seem to be stuck somehow… another definition suggests it is a lack of effort, motion, action and the like… in other words inactivity, and there is a useful list of synonyms, lassitude, laziness, lethargy, stupor, apathy, torpor and sloth… well I’m not really that bad! A bit idle maybe but it’s more of a mental inertia… maybe it’s the weather, rainy days are not conducive to feeling lively!
Lois Elsden 
The Italian people around here call that feeling [ feeack ]. I’m not sure of the actual spelling though.It means you feel lazy and have no interest in anything and are stuck in a rut. I delivered newspapers when I was a young lad and there was a lot of Finish people on my route. Two years in a row one of my Finnish customers had hung themselves in the spring of the year. I asked a Finn chum of mine if he knew why at this nice time of year. He replied that if you can’t feel happy in the spring with the flowers and the birds and the longer days etc. then there was no point in living. Sort of makes sense but a little drastic. I say put a smile on your face and move around.
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That’s a sad story about the Finnish people… I know Swedish people suffer with depression because of the long winter, maybe it’s the same for Finns so that makes sense with what your friend said.
I just feel a bit stagnant, but I feel more sprightly today, maybe I’ll have a glass of wine with dinner, or maybe go to the pub, David! I think it’s because I’ve finished writing my book… and I’m at an in-between moment… but as I said, I’m feeling a bit more lively today!
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