On this page you'll find the ten most recent articles about technology or digital life. These articles are inspired by interviews on The Art of Imperfect Adulting show.
Crissy Fishbane hit her breaking point in a carport, sitting in her car crying before she could bring herself to walk through her own front door. She had done everything right: earned her master’s degree, landed her dream job teaching high school psychology, planned to put in her 30 years. ...
The moment Emry Kettle realized dinosaurs were real at age 29, they weren’t standing in a museum or reading a scientific journal. Emry was scrolling through Facebook in their Vienna apartment when a simple meme about penguins walking to Noah’s ark shattered everything they thought they knew about the world. ...
The moment hits without warning—that sudden realization that something important is missing from the world, and you might be the person to create it. For most of us, the next thought immediately follows: “But I don’t know how to do that.” This internal dialogue between creative vision and practical doubt ...
Standing in her Miami home with two young children at her feet, Amy Stone faced one of parenthood’s most challenging moments: explaining death to little ones. She had consulted doctors, psychiatrists, and therapists, filling pages with professional advice about how to tell her stepchildren that their grandfather had died. The ...
The moment four-year-old London tried barbecue for the first time in a family-owned North Carolina restaurant, his willingness to embrace new experiences revealed something profound about how children learn when given the freedom to choose. The restaurant owners, charmed by this young traveler from New York, brought him dish after ...
The difference between surviving and thriving after devastating loss isn’t just semantic—it’s the distinction between existing in the shadow of tragedy and reclaiming your right to joy. Tina Palmgren discovered this difference firsthand when she lost not only her husband to a sudden heart attack at age 31, but also ...
The moment arrived like a blanket over the head during virtual kindergarten. Julietta Duvall watched her son disappear under fabric during an online class, his classmates equally distracted, and felt the familiar tug of frustration mixed with something deeper—a growing certainty that this path wasn’t working for her family. It ...
When disaster strikes and derails our carefully planned professional lives it can feel like the security we’ve built crumbles, the identity we’ve cultivated vanishes, and we’re left wondering how we’ll ever recover. But what if these moments of professional catastrophe aren’t endings at all—what if they’re actually invitations to discover ...
For most of us, the idea of publicly broadcasting our family’s most personal struggles and triumphs feels terrifying. But that’s just what Deanna Brakefield decided to do. Nine months ago, Deanna Brakefield found herself at a networking event, talking to a station owner named Fred who would challenge everything she ...
Picture this: you’re walking down a college hallway, focused on your next class, when a simple poster stops you in your tracks. Not because it’s flashy or promises easy rewards, but because something about it speaks to a part of you that you didn’t even know existed. For most of ...