James Whitaker, a 41-year-old American product manager who relocated from Boston to Singapore in 2024 with his wife and two kids, knew the international move would be hard. He did not expect that nine months in, he would be sitting on his apartment balcony at 3 a.m., heart racing, convinced he was having a heart … Read more
Devon, a 34-year-old software engineer in Austin, had tried every productivity system in the world. Bullet journals. Notion. Todoist. The Eisenhower Matrix laminated on his desk. Each one worked for about three weeks, then collapsed in a heap of guilt and unfinished checklists. He thought he was lazy. His wife thought he had a problem. … Read more
Devon, a 34-year-old software engineer in Austin, had tried every productivity system in the world. Bullet journals. Notion. Todoist. The Eisenhower Matrix laminated on his desk. Each one worked for about three weeks, then collapsed in a heap of guilt and unfinished checklists. He thought he was lazy. His wife thought he had a problem. … Read more
Marcus, a 34-year-old software engineer in Austin, Texas, had been chasing a deadline for nine straight days. By the third night without real sleep, he started seeing shadows shift on his apartment wall. By the fifth night, he believed his coworkers were planting microphones in his keyboard. When his sister found him on day six, … Read more
Marcus, a 34-year-old software engineer in Austin, Texas, had been chasing a deadline for nine straight days. By the third night without real sleep, he started seeing shadows shift on his apartment wall. By the fifth night, he believed his coworkers were planting microphones in his keyboard. When his sister found him on day six, … Read more
Jordan turned 26 on a Tuesday in March, and on Wednesday morning the pharmacy in Minneapolis told him his Lexapro prescription wasn’t covered anymore. He’d been on his mother’s plan since college, hadn’t paid much attention to insurance, and assumed coverage would just continue until he found a real job. Instead, his coverage had ended … Read more
Jordan turned 26 on a Tuesday in March, and on Wednesday morning the pharmacy in Minneapolis told him his Lexapro prescription wasn’t covered anymore. He’d been on his mother’s plan since college, hadn’t paid much attention to insurance, and assumed coverage would just continue until he found a real job. Instead, his coverage had ended … Read more
Diane, a 52-year-old elementary school teacher in Kansas City, had smoked a pack and a half a day for thirty-four years. When her doctor delivered the abnormal chest CT result, she walked out of the office, drove straight to a drugstore, and bought nicotine patches and gum. By the third day cold turkey, she could … Read more
Diane, a 52-year-old elementary school teacher in Kansas City, had smoked a pack and a half a day for thirty-four years. When her doctor delivered the abnormal chest CT result, she walked out of the office, drove straight to a drugstore, and bought nicotine patches and gum. By the third day cold turkey, she could … Read more
Marcus Reyna did three combat tours in Helmand Province before the Marine Corps medically retired him in 2019. The PTSD diagnosis came first, the alcohol came second, and by the time he was thirty-two he had been evicted from two apartments in San Antonio and was sleeping in his pickup outside a Whataburger. A VA … Read more