By David Lim — Used to check his portfolio daily. Now checks once a month. Sleeps better. Last updated: April 2026 I started investing a few years ago. Nothing fancy. Just index funds in a retirement account. The standard advice you read online: buy regularly, hold for decades, do not panic. I knew the advice. I did … Read more
By Priya Kapoor — Not flexible. Tried to be. Learned something anyway. Last updated: April 2026 I am not flexible. I have never been flexible. In gym class, when we did the sit-and-reach test, I was always the one who could not touch the box. The gym teacher would gently push on my back. My legs would … Read more
By Daniel Kim — Used to ignore anything black and white. Now watches movies from every decade. Last updated: April 2026 Until a few years ago, I had a rule. I only watched movies made after 1990. Anything older felt ancient. The black and white ones? Forget it. I assumed they were slow, boring, and not for … Read more
By Sarah Jenkins — Former student who needed to fail. Now a parent who tries to let her kids fail too. Last updated: April 2026 I was a good student. Not great. But good enough. I turned things in. I got B’s. I stayed out of trouble. Then I got to Mr. Donovan’s class. Eleventh grade. English. … Read more
By Kevin Park — Learned to skate at 35. Still falls sometimes. Does not care anymore. Last updated: April 2026 I walked into the ice rink for my first adult beginner hockey class. I was 35. The other students were mostly kids. Like, actual children. Some were missing teeth. Some were holding their parents’ hands. I was … Read more
By Amanda Reed — Changed her mind about a movie. Still changes her mind about things. Last updated: April 2026 When I was 15, my parents made me watch The Princess Bride. They loved it. They quoted it all the time. “Inconceivable!” “My name is Inigo Montoya.” “As you wish.” I hated it. It was old. The jokes … Read more
By Elena Zhang — Was scared to ask for more. Asked anyway. Got more. Last updated: April 2026 I had never negotiated a salary in my life. Every job I had ever gotten, I accepted the first offer. I was too scared to ask for more. What if they took back the offer? What if they thought … Read more
By Megan O’Connor — Not athletic. Joined a team anyway. Scored nothing. Loved it. Last updated: April 2026 I am not good at soccer. I was not good in elementary school. I was not good in high school. I am not good now. That did not stop me from joining a recreational adult league. My friend needed … Read more
By Derek Morgan — Former cheater. Would not do it again. Wishes he had not done it then. Last updated: April 2026 I cheated on a test once. It was tenth grade. Spanish class. I had not studied. I was going to fail. So I wrote a few vocabulary words on a small piece of paper and … Read more
By Jason Wu — Slow runner. Got humbled. Kept showing up anyway. Last updated: April 2026 I was running a local 5K. Small race. Mostly amateurs. I was near the back, where I belong. Somewhere around the second mile, a woman passed me. Gray hair. Lean. Running smoothly. She was not breathing hard. I was gasping. She … Read more