About Hard Resets
Hard Resets is a weekly email series that tells one person's blow-up-your-life-and-leave-it-in-shambles story at a time. We take the reader on a full journey from the status quo, the moment it collapsed, and how people picked up the pieces.
Each edition delivers the hard, the heartfelt, and the hilarious, directly to your inbox.

What we publish
We share stories of all kinds. Ever wondered what it's like to quit a six-figure corporate job to become a children's party clown? You can find out here. Are you curious about what happens after people find the courage to leave their country after a catastrophe, or how people rebuild a new life without a longtime partner? We cover it all and more.
Each edition is one full issue that will leave you with new ideas about how we evolve when life pulls the rug out from under us.
How it works
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Who it's for
Anyone interested in genuine, relatable stories of people completely starting over and finding themselves transformed. If you catch yourself wondering what it's like to take a chance or make a major change, you're in the right place.
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A Lawyer Tumbles Artfully Through the Air
Gary Stoker
When Gary was a kid, his favorite past-time was to head down to Covent Garden with his dad to marvel at the street performers. As they watched, Gary would daydream about the day that he would perform among them.…

Moving for a Boy Who Had a Secret Girlfriend
Julia Ziegler
Three months after I graduated from Vanderbilt in May of 2023, my mom's boyfriend died of pancreatic cancer. I wasn't supposed to go home for longer than the summer.…

Leaving My Relationship and the Country to Find Myself
Katie Caygill Pocock
When I first started dating my London boyfriend — the only one in my four years there — I knew that he smoked a joint now and then. This was something we would never have in common.…