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
Subscribe once, and a new issue arrives in your inbox each week — one focused read you can actually finish. Browsing past articles in the archive is free anytime. Snooze and unsubscribe stay a click away in your mail if you need them.
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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Starting Over at 83
Abbie's Grandma
The first time I saw it, I was twelve years old: our whole family had taken a trip to Playa del Carmen to celebrate our grandparents' 50th wedding anniversary. We were about to miss our plane back home when my grandparents began to separate from the group.…

How a Pad of Yellow Post-its Healed Me Post-Divorce
Andrea Javor
Unable to face the consequences of a short, failed marriage, I sat in my messy family room, my phone battery dying. The house would never again carry the sounds of children’s laughter, screams of “UNO!”…

Gone Prospecting
Hannah Rome
There's a whole lotta empty off the Southern interstate. Great stretches of farm, prairie, and marshland.…