HeyJaredThe Practice of Imperfection
There's a particular kind of exhaustion that doesn't have a name for people who haven't lived it — the kind that comes not from what happened today but from years of bracing for what might happen tomorrow.
- Indexed episodes, last 90 days
- 2
- Latest publication
- Aug 26, 2026
- Audience
- Checking…
- Earliest in this view
- Aug 23, 2026
Latest episodes
When Letting Go Still Includes Parenting (opens the original)
Read excerpt
No perfect combination of rules, vigilance, consequences, and midnight worry can manufacture willingness inside another person. That limit can feel unbearable to a frightened parent, especially when the child is still young enough to need protection and old enough to resist it.
Expectations—they’re all in your head (opens the original)
Read excerpt
There’s an old saying that “An expectation is a planned resentment.” You could substitute “planned disappointment” just as well. I have my own definition for the purposes of dealing with unmet needs in a relationship. Expectations are (often) unspoken, one-sided agreements that cannot be satisfied by another person.
Publishing over time
Last 90 days. Choose a month to open its work.
Recurring subjects
Named in the text we hold. One piece can cover several.
Not enough subject data for this period yet.
Audience
No verified audience measurement yet.
About this data
Counts cover the work we have indexed. Tone needs enough text and a confident classification. Excerpts and episode notes are not full articles or transcripts.
Identity or attribution wrong? Suggest a correction.