The Discipline of a Beautiful Life Perfection is perhaps the hardest place to live. For one thing, we simply cannot stay there forever. Even when life feels almost perfect—when the people we love are well, our work is fulfilling, our relationships feel secure, and the future seems to be unfolding exactly as we hoped—something eventually changes. Because life changes. People change. Circumstances change. We change. And no one ever promised us a rose garden—or tomorrow—so when

Technology has become one of the hardest-working companions in our lives. My phone navigates me across unfamiliar highways, plays my favorite podcasts, tracks my blood sugar, communicates with my insulin pump, reminds me of appointments, keeps me connected to family, captures photographs I treasure, and somehow still finds time to answer texts, emails, and phone calls. Sometimes I think we expect these little devices to be nearly perfect. The truth is, they aren’t. Like us, t