U-Haul Drama and Backwards Shirts: When Life Goes Off-Script

John Knopick welcomes listeners to another episode of The Smorgasbord, exploring life's unexpected moments and inviting listener stories. He shares his "survival guide" for cross-country moves, recounting personal adventures from moving with newborns to starting anew in different states. John offers practical advice on handling career curveballs and changes, reflecting on pandemic work-from-home experiences. Family dynamics and personal history are explored as he discusses building traditions and finding support in new places. The episode features listener stories, questions, and concludes with a preview of what’s to come next week. (0:00) Introduction and welcome (0:13) Embracing life's unexpected moments and inviting listener stories (1:23) The smorgasbord survival guide to cross-country moves (10:39) Moving adventures: From newborns to new states (23:28) Moving advice, career curveballs, and handling changes (37:06) Pandemic work from home experiences and career advice (42:07) Sponsor: Company XYZ (42:30) Family dynamics, personal history, and building traditions (50:31) Defining family and finding support in new places (53:42) Listener smorgasbord: Stories and questions (59:48) Episode wrap-up and next week's preview