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I moved back into my childhood home in my 30s. I never planned to stay long, but now I’m finding it hard to leave.
The day after Thanksgiving, I learned I’d have to move out of my beloved century-old, two-bedroom apartment in Kansas City. My building had been taken over by a management company in another state. Unfortunately, this wasn’t the beginning of a Hallmark movie in which the protagonist unites with her…
I knew my job wasn’t the right fit for me. It still took me a year to quit.
As the oldest of five children, I’ve always seen things through. I’ve been the responsible one, the one who gets it done, and, most importantly, a self-imposed people-pleaser. These are just a few of the reasons it was so hard to quit a job that I devoted a decade to. As a freelance writer, it’s
My grandkids fight bedtime with their parents. They fall asleep in minutes for me, and I try not to be smug about it.
I must have inherited my mother’s magic touch for putting kids to sleep. It drives my kids crazy. While I was visiting my son and daughter-in-law recently, she confided that bedtime had become a nightmare. I offered to give her a break by putting my grandson to bed. I was prepared for a struggle…
My sister and I were laid off around the same time. We started a small business together to survive unemployment.
When I walk into a suburban mid-century house with my sister, we’re on the hunt for treasures that will make our customers happy — but we also like to marvel at the elaborate wallpaper in the bathroom. We have time now to sift through the junk drawers and basement bookshelves. Within the last few…
I manage 10+ agents at Cisco. It doesn’t mean longer hours, but the work can feel more intense.
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Sergio Freitas, senior director of engineering at Cisco, based in Lisbon, Portugal. His identity and employment have been verified by Business Insider. This story has been edited for length and clarity. I started as a software engineer, became a…
British soldiers are figuring out where flying drones and ground robots fall short
British soldiers are testing the trade-offs of using drones both in the air and on the ground — and the challenges that come with each. At a recent US-led exercise in the Mojave Desert, thousands of soldiers gathered to try out new technologies, including uncrewed systems. British troops at the…
Sony accuses Anthropic of ‘brazen campaign’ to train Claude on its music — and wants up to $150,000 a song
Sony Music and Warner Chappell want Anthropic to pay up. The publishing companies filed a lawsuit against Anthropic in a Northern California district court on Friday. Anthropic cofounders Dario Amodei and Benjamin Mann were also named in the filing. “Defendants Anthropic and its founders Dario…
Our daughter inspired a YouTube show that we started in our closet. Now we’re set on creating an empire.
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Javoris Hollingsworth and Arlene Hollingsworth, founders of Gracie’s Corner. It has been edited for length and clarity. My wife and I started Gracie’s Corner out of necessity. We were both working as professors during the pandemic, and we were…
My grandparents had a complicated marriage. Then illness made them fall in love again.
My grandmother got ovarian cancer in her 70s. The initial sign came on New Year’s Eve, when Gram, who often said overeating was one of her greatest flaws, thought she had simply done that. She had eaten too much Chinese food, and that was why she threw up. Or so my grandmother reasoned. Next came
I gave birth in both Puerto Rico and New York. There were several striking differences.
When I moved from Brooklyn to Puerto Rico two years ago, with my husband and then-3-year-old son, we were firmly “one and done.” Life with a toddler in New York City was too hard; we spent weekends at chain-link fence-enclosed playgrounds that were either shadeless and sweltering in the summer or…