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We bought an abandoned home in a Japanese ski town for $22,000. It’s given our nomadic family the home base we were missing.
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Lloyd Enbom, 40, a content creator who purchased an abandoned home in Hakuba, Japan, a ski town in Nagano Prefecture, with his wife, Mandy Rutherford. Enbom, who is from Australia, plans to continue traveling with his wife and two-year-old…
I’m a UFC fighter and dad of twins. Having a family makes my career harder.
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Paddy Pimblett. It has been edited for length and clarity. Straight away, when my wife Laura got pregnant, I said, “We’re gonna have twins.” Her mom and my dad are both twins. I was right, but it turns out our girls are identical, so there’s no
Theme Park Extras Worth the Splurge (and Ones to Skip)
You’ve picked the dates, bought the tickets, and started to make dining reservations. You’re off to a good start, but there’s more to planning a theme park vacation than just the big stuff. In fact, there are all kinds of add-ons and extra experiences that could make or break your vacation — things…
US soldiers stormed a desert city in preparation for a high-tech war against a top foe. Here’s how it went.
The US Bradley Fighting Vehicles were visible on the horizon as they raced toward the city. Smoke, deployed to conceal movement, formed wisps around the outskirts. Assault forces, preparing to storm the enemy stronghold, gathered on the northern edge, navigating barbed wire, cars, and concrete…
I tried chicken nuggets from 6 fast-food chains and ranked them from worst to best
Before the chicken tender became the hottest fast-food must-have, there was the humble and hearty chicken nugget. Its small size made it the perfect side dish, post-work snack, or, as millennials will recall, the perfect drunchie (drunk munchie). One way fast-food brands are attempting to…
I Had a Perfect Credit Score. Here’s How I Got It.
For a few precious weeks last year, I had perfect credit. Sometime over the summer, I clicked on one of those credit update links, signed in and beheld the magical digits: 850. I had never had perfect credit before, and I may never have it again. A month or two later, my score dropped back
I was the PTA mom who did everything. Then I decided my son needed me more.
I am the mom of an only child, and my 17-year-old son is a senior this year. I’ve always tried to volunteer and get involved to help out and enrich his school experience, but in recent years, I’ve scaled back. When he started high school and joined the marching band in ninth grade, I no
My husband and I run a large business while raising 3 kids. We don’t believe in work-life balance, but ‘radical prioritization.’
Just 21 days after my third child was born, I was taking VC calls. We were mid-Series A, and a fundraise does not pause for a newborn. The investor I pitched that day ended up leading our round. I’m not telling you this to inspire you. I tell you this so you know I’m speaking
I don’t volunteer at my daughter’s school. It’s better for both of us.
When my daughter, now 9, started kindergarten, I was very surprised that her school asked parents to take time off from their busy schedules to help in the classroom, during field trips, or at special events like book fairs. Coming from France, I was accustomed to a different approach. There…
Ukrainian trainees are bringing hard-won battlefield ingenuity to training while NATO trainers fill gaps in the fundamentals
Experienced Ukrainian soldiers are showing their Western instructors their battlefield creativity forged by years of war, even as some of these same troops still need help with basic military skills like shooting straight. Ukrainian soldiers are learning Western ways of war at Camp Jomsborg in…