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My sister and I started a small business reselling vintage items. Here’s what everyone gets wrong about our business.
My heart flutters every time I spot a unique vintage treasure in the tchotchke aisle at the thrift store. But then I realize it has a chip or a crack, so I decide to put it back. The object may have sentimental value, but it’s not a match for my vintage shop, where I always
My husband has been going on the same family trip every year since he was a baby. Now, we get to bring our daughter.
Every year, my husband’s family gathers on the Sunshine Coast of British Columbia, Canada, for a long weekend family reunion. They fish, swim, hike, roast marshmallows around the campfire, and catch up on the back deck. The weekend culminates in the annual horseshoe tournament, where the winners…
AI is prompting these Gen Zers to learn how to type
When Julia Andrusiak was in college, she noticed one of her professors repeatedly pausing his lecture. Eventually, she realized that she was the disruption: Her slow, two-finger typing was so loud that he couldn’t concentrate. “It was the first moment I realized that I may not be the best at this,”…
Ruby on Rails creator declares ‘pencils down’ on handwritten code
A coding legend is waving goodbye to handwritten code. David Heinemeier Hansson — commonly known as DHH — is the creator of the popular webapp framework Ruby on Rails. He also runs the software company 37signals, where he just instituted a new rule: “We’re done writing code by hand.” “We are going…
SNAP Checks Rise Oct. 1, but New Rules May Mean Benefit Cuts Ahead
October ushers in changes to SNAP, the government’s supplemental nutrition assistance program, including one shift Americans may see immediately and another one that could determine the program’s fate and benefits in coming years, analysts said. Most Americans on SNAP, formerly called food stamps…
My husband and I work full-time but had to borrow money to pay for my dad’s cremation
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Heather Waughtel, 47, a project coordinator based in Knoxville, Tennessee. Business Insider has verified her income and her dad’s funeral costs. It has been edited for length and clarity. Before my dad died, I felt we had been responsible by…
They couldn’t afford nursing homes for their parents. They built them a tiny home instead.
Over the last few years, Linda Barton watched as her mom and stepdad progressively shifted from active 80-year-olds to, in her words, “children.” Her mom with dementia became unable to take care of herself, while her stepfather, whose health has also declined, “acts like he’s 6 years old.” The…
‘Choice turds’ and ‘lonely baby-men’
When Mackenzie Scott got divorced from Jeff Bezos in 2019, she became one of the richest people in the world overnight. Their divorce settlement was among the largest in history, granting her assets that included 4% of Amazon’s stock — roughly $38 billion. She wasted little time before starting to…
My husband and I don’t exchange gifts for birthdays or holidays. Here’s what we do instead.
It was my birthday and my now-husband and I had been dating for about three months. When he got to my house, he wished me a happy birthday, then he apologized, “I’m sorry I didn’t get you a gift.” At the time, I was 31, had a good job, and could buy whatever I fancied,
I moved between 2 countries and languages as a teen. I got very good at proving myself.
There’s a specific dread that comes from not knowing if the words in your head are the right ones in that language. I lived inside that fear, not of a school test, but of speaking in class and having the wrong language come out, or the right one come out wrong. I was born in