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Keara Callahan thought she was doing everything right. She went to college, earned a degree in economics, and landed a well-paying government job as a tech consultant. Loading audio narration… But she still felt something was missing. Watching endless TikTok videos of young people traveling and living freely only deepened…
For many years, I had daydreams of leaving office work to explore something more creative. I was gradually being pulled into the world of chocolate — first as a hobby, and then as a true passion. Loading audio narration… In 2015, an opportunity came up to take redundancy from my…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with small-business-owner Kristina Martinelli, a 56-year-old AI consultant who formerly worked a corporate job. The following has been edited for length and clarity. Loading audio narration… Getting displaced at 55 years old caught me completely off guard.I had just spent two years…
Last year, Nicole Landis Ferragonio and Joe Luchs decided to leave Amazon and launch an AI startup. Loading audio narration… They’d been planning the transition for months, but for Ferragonio, the tipping point was Amazon’s five-day return-to-office mandate in January 2025.”It raised some questions about how much agency you really…
As my wife Julie and I hiked along the rugged shores of Acadia National Park, the scents of pine and sea salt felt intoxicating. I couldn’t help but smile as my troubles melted away. Loading audio narration… At the time, we had both been working together at the same company…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Sam Correll, 38, and Spencer Claiborne, 30, who moved from Kansas City, Missouri, to Saranda, Albania, a coastal town about 30 minutes from Corfu, Greece. Correll and Claiborne moved to Albania in August 2024 and now help others relocate there. The…
Sunny Stroeer spent much of her 20s in a male-dominated environment as a management consultant at Bain. She said it wasn’t until she left the corporate world and became an adventure athlete that she experienced such noticeable gender bias. Loading audio narration… She was climbing Aconcagua in Argentina — one…
