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For months, I’d been looking forward to my five-week solo trip to Mexico, where I’d be housesitting in a beautiful oceanfront home in La Paz.I expected I’d have a relaxing stay, and I was especially eager to learn more about the area and its local culture to see if I…
Free the kneeShorts at the office. Appropriate or not?It’s a heated and long-running debate across much of corporate America, one that Instagram boss Adam Mosseri recently planted his flag in. He said he was “pro” shorts in the workplace, with caveats.”Not all shorts are created equal,” he said. Somewhat dangerously,…
I thought I would hate living in a high-rise apartment. I grew up in the woods of northern Minnesota, watching deer and the occasional bear wander through the backyard. I’ve spent my adult life in suburban townhomes near large park reserves, a compromise between rural landscapes and the job opportunities…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Shrutinder Kaur, 35, who is from India and lives in Ontario. The following has been edited for length and clarity.I met my husband online, but not on a dating app.In early 2014, I searched Facebook for the man my dad was…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Kiana Glanton. It has been edited for length and clarity.Nearly 10 years ago, in the middle of postpartum depression, learning how to be a mom for the first time, my body decided to respond to the extreme stress I was under…
