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When I worked a typical, corporate 9-5 job, I dreamed of the day I could freelance. I so badly wanted to be my own boss and feel a sense of autonomy and ownership around something I had built from the ground up. Loading audio narration… Now that I’m living the…
It’s been well over two decades since I’ve seen my brother. Although he’s five years older, we were close growing up. Loading audio narration… When he left for college, he rarely returned home, choosing to live in his college town year-round, but we kept in touch. When I was 19,…
Crude futures are tumbling thanks to the US-Iran ceasefire, but don’t expect the price of a tank of gas to plunge overnight. Loading audio narration… West Texas Intermediate futures for May fell about 16% to below $95 a barrel early Wednesday, as investors cheered President Trump’s two-week truce with Iran.Wholesale…
Just three weeks before moving day, I looked around my house — at the furniture, the decor, my kids’ plastic dolls and play sets. I didn’t know how I was going to pack it all. And in fact, I didn’t want to pack or keep a lot of it. Loading…
I’ve always enjoyed good dental health, having just one cavity in my 33 years. Some of this I attribute to having the same dentist since I was 4. Loading audio narration… Throughout my adulthood, my dental office felt like the only medical environment where I never had to worry about…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Dr. Majid Fotuhi, a neurologist and adjunct professor at Johns Hopkins University, who researches neuroplasticity and prevention of Alzheimer’s disease. He is also the author of “The Invincible Brain.” The following has been edited for length and clarity.Neuroplasticity is your brain’s…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Tom Blake, a 29-year-old YouTuber and blogger, about his experiments with side hustles. It’s been edited for length and clarity.I started experimenting with side hustles in 2014 while I was in college for a simple reason: I needed to pay the…
Before Bobbi Brown founded her namesake brand, which she would eventually sell to Estée Lauder for about $74.5 million, she was a college student debating dropping out. Loading audio narration… Even after finishing her degree, Brown struggled to make ends meet for years as she paved her way into the…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Lucy Rieger, 37, the cofounder of distillery J. Rieger & Co. It has been edited for length and clarity.I originally wanted to be a doctor, until I figured out I don’t really do math or science. Once I ruled those out,…
