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It seems like all is well for the US economy — until you take a look under the hood.Neil Dutta, the head of economic research at Renaissance Macro, pointed to a handful of signs in a note this week that suggest the US economy may not be as strong as…
I never thought I’d find myself arguing about dryer sheets with my mother-in-law at midnight, but that’s my new reality.A few years ago, my husband and I moved in with his parents because the rent in Houston was eating into our savings. A “temporary stay” at my in-laws was supposed…
When Matthew Straight and April Pasilang lived in Cebu City, the oldest city in the Philippines, the constant hum of traffic made it hard to slow down.”We didn’t really ever get to open a window. It was always closed,” Straight, 46, told Business Insider.Straight, who grew up in New Zealand,…
Joel Friedman, 71, wants nothing more than to sell the house he’s called home for more than 30 years.The five-bedroom, 5,000-square-foot southern California home is too big for Friedman and his wife, Kathryn, who are retired empty-nesters. They’re eager to downsize to a smaller, single-story house in a 55+ community…
On an evening walk during my freshman year at Yale, I noticed a homeless man slipping in and out of consciousness at the corner of a street. His breathing was shallow, his lips tinged blue, and he didn’t respond to a sternum rub I gave him. Trusting my instincts, I…
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As a young girl in Colorado, I always dreamed of living and working in New York City — and I turned that dream into my life.For over a decade, I built the career of my dreams and ended up working as a magazine editor with amazing coworkers. Still, life in…
After 17 years in Los Angeles, I was fluent in traffic shortcuts, niche coffee shops, and how to be optimistic when someone casually mentioned they were working on a screenplay. I could parallel park on a hill, one-handed. I’d survived preschool waitlists, earthquake drills, and overpriced poke bowls. Los Angeles…
My daughter’s college graduation hit me profoundly. I was proud of her, of course, but this graduation, unlike the previous ones (kindergarten, middle school and high school), signaled a change: she’s all grown up. Even though she’s moving back home, she’s now a 22 year old adult who’s been living…
