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When people see the White House for the first time in person, they often remark that it looks small from the outside.Matt Costello, spokesperson for the White House Historical Association, told Business Insider that appearances can be deceiving.”There’s a lot more to the White House than meets the eye,” he…
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…
Tariffs are the new normal, and executives know it. Loading audio narration… A supermajority — 86% — of US executives surveyed by PwC last month said they expect tariffs to remain a “permanent planning assumption” for them. The Big Four firm published the survey results on Monday.The results include the…
Growing up, I wanted to live in every city my family visited on vacation. As an adult, I started to work through that list. Loading audio narration… After college in Virginia, I moved to DC, went to grad school in Wisconsin, and then followed jobs to Denver and New York.…
For my husband and me, the decision to sell our home in Walnut Creek, California, was years in the making.In our 25 years there, we had raised two daughters, rescued two dogs, hosted neighborhood gatherings, and oversaw three renovations.In 2022, we took our first step toward letting go by renting…
Until recently, if you had mentioned multigenerational living to me, I wouldn’t have assumed you were talking about my mom and me. After all, we haven’t lived under the same roof for nearly 20 years. Loading audio narration… In the 20 years since I last lived with Mom, I’ve gotten…
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I’d spent years observing the “trodden” path for couples: Save together, borrow together, and buy together.However, it’s not a guaranteed road to success. I was concerned about the risks of messy breakups, crippling debt, and tense arguments over deposits.So, in 2025, I decided to buy a house on my own,…
Last fall, my mother was diagnosed with cancer, and, seemingly minutes later, my father had some heart problems and ultimately suffered a stroke.I knew I was inching toward simultaneously caring for my young kids and aging parents. Suddenly, I was squarely in the sandwich generation.I now had to deal with the…
“You met me in a very Chinese time in my life.”That line has been popping up across TikTok feeds as non-Chinese creators film themselves boiling apples, sipping hot water, practicing Qigong — a traditional Chinese martial art — and soundtracking it all with traditional Chinese instrumentals or clips from Mulan.”We…
