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I’m about to experience my 17th summer as a mom, and I think I’ve finally learned my lesson. Having four kids can be overwhelming and chaotic, especially given their different abilities, personalities, ages, and preferred extracurriculars. Despite the number of kids I have, I am determined to have a low-key…
As a busy parent, I find weeknight meals often feel like a chore. I’m always looking for ways to make meal planning easier.I’ve tried meal kits, but they usually take more time to put together than I’d like. I’ve also experimented with doing most of my prep on the weekends,…
Kevin O’Leary makes a great villain. Loading audio narration… The celebrity investor spent decades honing his image as the least likable rich guy on “Shark Tank,” reveling in what he calls brutal honesty. Last year riffed on that persona in “Marty Supreme,” highlighted by a scene where he spanks Timothée…
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…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Julian Richardson, a 42-year-old flight attendant based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. It’s been edited for length and clarity. Loading audio narration… I was a Spirit flight attendant for nearly eight years. It was my first and only job as a flight…
Time is a thief. When each of my four children was born, I thought they would be little forever. The baby and toddler years are so all-consuming that it seems like they will never end. But I learned, quickly, that the axiom that the days are long but the years…
This interview is based on a conversation with tattoo artist Blake Benson, 29, of Tennessee. It has been edited for length and clarity. Loading audio narration… I bounced around a lot in my childhood and teenhood, doing stuff I shouldn’t have at a young age, like drinking alcohol.After I was…
As an Egyptian citizen who has lived here for 30 years, one of my favorite things to do is hot-air ballooning in Luxor.Nadine ArabI live in Egypt, and I always remind tourists that there are other gems to see beyond the pyramids.For example, I love hiking Mount Sinai and snorkeling…
Exhausted from the 9-to-5 hustle, my partner and I sold most of our belongings and built an old 1996 Chevy Express conversion van into a tiny home. Loading audio narration… We’d previously been living in the suburbs of St. Louis, and we were ready for a little more adventure and…
When I moved from California to Spain in 2019, I knew my life would change — but I didn’t expect how deeply it would shift the way I moved through the world. Loading audio narration… During my first few weeks as a language assistant, a Spanish teacher I worked with…
