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This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Kimberly Jones, a 60-year-old native Floridian who moved to North Carolina in 2025. The conversation has been edited for length and clarity.I was born and raised in Miami and spent my entire life living in South Florida. But last year, my…
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This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Greg Kitzmiller, a 64-year-old American retiree living in Panama. It has been edited for length and clarity.I was born and raised in Michigan, where I met my wife, Jen, and where we built our life together.In 2016, I retired from my…
2026-02-19T14:34:01.222Z Share Copy link Email Facebook WhatsApp X LinkedIn Bluesky Threads lighning bolt icon An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link Save Saved Read in app This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Have an account? Log…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Kat Smith, 35, who has lived abroad since 2015. Smith, the founder of Away Abroad, a website for female travelers, currently lives in Trieste, Italy, with her husband. This conversation has been edited for length and clarity.I think people don’t always…
Nicole Landis Ferragonio and Joe Luchs first met more than a decade ago in New York City through mutual friends. Years later, while working together at Amazon, they began talking seriously about leaving the company to build a startup of their own.Last year, Ferragonio was working as a senior manager…
There was a time I thought I’d spend the rest of my life in New York. After more than a decade in Manhattan, the streets felt like my own, and my identity felt entwined with the city.Even after having two babies on the Upper West Side, I was constantly plotting…
Updated 2026-02-06T13:29:01.288Z Share Copy link Email Facebook WhatsApp X LinkedIn Bluesky Threads lighning bolt icon An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link Save Saved Read in app This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Have an account?…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with William Tunstall-Pedoe, 56, an angel investor and founder based in the UK. This piece has been edited for length and clarity.In 2012, I sold my first startup, Evi, to Amazon. It later became Alexa.That gave me the capital to invest in…
When Bill Strayer first dreamed about moving to Asia, Japan was always the goal.Born in Colorado, Strayer went to college in Missouri and later moved to the Bay Area to work in tech. There, work trips across Asia introduced him to cultures he hadn’t encountered growing up.As an adult, he…
