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Alexis Adegoke is always romanticizing New York City.She and her husband, Tolu, who had spent part of his childhood in the city, moved to New York together in 2014 after graduating from college. As they built their adult lives, the couple embraced New York’s hustle. They loved that they could…
Two things prompted my move from Michigan to Colorado in 2017: the mountains and a tight-knit group of friends that loved the outdoors as much as I did.As a 20-something hiker who couldn’t get enough trail time, my hometown started to feel stifling, like the state lines were confining my…
Prosecutors in Andrew Left’s securities fraud trial say the prominent short-seller wasn’t always working alone in the tweet-and-trade tango he’s been accused of. Loading audio narration… The Citron Research founder is accused of manipulating the market and deceiving retail investors with a plan that earned him more than $20 million.Prosecutors…
My family had just moved to Brazil, and I had to beg my parents to let me go to a music festival with all of my new high school friends. It was going to be the first time I’d be going to a show without them supervising me. Loading audio…
For many years, I had daydreams of leaving office work to explore something more creative. I was gradually being pulled into the world of chocolate — first as a hobby, and then as a true passion. Loading audio narration… In 2015, an opportunity came up to take redundancy from my…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with small-business-owner Kristina Martinelli, a 56-year-old AI consultant who formerly worked a corporate job. The following has been edited for length and clarity. Loading audio narration… Getting displaced at 55 years old caught me completely off guard.I had just spent two years…
The break came suddenly. After 24 years together, my husband told me he wanted to explore his bisexual side. It had always been an open relationship, but when he started dating a woman seriously, my heart broke. He fell in love. Loading audio narration… For my 50th birthday in October,…
