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Three years ago, my husband and I packed up our lives in the suburbs of London and moved aboard a 36-foot sailboat.We’d sailed before and had spent weeks on boats each year for our vacations, but living on one full-time proved to be very different. We ended up living aboard…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Sara Wilczynska, the founder of Swil Arts Studio. She left her job as a software engineer at Google, spent a year traveling with her partner, and discovered watercolors in Thailand. Her words have been edited for length and clarity.I was born…
Growing up in a small Midwestern city, I always dreamed of moving to a place like New York or Chicago after graduating from college.I wanted to be at the center of everything that made these places so appealing, from the endless entertainment options to the seemingly abundant career opportunities.Yet after…
Moving from the suburbs of New Jersey to New York City in my 20s felt like a long-earned milestone. And for a while, I loved it.Although my 9-to-5 kept me busy, I spent a lot of time trying out restaurants and coffee shops, attending events where I could meet creatives,…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Jemma Chapman. It has been edited for length and clarity.I’m British, and I moved to Toronto in January 2025. I had qualified as an architect the previous summer and realized I had spent most of my adult life studying and not…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Kristina Subbotina, the founder and CEO of Lexsy, an AI-powered law firm for startups. It has been edited for length and clarity.I never planned to start a law firm. I’d been a corporate startup lawyer for almost a decade. When I…
Months after Amazon deepened its ties with OpenAI, Amazon MGM Studios has dropped plans to release Luca Guadagnino’s star-studded movie about Sam Altman and the leadership crisis that nearly toppled him.”We believe that ‘Artificial’ will be better served if it were released by a different studio and are working closely…
Caring for aging parents or siblings is oftentimes stressful. It can also break apart solid relationships. My husband and I understand this, as caring for his sister nearly tore us apart.When my sister-in-law fell and broke her hip, we called her almost daily to check on her since she lives…
General Motors wants to find its “uh oh” moments earlier.For years, automakers have built physical prototypes to learn how a car behaves on the road, cools passengers down, burns through energy, or even crashes. Those builds can be expensive and time-consuming.In an interview with Business Insider, GM’s chief product officer,…
Growing up in a big Italian family, I always enjoyed Sunday afternoons filled with bowls of spaghetti and meatballs cooked by my nana. Winters meant my dad would grind meat in the basement to make soppressata, or “soupy.”Throughout middle school, high school, and college, I took six years of Italian,…
