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The author (in yellow) with her new set of friends at a bar in Connecticut.Courtesy of Dean SmithTwo of my best friends recently told me they were moving hundreds of miles out of state.I felt depressed because I thought it would be hard to make new friendships as a Gen…
You can call me a dork, but working in public radio was my dream as a teenager — and the hours I spent mapping out my career path and building up my résumé paid off by the time I was an adult.After graduating from college in 2019, I interned at…
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…
My whole life, it felt like I was promised that if I got an undergraduate degree from a great university, I would get a good job and build a stable life for myself. Reality has been a lot messier.In May 2024, I graduated from New York University with a degree…
When a company moves its headquarters, it’s making a statement — whether leadership spells it out or not.That’s the case with Palantir’s surprise announcement Tuesday that it has relocated its home base to Florida from Colorado.The defense-tech contractor disclosed the change in a one-sentence press release citing a new address…
I’d been on the island for less than a week when I opened my glove box looking for sunglasses, only to find the wrapper of my emergency granola bar torn open and the corner nibbled, right next to a neat little pile of mouse droppings.As I inspected the rest of…
On a recent trip, my daughter and I were tossing her stuffed animal around the hotel room. The toy spun around near the ceiling and came to rest on the corner of the TV, high above our heads.My daughter pointed and tried to explain where the animal landed, on the,…
I’ve seen multiple articles lately about the boomer avalanche — all this stuff people have — and their kids not wanting it. I’m not a boomer, but at 46, I’m already aware that I have too much stuff.Three recent events made me think about the burden our possessions would place…
Hear me out: McNuggets and caviar slaps — and it may be just the kind of delightful combination that McDonald’s needs right now.McDonald’s launched a pre-Valentine’s Day promotion on Tuesday, allowing nugget fans across the country to sign up for free delivery of a 1-oz tin of baerii sturgeon caviar…
As someone who has spent several years galavanting around the United States, Central America, and Europe, there are very few cities that truly humble me.But from the moment I stepped off the plane in Montreal, a feeling of serendipity washed over me. By the end of my visit, I couldn’t…
