moving
The first day my family arrived at our new flat in Spain, I felt a wave of panic. As I was lying down on a bare mattress in our unfurnished apartment, the reality of having just moved to a country none of us had ever visited before finally hit me.…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Boo Kok Chuon, the chief operating officer of a law firm in Singapore. The conversation has been edited for length and clarity. Loading audio narration… Since early last year, we took a bold step in introducing ChatGPT to Kiki, our 8-year-old…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Sam Correll, 38, and Spencer Claiborne, 30, who moved from Kansas City, Missouri, to Saranda, Albania, a coastal town about 30 minutes from Corfu, Greece. Correll and Claiborne moved to Albania in August 2024 and now help others relocate there. The…
When I left the US in 2018, I wasn’t trying to lose weight. I simply wanted to feel better in my body. Loading audio narration… After over 15 years of working in education, I felt undervalued, overworked, and mentally and physically exhausted. It didn’t help that I relied on fast…
Just days after graduating from college, my now-husband Scott and I loaded all our belongings into my truck and started driving south. Loading audio narration… We’d been spending our last couple of years at college dreaming about building an off-grid cabin so we could live a sustainable life close to…
