retirement
Carrie and Brian Smith rented an RV in July 2023 while participating in RAGBRAI, an annual seven-day bicycle ride across Iowa.Their accommodations weren’t cheap — or particularly nice.The bath towels were “kids’ old swimming towels,” Carrie told Business Insider. “The seats had cuts in them, and the upholstery was dried…
Luke Helton realized too late that he rushed into law school.After taking out $80,000 in student loans for undergrad at the University of Tennessee, he thought going straight for his J.D. would propel him into a stable career. So he borrowed more to make that happen.Personal life challenges derailed his…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Christine Casady, a 75-year-old retiree from the US. It has been edited for length and clarity.My husband is an avid traveler, and thanks to that, we’ve been traveling extensively for almost three decades.Ten years before I retired, we started taking longer…
After raising her kids, KeliAnne Piscopo wanted a stable career and a steady income. She thought going to school in her 40s was the solution.So in 2014, she took out nearly $54,000 in student loans from the online school Post University to get her bachelor’s degree in human services. After…
Lloyd Blankfein went from being a poor kid on a Brooklyn housing project to a Harvard graduate, a corporate tax lawyer, then the CEO of Goldman Sachs.His titanic change in circumstances required a major shift in mindset, Blankfein explained in “Streetwise,” his memoir published this spring.He wrote that “growing up…
Maria Sharapova, 39, says she used injuries and time off from tennis to prepare for life after retirement.In an interview with the WSJ Leadership Institute published Tuesday, Sharapova said she began planning her next chapter years before stepping away from the sport.”I recognized from an early age that as a…
