retirement
Getting fired after a reorganization at his firm wasn’t ideal, but Marty Yabrow and his wife, Angie, wanted to make the best of it, so in 2024 they booked a three-city trip to Europe. Then, one morning while Marty was filling out a planning spreadsheet with hotels and restaurants, Angie…
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…
