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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 Andrew Schnipper, cofounder of multiple restaurants, including Schnipper’s and Hamburger America. The conversation has been edited for length and clarity.When my brother and I opened Schnipper’s in 2009, we thought having a broad menu made sense. We were focused on burgers,…

For a decade, I thought I was doing everything right. I had a few corporate jobs, a predictable salary, and a career path that looked good on paper. From the outside, it probably seemed like I had things figured out.But behind the scenes, I was constantly exhausted, and the work…