started
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Lee Tze Gwen, a 32-year-old animator and artist from Singapore. It has been edited for length and clarity. Loading audio narration… I’ve been drawing since I was 10. It’s always been a hobby for me, but I found my true calling…
Tim Cook’s record is pretty clear: Under his watch, Apple didn’t create a world-changing product. But it posted world-beating sales, and the stock market rewarded him for it. Loading audio narration… Cook also has other accomplishments, including one he is much less likely to boast about: He got Donald Trump…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Kristina Modares, 36, an Airbnb host. Modares is also the founder of Open House Education and a marketer at Joynt, a real estate platform designed to help people buy and own homes with family and friends. The conversation has been edited…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Karen Watts Nauman, 67, and Jeff Nauman, 69, a married couple who moved to Lake Chapala, Mexico, from the US a few years ago. They recently launched The AI Boomers, a platform for AI courses designed for older Americans. This interview…
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…
The first time my son asked if he could bike in the neighborhood with his friends, I hesitated. His friend balanced on his bike, one foot on the ground, waiting impatiently for an answer. I looked at my eight-year old son, his eyes wide with hope, and every instinct in…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Lisa Fail, 61, who lives in Durham, North Carolina. In late 2024, after about three decades in tech, she decided to take a career break. The following has been edited for brevity and clarity. Loading audio narration… I’m super lucky. I’ve…
One day, after my youngest daughter left home, I found myself walking around my favorite Seattle park feeling so lonely, invisible, and unmoored that I thought I might just disappear without anyone noticing.After COVID, a broken relationship, and decades of being everything everyone needed me to be, I’d been laid…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Ng Bee Kia, an 80-year-old retiree living in Singapore. It has been translated from Mandarin and edited for length and clarity.I was in my 20s when I started weightlifting.At that time, I was working at the warehouse for a local supermarket…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Sammy and Zach Wedemeyer. It has been edited for length and clarity. Loading audio narration… We knew we were in debt. When we ran the numbers around New Year’s, we realized our family was $214,000 in debt.We decided to make some…
