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This is an as-told-to essay based on a conversation for our Cost of Living video series with Debbie Welsch, 57, an American who retired to Bali with her 82-year-old mother. It has been edited for length and clarity.My 10-year lease for my 1,100-square-foot house in Bali is $4,500 a year…
At 34, after years of climbing the ranks of a Wall Street law firm, I was burned out and deeply disconnected from the natural world. Unsure of where I wanted to live, after leaving my job, I spent a year camping in the American West. During that trip, I visited…
Whenever I visit Warmond, I feel like I'm traveling to a different era.Dana MarinI’ve lived in the Netherlands for 15 years and traveled all over the country.As much as I love Amsterdam, the smaller towns here have really stolen my heart.I love visiting the historic city of Medemblik, and Veere…
When I was 8 years old, my second-grade class participated in a pen pal assignment that matched me with a girl named Naa Ashirifia from Ghana.At the time, there was no social media for a rapid response, no texts to drop a quick note, and no simple phone call that…
Meta is cooking up camera-free glasses, according to a new report. And why shouldn’t they? After all, wearing a camera on your face has always been a tough sell — just ask Google.Remember when Sergey Brin jumped out of a plane wearing Google Glass, recording grainy video of his sky…
In 2020, Elon Musk wrote on X that he was selling “almost all physical possessions” and would no longer own a house.The South African-born billionaire and SpaceX CEO had amassed a sizable California real estate portfolio, at one point owning multiple homes in the same neighborhood. His properties included multimillion-dollar…
In 2021, I met a handsome Frenchman in the lobby of a Lisbon hostel. At the time, I was 25, and he was 22. We had dinner together, and after a few weeks of flirting over WhatsApp, we agreed to meet again in Paris.Maxime took me to dinner in Montmartre…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Laura Lee Ehrlich, 54, who lives on Long Island. Ehrlich has cared for five older loved ones over the last two decades and gave up her job to be a more present caregiver. It’s come at a cost to her savings…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with May Lee, a 59-year-old seasonal worker in Antarctica and former marketing and communications manager at HP. It has been edited for length and clarity.I joined Hewlett-Packard in 1987 as a software engineer intern. As a graduate, I wanted to sign on…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Christos Garkinos, founder of Covet by Christos. It has been edited for length and clarity.I learned from a very young age what success meant: it was money in the till after the lunch rush.My Greek immigrant parents owned a diner in…
