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Abigail Carter

American bought a French chateau; built a successful business

At midlife, I moved out of the US, bought a chateau in France, renovated it, and built a successful business abroad. The pros beat the cons.
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ops_coordinator99cb0 Abigail. Congratulations first of all. Such an inspiring story, from the tragedy of 9-11, widowhood, raising 2 young children alone, to starting a new business venture and venue you dreamed of at age 57, to now fully embracing your life in France. We all live to make a positive difference in our family, community and world. Love the passion and journey. Glad you found an new home and career. God bless
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Roya Shahidi

A day in the life: I live and work in Antarctica at 60 years old

After a layoff in tech, I now work a seasonal gig in Antarctica. It's unlike any job I've had before, and the social life here is even better.
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wrk_riser642fd Can you go anywhere besides the station your work and live at ? As in go with the people that explore or go the the sea or anything like that on your day off???? I think I would enjoy working there doing sumthin but I am in a wheelchair so that most likely won't get me hired unfortunately, I loved reading you story and hope you enjoy you next season there as much as you first!!!
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team_shaperc2b3f My husband (now deceased) spent a year at McMurdo in 1971. He was a university student working for a naval research lab in a satellite tracking station at McMurdo. He, too, had a wonderful time with a lot of unique experiences. Back then the bowling alley did not have automatic pin setting. One of his recreational jobs was to hand set pins.
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I left my family for a work conference and added 2 days on to explore

A work conference was my first solo trip, and I was nervous about leaving my husband and kids. I ended up loving it, and explored for two extra days.
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ops_go_getter4dbf7 Bravo to either sex that can pull this off.
Traveling with children is only about the children.
Traveling with a spouse only favors the more dominant personality, and is handicapped by the less effective personality.
Some solo time fills your individual cup. That helps you be a more effective parent and spouse.
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biz_ranger60128 I guess it’s nice to see a woman discovering her independence. Seems a little late at 38. I excitedly read this article thinking it would be someone to relate to as I often travel alone, but the first few paragraphs made me think she might have been homeschooled with her first move out of her childhood home being when she married. Congrats to you for finally experiencing life outside your bubble.
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Savannah Born

I got the same order at Subway and Jersey Mike's: Comparison, winner

I compared the same hot sandwich, sub, and cookie order at Jersey Mike's and Subway to see which chain restaurant offers the best food and value.
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Aki Ito

My strange, horrifying month using an AI detector on everything I read

How much of our writing should we cede to AI? Does it even matter? I spent weeks running everything I read through an AI detector — here's what I saw.
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Elon Musk says Tesla is trying to prevent robotaxis from hitting cats

Tesla's self-driving cabs use cameras to detect cats and other hazards on the streets.
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Wendy Wisner

Attachment parenting didn't make my kids clingy

I never spent a night away from my kids until they were in kindergarten. Years later, they're independent, and I have no regrets.
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Christine Mui

Sam Altman says AI's benefits outweigh 'some bad things happening'

Sam Altman said he does not accept "the really catastrophic risks" of AI, believing that people will do "more good stuff than bad stuff."
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Alex Bitter

Uber wait times rise 19% as prices climb 53%: study

Uber wait times and costs increase as study by Columbia Business School shows a 19% rise in delays and 53% hike in per-mile charges.
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biz_follower1b543 It was bound to come to a head. I consistently saw reduced pay for the same drive and writers telling me the price was going up. Drivers just don't wanna accept those rides. They were wanting to send me on an hour, one way drive for $22. But then had the hour drive back empty for no pay. That is down from that same drive used to be $47-52 for UberX. XL went from ~$75 to ~$30 for pay. I had 1 ride during surge that paid me $18 and the rider said they paid $96.

I also had issues where they would say a ride was one price. I would do the ride and I would get paid half of what the upfront fare said it would be. They would never correct those even with screenshots. Their solution was to disable your ability to take screenshots.

I also found them deducting the returned. Item fee from my weekly deposit. It would actually show a negative line item for that. And every call to support is nothing but a circular argument saying they paid me on that day. It shows in my daily pay, but they would never answer the weekly deposit, showing it deleted.

Early this year, I stopped driving for them completely. Because I wasn't going to allow them to continue to screw me over. I drove exclusively lyft after that. Basically, writers are waiting longer. Cos drivers don't wanna take those rides.
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Lara Lehman

At 56, I moved into a single-family home with stranger to afford LA

I always wanted to live in Los Angeles, but I didn't have the budget for a rental in my dream neighborhood. Instead, I moved in with a roommate.
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ops_optimizer8a207 How I love this story!
Your open heart (and hers), your willingness to take a leap of faith, are inspiring.
After 40 years of marriage, I was left to the curb, emotionally, from a marriage with which I never saw ending.
At the same time, Hurricane Helene hit my beloved lifetime home of Asheville, washing away a career I loved.
Out of the blue, a large Italian family I’d known 25 years prior got in touch, welcoming me to move in, offered respite,
in my once familiar college town.
Because of this family, I now live in a teensy 600 sq ft Art Deco apartment in the heart of the City’s Park, can walk to anything, and it has truly helped heal my soul.
Doing a trust fall into the arms of this family changed my life. I love them, the children are now adults with children of their own, they include me in everything calling me Tanta Lish. I’ll be forever grateful.
How I wish we were friends! My family lived in Santa Cruz and Piedmont so I know your area well.
Thank you for sharing your uplifting story for many to better understand that sometimes, if a portal opens, it’s worth leaping through.
Cheers to New Life!!!
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wrk_learner02ae4 In 2019 I was gentrified out of my apartment and would have been homeless. A woman who only knew me by a few months in a community group took me in. As a mutual aid relationship I was able to use my meager income for self enrichment; travel and becoming a licensed yoga instructor.

In exchange I help with meals, cleaning and simple odd jobs that are very comforting to a person of her age. Honestly much of the travel was to not be petty and companion about character differences. The fact that she welcomed me back repeatedly has allowed our interactions to become dearest of friends and supportive towards both our physical and mental health.

This arrangement has been so beautiful for us both it has become a mission for me to unite the housing secure, but wanting/needing assistance or companionship with those that are housing insecure. Whatever happens in our relationship I will always from here on out live in a community setting, truly it is so much more enjoyable than being the "queen" of an empty "castle". I thoroughly encourage others to enrich their lives through more community mutual aid.

Truly, mauma LoA
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Once-hot Airbnbs and vacation homes have become nightmares to sell

Vacation homes that might have once sparked bidding wars are now languishing on the market or taking huge price cuts as the Airbnb boom cools off.
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team_planner7d507 A quick look at Zillow shows the 317 Matterhorn property was last bought in 2020 for $380k. They then listed it for sale in 2024 for $850k. That is crazy high. The problem is a seller who thinks they can ask such outrageous price after 4 years of using it as a rental Airbnb. And then stubbornly hold it for 2 more years asking for a price no one will accept.
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Elle Hardy

United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby details his daily routine

CEO of United Airlines Scott Kirby shares his daily routine, emphasizing family time, efficient meetings, and the role of AI in enhancing his work.
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wrk_visionarycae81 This is an excellent and honest account of the life of one of my favorite CEOs to follow. Mr. Kirby is down-to-earth and approachable. Loving the maximum time in meetings concept--so many of my colleagues are in "back-to-backs" which makes me want to ask, "so, when do you actually work??" Bravo for a great article.
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biz_fane2b64 This is not practical if its to be taken as advice vs just a story on this guy's specific role. I'm Director level and if I told everyone I'm not doing more than 4 hours of meetings a day I'd be fired. This CEO seems not very collaborative or team oriented. Suspect there's someone under him acting as the real CEO and he's acting as an extended board member with slightly more involvement.
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Madeline Marriott

I'm 24 but work with an older generation; I want to be more like them

I'm 24 and work with all baby boomers. I help them with tech issues, but they've taught me the importance of slowness and customer relationships.
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wrk_achieverfbcea This headline feeds right into the biggest problem with the Boomer generation and that's how they view work in relation to everyone who came after them. Booomers seem to completey oblivious to the fact that they rode an escalator to the top: affordable housing, cheap college tuition, and entry-level jobs that became careers with pensions and health insurance. Then they pulled the ladder up behind them, made those same advantages nearly impossible for younger generations to reach, and blamed us for being lazy or not working hard enough. That's galling coming from people who had it far easier. A headline praising their work ethic only exacerbates this problem.
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Kelly Burch

I'm a multimillionaire. I refuse to spend money just to look rich.

Tori Dunlap still drives the Toyota RAV4 she bought at 22. Despite her wealth, she has no interest in buying a luxury car for appearances.
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Amanda Goh

He left the US for the Philippines and found the community he wanted

Britt McAlister said he tried pickleball and church, but found it hard to form genuine friendships in the US.
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team_connectorb7fbd If you watch this guy's youtube cannel, you'll find that he had an overspending lifestyle in the US, claiming he spent $10k a month on his condo, a boat, a motorcycle, a sports car, and his lifestyle.

I lived in San Francisco for 25 years, bought a house there, owned an airplane and a motorcycle and a camper, and never once did my lifestyle cost $10k/month.

I have never in my life worked 10-15 hour days.
Im fact, I was able to buy a second house on the Sonoma coast after renting out my San Francisco house, My monthly budget STILL wasn't $10k a month and after 7 years I sold my airplane, sold my San Francisco house for more than 3X what I paid for it, and then paid off my retirement home a mile from a nice beach, and I still ride the motorcycle.

Best part is, I'm still in the US, and my monthly expenses are about what he has budgeted to live in a developing country. Even better, great Mexican food and food overall is ubiquitous where I live.

I can travel wherever I want for months at a time.

Britt failed out of the US, so he's putting lipstick on a pig. Oh and also he put all his money into annuities. He's far from the sharpest tool in the shed.
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