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I've worked remotely for over 7 years. It allows me to be the breadwinner of our family and be a more present mom.
Before the pandemic made remote work a thing, I was already working from home. It's allowed me to b…
Conz Preti
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My first visit to Japan left me in culture shock, but I wish the US would adopt some of its norms
In Japan, I felt culture shock seeing how the local etiquette is far different from what I'm used t…
Anna Haines
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I tried every popular workout but nothing stuck. Orange Theory helped me finally become a fitness lover.
I tried all kinds of workouts but none of them stuck. I even had a Peloton bike collecting clothes …
Jessica Tzikas
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I drove a Tesla for the first time. It's perfectly fine but still left me underwhelmed.
Taking a Model 3 for a spin was the only way for me to work out why some people love Teslas so much…
Chris Johnston
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I love being a middle manager. Amazon's decision to cut middle managers saddens me — this role is misunderstood.
Michelle Busch became a middle manager at a PR firm in 2023. She thinks companies like Amazon looki…
Elle Hardy
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10 things that help me stick to my grocery budget as a mom of 11
Shopping for my family of 13 can get expensive, but I've discovered some money-saving tips, such as…
Lisa Tanner
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I'm an American who visited Portugal for the first time. The affordability and walkability of Lisbon blew me away.
My mom and I have had the Portuguese capital on our travel bucket lists for a while and wanted to s…
Rachel Dube
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I'm 62 and have no plans to retire. I focus on the parts of my work that bring me joy.
David B. Horne is 62 and when he was younger thought he'd retire by 55. He wants to follow his dad'…
Kelly Burch
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I flew a Boeing 737 Max simulator and it gave me a new respect for just how hard being a pilot really is
Business Insider's author tried two flight simulators at Skyborne, a pilot training academy, and at…
Pete Syme
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I was struggling to figure out what I wanted in life. Going on my first cruise helped.
Laura Gio Carroll left her spouse at home to spend her 40th alone on the Queen Mary 2. It confirmed…
Laura Gio Carroll
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US Vice President Kamala Harris' husband, Doug Emhoff, admits extramarital affair during first marriage
Emhoff's acknowledgment comes after a report emerged that the teacher who he had an affair with bec…
ANI
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My daughter was excited to see Chappell Roan live. When she canceled our concert, it gave me space to teach a valuable lesson.
My daughter and I were set to see Chappell Roan's concert at All Things Go. But her cancellation al…
Jamie Davis Smith
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I wrote a manual on how to work with me and distributed it to every coworker I had at Google. Doing that was one of the best decisions I made there.
Jerry Lee, 29, was a former manager at Google. Lee said that he was inspired by his first superviso…
Kwan Wei Kevin Tan
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ChatGPT freaked people out by talking about AI taking over the world, but this is not the first time
OpenAI's ChatGPT recently caused a stir with its response about AI taking over the world. The chatb…
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My mother and I were still estranged when she died in 2019. I went to a medium to connect with her and it brought me closure.
When my mom died, we were still estranged. I booked a session with a viral medium to connect with h…
Hayley Folk
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I interned at a hedge fund when I was 16. It was the smartest decision I made as a teen, and it set me on the path to a career in finance.
Yi Ke Cao, now 20, did her first internship at a hedge fund when she was 16.
Kwan Wei Kevin Tan
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I upgraded to first class on Amtrak. Here are 12 things that surprised me about the trip.
From booking my ticket to taking the journey, several things surprised me about the two-and-a-half-…
Joey Hadden
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My small business fell for a counterfeit check scam. It dented my confidence and made me more cautious.
Eat Your Flowers bakery was scammed with a $7,500 counterfeit check. Loria Stern told BI it's added…
Joshua Nelken-Zitser
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I waited 5 years after undergrad to enroll in graduate school. Waiting made me a better student.
A grad student took five years between her undergrad and Master's programs. This allowed her to bec…
Vanessa Ogle
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I shopped at Whole Foods for the first time in 12 years, and it reminded me why I stopped going in the first place
I stopped going to Whole Foods because it was hard to find staff members and there weren't good sal…