LeBron James, 41, said he doesn’t see why athletes should retire if they’re still performing at a high level. In a video posted Monday from a live “The Shop” podcast panel at Fanatics Fest, the NBA star talked about what keeps him playing after 23 seasons and why he’s not ready to stop. “One of
Halle Berry says she’s entering age 60 with the same drive she’s always had and has no plans to slow down just yet. On Wednesday’s episode of the “Making Space with Hoda Kotb” podcast, the Oscar-winning actress said one of the things she finds frustrating about aging is the expectation of retiring. Berry, who turns
This As They Told It essay is based on a conversation with Christine Casady, a 75-year-old American retiree. It has been edited for length and clarity. My husband is an avid traveler and because of that, we have traveled extensively for almost three decades. Ten years before I retired, we started taking longer trips and
I didn’t expect that my children growing up would make me think so much about my parents. When my children were young, my wife and I were consumed by the immediate demands of parenthood. There were diapers to change, lunches to prepare, and sleepless nights to survive. The vast majority of my focus was on
On a sunny Friday morning, a group of nine people gathered in a corner to exercise in one of Singapore’s public housing blocks. Dressed in sports clothes and sneakers, some rolled their shoulders and stretched their calves. Others stood together in small circles, chatting in the morning sun. For the next hour and a half,
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Cynthia Gonzalez, 58, who is raising two of her grandchildren in Tucson, Arizona — one since she was a baby, and the other since age 11. Business Insider also spoke with Serina Palacio, her 40-year-old daughter, who helps raise them. This interview has been edited for