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Retirement didn’t stop me. At 75 years old, I live out of a backpack and travel the world.0
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- July 13, 2026
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
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I traded the crowds of Tokyo for my hometown of 8,000 people. Now, I’m trying to help keep it from going away.0
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- July 13, 2026
This essay as told is based on a conversation with Koyo Murata, 25, founder and operator of Villa ASO guest house in Taiki, Mie Prefecture, Japan. His words have been edited for length and clarity. I grew up in a quintessential rural town in Japan with about 8,000 people. My elementary and middle schools only
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I was laid off at age 56 and took a 60% pay cut to get my next position; the most important thing I feel is anger 0
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- July 12, 2026
This As-Told essay is based on a conversation with Christina Jones, a 57-year-old woman from Philadelphia. It has been edited for length and clarity. Although I didn’t expect to be laid off from my business analyst position at United Healthcare last year, after 15 years with the company, I wasn’t surprised. Layoffs are the nature
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I moved south from Connecticut in search of a cheaper, simpler life. It wasn’t at all what I expected, so I backed away.0
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- July 12, 2026
This As Told essay is based on a conversation with Sandra Bonola, 56, who moved from Connecticut to Charleston, South Carolina, in 2021, and then to Beaufort, South Carolina, in 2023, before deciding the South wasn’t right for her. The conversation has been edited for length and clarity. I am a native New Englander, born
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Men also undergo cosmetic surgery. I spent $14,000 on plastic surgery and I have no regrets.0
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- July 8, 2026
This story is based on an interview with Andrew Tagliarino, 34, a hospital administrator in Long Island, New York. It has been edited for length and clarity. I was in my teens when someone made a comment that completely baffled me. They told me I would be “prettier” if I were thinner. It was cruel,
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I have been a communication coach for 20 years. I find that people are increasingly afraid of phone calls.0
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- July 6, 2026
This As Told Essay is based on a conversation with Mary Jane Copps, a communications coach known as “The Telephone Lady.” Copps has spent two decades training people in the workplace how to be better communicators. The essay has been edited for length and clarity. I have been “The Phone Lady” for 20 years. When
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