I always thought I’d be settled somewhere for good by age 55, with a comfortable home, established garden, and chest freezer in the garage. But after growing up in the San Francisco Bay Area, raising my kids in Seattle, and becoming an empty nester, I realized I had no idea where I wanted to settle
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Michelle Gudiño Prestamo, a 41-year-old human resources manager at a major footwear company in Mississippi. The following has been edited for length and clarity. I’m the distribution center human resources manager at a major footwear company. I started at the company in 2019. Before this job,
This story is based on an interview with Angela Cheng-Cimini, 56, a veteran HR professional who lives near Baltimore. It has been edited for length and clarity. A few years ago, my husband, Michael, and I started losing friends who were around our age. Three, in particular, died of pancreatic cancer, which was very sudden.
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Ruth Olinger, 70, who is raising her grandson on her own in Lakeland, Florida. Olinger had earlier fostered dozens of children and did mission work. Now, Olinger said she can’t retire and paid over $10,000 for her son’s day care. This interview has been edited for
As a social worker, Scott Steenbergh never seemed to be able to clock out. “The hours were always tough,” the Michigan-based investor and father of two told Business Insider. “It seemed like, no matter what, I was always required to work in the evenings, work on weekends. People were obviously in crisis, and I want
Jeff Layfield spent years imagining where in the US. He and his wife would retire after leaving Hawaii. Instead, they now live in a traditional house overlooking the sea in Japan. Before retiring, the couple lived in an apartment upstairs in their parents’ home on Oahu. Layfield worked in data management for the Marine Corps,
