I'm living in a 150-square-foot converted garage at my parents' house. They're helping me through a rough transition.

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The author is living in a converted garage at her parents' house.

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I thought I wanted the American dream. Moving to a small city in Spain changed my mind.

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Kevin Joseph wearing sunglasses in a courtyard before a historic domed stone building in Simat de la Valldigna.
Kevin Schreck in Simat de la Valldigna.

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My outdoorsy husband didn't want to take a baby and a toddler camping. I insisted — and regretted it by 2 a.m.

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Girl on a hammock.
The author went camping with her family, but it only lasted 36 hours.

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Stock compensation gives Big Tech workers a powerful reason to stay. Layoffs and the AI boom are changing the equation.

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Rob Waters (left), Julie Zhu (center), and Yousuf Imran (right)
Rob Waters (left), Julie Zhu (center), and Yousuf Imran (right) weighed Big Tech stock compensation as they considered their next career moves.

Rob Waters (left), Julie Zhu (center), and Yousuf Imran (right)

A 60-year-old took out student loans to help her kids succeed. She's facing retirement with a $156,000 balance.

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Portrait of Nansi Lynch.
Nansi Lynch has $156,000 in student loans that she took out to help her kids get a college education.

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Nansi Lynch never went to college. But she's approaching retirement with a $156,000 student-loan balance.

I’m a KPMG forward-deployed engineer. AI has moved my job beyond writing code.

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KPMG's Justin Johnsen in a white shirt with a blue blazer
KPMG's Justin Johnsen has been an FDE at the firm for over a year now.

KPMG

This Ford exec put her family's Claude assistant on a PIP. ChatGPT has taken over.

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Whitney Stefko Dover, a Ford executive, in her home office.
This mom vibe coded a family chief of staff. She's switching agents and putting the OG on a PIP.

Whitney Stefko Dover

Dementia care can cost a fortune. Families pay in more ways than one.

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Two people stand beside a couch, with one supporting the other's arm in a living room.
Angela Davis, 65, has cared for her mother with dementia for the past few years.

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The CEO who leads one handwritten note at a time

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A CEO in a zip-up jacket and collar shirt, smiling and holding a gavel at the Nasdaq during a celebration of his company's 10-year anniversary since its IPO.
Twilio CEO Khozema Shipchandler in June at the Nasdaq, celebrating the company's 10th anniversary since its IPO

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A Lyft driver was in a crash on the job. Now he's struggling to provide — and fighting insurance.

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Osahon Aburime, a former Lyft driver, sits with sunglasses around his neck with a tan wall behind him, wearing a tan cap.
Osahon Aburime, a former Lyft driver, was injured in a car accident.

Osahon Aburime

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