I moved to Portugal after falling in love with my tour guide. It was a lonely and humbling experience.

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Jermaine Amado split his time between Denver and Lisbon for three years.

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I left NYC and moved to Serbia after a painful divorce. Dating here feels impossible, and I should've considered these 4 things before leaving the US.

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Katka Lapelosová has been living in Serbia for three years and is grateful for the experiences she's had, but she plans on leaving.

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I quit teaching to work at Costco and I'm much happier. I never thought I'd leave my dream job, but these 5 things drove me out.

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Janelle Schuurman.

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I'm a Gen Zer who finds 9-to-5 life depressing. I wish there was a better way of living.

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I was a bartender for almost a decade. Here are the techniques I used to land bigger tips — and the people I tried to avoid serving.

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Starr Douglas was a bartender for almost a decade.

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I moved to Houston and regretted it. I stuck out at work and it was impossible to save.

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Jules Rogers and her husband, Marshall, in Goose Hollow, Portland.

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Funeral directors share 7 rules of etiquette and their biggest pet peeves they wish everyone knew

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Dino Cantelmi, Randi Goldstein-Casey, and Elizabeth Fournier.

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I'm Miss San Antonio USA. Beauty pageants are way harder and more expensive than you'd think.

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Lillian Perez won Miss San Antonio USA in May.

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I'm a recruiter at Meta. These are the top perks that win tech workers over — and the one they don't seem to care about.

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I'm a native Hawaiian. Locals are tired of tourists treating the island like a theme park – here's what to know before you visit.

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Keani Rawlins Fernandez, Maui County Council Vice-Chair
Keani Rawlins-Fernandez grew up in Molokai, Hawaii, and now is a local council member.

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