The quiet career cost of losing a parent young

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Alana Aichholz
Alana Aichholz, whose parents died when she was in high school and college, is about to enter the workforce.

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She spent $100,000 on a tiny home in California. Now she rents it on Airbnb.

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The exterior of a tiny home, with a large sliding glass door.
Sakura Kishiro's tiny home is custom-built and located in central California.

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The new vacation flex? Waking up without a hangover.

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A cocktail in front of a beach
Gen Z is driving a rise in sober tourism, and the industry is changing in response.

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A viral video convinced me to buy a cheap home in Sicily. It cost less than a year of my rent in LA, but renovating it isn't easy.

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A woman posing with mountains in the background.
Kiki Leigh bought a 17-room house in Mussomeli, Italy, after being inspired on social media.

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I quit my job at KPMG and moved to India to become a poet. I was sick of only getting to live life on weekends.

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Namrata Yadav.
Namrata Yadav quit her job in KPMG and moved back to India to pursue her passion of becoming a writer and poet.

Namrata Yadav

I learned Gen Z slang to connect with my kids. They still cringe when I use it.

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Teenage girl with mother doing dab standing at beach
The author (not pictured) started learning her Gen Z kids' slang to connect with them.

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Gen Z is feeling nostalgic for a life they never knew

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I took my 81-year-old grandma on an international trip. It was great, but I wish I'd known more about traveling with an older relative.

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The author and her family posing outside the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts.
I traveled from the US to Canada with my 81-year-old grandma, and I wish I'd planned our trip better.

Emily Schlorf

Gen Z's fascination with China is about their disillusionment with capitalism

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The statue of liberty holding a lantern

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Reed Adams' interest in China started on Google Maps.

2 questions a Gen Zer asked herself before quitting Google to run for Congress: 'I knew I'd regret not doing it'

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Bushra Amiwala
Bushra Amiwala

Bushra Amiwala

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