I'm a 75-year-old retiree in Newark. My partner and I spend $150 a week on groceries and save money by skipping meat.

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John Goldstein with his home garden.
John Goldstein grows tomatoes and herbs to have fresh ingredients to cook with.

John Goldstein

He's making $330,000 secretly juggling 2 jobs. He says it's 'surreal' not having to worry about money.

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A Texas healthcare worker is earning about $330,000 this year secretly juggling two full-time jobs.

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What ex-Goldman CEO Lloyd Blankfein had to learn about being rich — and how he's crushing retirement

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Lloyd Blankfein is the CEO of Goldman Sachs.
Lloyd Blankfein is the CEO of Goldman Sachs.

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I'm 63 and raising 2 grandchildren alone. It's cost me my retirement years, but I wouldn't trade it for the world.

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Rebecca Black with her grandson.
Rebecca Black has raised two of her grandsons since they were young.

Rebecca Black

A family traded Connecticut for retirement in a car-free Costa Rica beach town

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A family of four posing for a photo.
Allyson and Andrew Rappaport moved from the US to Costa Rica with their two sons.

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My parents moved in with us before my dad got sick. It made all the difference when he passed.

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Two people pose in a living room, with one seated wearing a nasal cannula and blue shirt.
Justin Murphy (right) and his father.

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White-collar baby boomers are facing a dilemma: Embrace AI or retire early

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Photo collage featuring a man on a laptop, a woman using a phone, and an iPhone with AI apps on the screen.

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I left my full-time job in the US and moved to Mexico. At first, I felt like I'd made a huge mistake.

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Retiring abroad early to Mexico wasn't easy at first, and it took me years to redefine success and build a life I truly feel fulfilled by.

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Forget the golf course, older Americans are spending their retirements online

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Retired baby boomer in a deck chair holding a phone and a drink in front of a laptop screen with app icons.

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We couldn't afford to pay for my mom's dementia assisted living anymore. She moved into a tiny house next door to me.

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Trailer home for Lori Bufka's mom
Lori Bufka moved her mom into a trailer home near hers in Arizona as a long-term care solution.

Lori Bufka

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