I'd become the kind of adult my younger self would have pitied. A weeklong Arctic retreat helped me find my way back.

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Stephanie Pensa is taking a selfie in Norway.
Stephanie Pensa was feeling lost and went on a hiking retreat in the Arctic to help her reconnect with purpose.

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I feel more Chinese in the US and more American in China. I have to switch between 2 personalities.

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Jeff Niu moved to Beijing.
Jeff Niu grew up as an ABD in New York, but always felt drawn to China.

Louis Tellier

In my 20s, I dreamed of a wild weekend in Vegas. Instead, I went as a sober mom in my 30s.

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Priscilla Blossom sitting on a green sofa chair in Las Vegas.
In her 20s, Priscilla Blossom dreamed of partying in Las Vegas — but by the time she made it there, she was a sober mom.

Priscilla Blossom

I moved to Shanghai from the Midwest 10 years ago. I struggle to relate to friends back home.

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Woman posing in window frame in China.
Sophie Steiner moved to Shanghai in 2015.

Sophie Steiner

I'm a dad in Australia. I'm worried about the way the social media ban will affect my 14-year-old.

Tech Insider : Business, Politics, Travel
Father in son in Australia
Paul Chai says his teenager uses TikTok to discover music and Snapchat to keep up with friends.

Paul Chai

I took my 3 kids to India to relive my study-abroad days. Traveling in my 40s is a whole new kind of magic.

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Family posing in front of the Taj Mahal in India.
Wendy Altschuler visited the Taj Mahal when she traveled back to India with her husband and three kids.

Wendy Altschuler

My solo trip to Greece helped me reset, but there are 5 things that would've made it even better

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Overhead shot of Zakynthos, an island in Greece.
Katka Lapelosova took a solo trip to Zakynthos, a Greek island.

Katka Lapelosova

I spent a week in a hospital in Ecuador when my lung collapsed. It confirmed that moving here was the right decision.

Tech Insider : Travel
A woman wearing sunglasses in Alausi, Ecuador, with Andes in the background.
Sinead Mulhern started having trouble breathing one day while walking near an Andean town.

Sinead Mulhern

I started using dating apps in my 50s and quickly grew frustrated. Coming up with the 'burned haystack' dating method helped.

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Jennie Young sitting outside on stairs.
Jennie Young created the Burned Haystack Dating Method.

Jennie Young

We got married at a luxury resort in Thailand. If I could go back, there are 5 things I'd do differently.

Tech Insider : Travel
Bride and groom kissing at wedding at Rosewood Phuket.
Ellie Furuya and her now-husband chose to have a destination wedding in Phuket, Thailand.

Wasan Chirdchom, (Instagram @runnimages)

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