I moved to California with my family for a better life. Moving back to Berlin was the real fresh start.

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A woman in a black long-sleeved top and jeans leaning against a wall.
Ruth Barry and her husband moved to California to be close to his family, then decided to go back to Germany.

Robert Rieger

I'm a single mom who left the chaos of the city to raise my daughter in a yoga town in the Himalayas

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Amrisha Agarwal and her daughter Lavenia.
Amrisha Agarwal moved to Rishikesh with her daughter, Lavenia, to escape the rat race of city life.

Amrisha Agarwal

We moved to a care center in Thailand in our 70s. It's like an insurance policy for whoever is left.

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A couple holding hands while sitting on their couch.
Peter and Rita Millard lived in countries across Europe after they retired. In 2023, they decided that Chiang Mai, Thailand, is where they want to grow old.

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I worked at McKinsey and JPMorgan before moving to Spain to teach. Here's why the corporate world was a necessary step.

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Victoria Yorio
Victoria Yorio now lives in Madrid.

Victoria Yorio

I'm the 90-year-old matriarch of a 4-generation household. I sleep on the couch, and my family shares the other 6 bedrooms.

Tech Insider : Business
June Boyd's family sitting on the steps of their multigenerational house
The Boyd family lives in a large, multigenerational house in Toledo, Ohio.

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I'm the CEO of Headspace and a former Navy pilot. Here's a day in my life, from battling sleep issues to flying a plane.

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CEO of Headspace
Tom Pickett is the CEO of Headspace and a former Navy pilot.

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I couldn't afford housing near my job. I pay $650 to live with a 77-year-old and help her with chores.

Tech Insider : Business
An older woman and a younger woman are standing in a kitchen.
Kayla Mazza and Honey Donegan at their home in southern Vermont.

Courtesy of Ben DiFlorio/HomeShare Vermont

I quit my corporate job and moved back in with my parents. It didn't feel like a step back — it made me more confident.

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A woman in a pink pancho sits under a tall bush.
Keara Callahan.

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I retired early from Google after 18 years. My grandfather's advice helped me invest enough to leave my job at 55.

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Matt Lowrie is sitting at an outdoor table with a drink glass in front of him
Matt Lowrie quit Google in November 2025.

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I taught Claude to talk like a caveman to save my AI tokens. It became unusable — and I learned a lesson about virality.

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Alexander Huso is pictured.
Alexander Huso taught Claude to talk like a caveman to save on output tokens.

Alexander Huso

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