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I got a 2.75% mortgage rate when most other homebuyers were being quoted 7%. Now I can save more for retirement.

Thu, 07/18/2024 - 15:09

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Brian Sankey on the beach. — Brian Sankey purchased a home with a 2.75% interest rate in June.
Courtesy of Brian Sankey

Real Estate, as-told-to, Military, assumable-mortgage, mortgage-rates, Homebuyer, homebuying

I saved $1,000 a month when I cut alcohol. The emotional and physical tax was just as expensive.

Thu, 07/18/2024 - 11:21

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Katie Butler at her college graduation holding her diploma — Katie Butler said that she went back to school to fund her drinking and partying lifestyle.
courtesy of Katie Butler

health, Budgeting, Sober, Alcohol, saving-money, Sobriety, healthy-lifestyle

I left my $130K job at Lyft and became a barista. Here's what it taught me.

Thu, 07/18/2024 - 07:13

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Chris Jereza posing whilst wearing a black shirt and chain in front of a light blue background — Chris Jereza said taking a break after leaving his job at Lyft allowed him to explore his values.
Chris Jereza

Careers, Tech, trending-uk, as-told-to, Lyft, tech-careers, barista

A 60-year-old CEO says she lowered her biological age to 35 with 4 simple changes

Thu, 07/18/2024 - 06:32

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tina smiling, dressed to DJ and wearing heart shaped sunglasses — 60-year-old Tina Woods DJs as "Tina Technotic" alongside 27-year-old DJ Yukari.
Tina Woods

health, Longevity, healthy-aging, biological-age, as-told-to

I was a female Secret Service agent. Women can do the job just as well as men.

Thu, 07/18/2024 - 05:05

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Mary Beth Wilkas Janke was one of less than 200 female Secret Service agents in the early 1990s.

Zubin Stillings

Careers, as-told-to, BI-freelancer, secret-service, us-secret-service, Women, law-enforcement

I grew up in Norway and live in Bali. I'm learning to blend Asian and Western parenting styles when raising my kids.

Wed, 07/17/2024 - 20:31

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A man, a woman, and two kids posing for a photo. They're all wearing white, with the woman planting a kiss on the cheek of one of the kids. — Simen Platou with his wife Jen and their two kids.
Simen Platou/The Simifers

Parenting, as-told-to, parenting-styles, Asian, Western

I live in Lithuania, the happiest place on earth for under 30s. As a very happy 28-year-old, here's what it's like.

Wed, 07/17/2024 - 07:18

Tech Insider : Travel

Vilnius — Lithuania was ranked the happiest country under 30s in the World Happiness Report 2024.
yegorovnick/Shutterstock

Travel, contributor-2024, as-told-to, Lithuania, world-happiness-report, world-happiness-rankings, vilnius

I'm a remote worker who moved to Chicago. Social media helped me make friends, but it's hard to meet people during the city's freezing winters.

Wed, 07/17/2024 - 06:11

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Aley Clark sits on her sofa in her apartment in Chicago, holding a hot drink and looking at a magazine — Summer is the season for socializing in Chicago, Aley Clark says.
Courtesy of Aley Clark

Careers, as-told-to, trending-uk, illinois, Chicago, Relocation, south-carolina

I'm a Gen Z welder. This job kills your body, but I'm earning $2,000 a week and getting ripped doing it.

Wed, 07/17/2024 - 06:03

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A composite image of Elizabeth holding a cat and Elizabeth welding. — Elizabeth is a welder based in Alberta, who chose to go into a trade job over a corporate role.
Elizabeth

Careers, Careers, Jobs, Trade, Canada, as-told-to

I was at the Copa America final in Miami. Getting in was chaotic and I worried about a stampede.

Mon, 07/15/2024 - 16:45

Tech Insider : Sports

Couple posing in Argentina gear at Miami stadium during Copa America final — Andrea Persson went to see the final match with her husband and described the chaotic scenes trying to enter the stadium.
Courtesy of Andrea Persson

Sports, as-told-to, health, health-freelancer, Soccer, Argentina

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