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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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.

Tech Insider : Travel, Travel, Business
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

Tech Insider : Economy, Business, Style
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

A new generation is discovering Gap — and they're loading up on jeans and sweats

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Gap store windows
Gap reached net sales of $3.5 billion in 2025, a 5% increase from the year before.

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The rise of the daycap: Gen Z prefers intentional, daytime sips

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Four cocktail glasses meet to cheers in the center of a brunch table.
Gen Z drinks more intentionally — and earlier in the day — than their older counterparts.

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I felt unprepared when I moved into my first apartment. Living alone has been challenging, but also incredibly rewarding.

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Carrie, with her arms stretched out to the sides, sits on a couch in her apartment.
During my last year of college, I moved into my first apartment alone.

Carrie Berk

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