I’ve kept these dead, dusty flowers from my grandmother for nearly a decade. I should have thrown them out years ago, but can’t.
Shea Karssing with the flower arrangement her grandmother gave her nearly a decade ago. I’ve kept a dead, dusty bouquet of proteas through three homes and nearly a decade of life. I should have thrown them out years ago, but every time I try, something stops me. It makes no sense. I’m the person who…
We moved halfway across the country so my kids could be near their grandparents. We get more support, and they get more time together.
Nearly four years ago, we uprooted our family and moved halfway across the country from the South to the Midwest. It was a two-day journey with a full U-Haul and endless bathroom breaks. After five years and having two kids states away from our families, we were ready for support, so we relocated back to…
Seeking nominations for B-17 most innovative CMOs of 2025 list — submit entries by April 25
Duolingo CMO Manu Orssaud featured on B-17 most innovative CMOs of 2024 list — will your marketing chief be featured this year? B-17 is seeking nominations for our 10th annual list of the most innovative CMOs in the world. Submit your nominees via this form by 5 p.m. ET on April 25. Your nomination doesn’t…
Elon Musk can now add ‘city founder’ to his résumé after SpaceX employees vote to create Starbase, Texas
The area, previously called Boca Chica, is home to SpaceX launch sites. Elon Musk can now add “city founder” to his résumé after residents surrounding his SpaceX complex in South Texas voted this weekend to incorporate the area as “Starbase.” The near-unanimous decision — 212 votes in favor to just 6 against, according to county…
A software engineer shares the résumé that got him to the final rounds at Google, Meta, Amazon, and Netflix — and hired at a Magnificent 7 company
Maulik Suchak says he gained valuable insights on what to include in his résumé by reviewing that of hundreds of his peers for a résumé-building website he built. You could call Maulik Suchak something of a résumé expert. His résumés have gotten him to final-round interviews at Google, Meta, Amazon, Netflix, and Atlassian, and led…
Nearly two-thirds of Americans fear going broke more than death. Here’s how to avoid 3 retirement-saving mistakes.
The author (not pictured) felt lost when she achieved her career goals. Nearly two-thirds of Americans, 64%, worry more about running out of money than they do about death. That’s according to Allianz Life’s 2025 Annual Retirement Study, which surveyed 1,000 individuals age 25+ living in the contiguous US. “We’ve been getting this response for…
I visited a retirement home to have a conversation with older Americans about the economy. They were scared.
Benjamin Meyer, Judy Perlman, and Bob Katz each said they’re worried about their retirement savings. On Thursday, I pulled into the parking lot at Atria Tanglewood, a senior living facility on the south shore of Long Island, about an hour outside of Manhattan. In a basement-level room, surrounded by wide-brimmed hats left over from the…
Kim Jong Un is opening a tourism mega-resort in North Korea. It’s unclear how he’ll fill its thousands of rooms.
Kim Jong Un visiting the construction site at Wonsan Kalma Last October, a video of tanned, blond Russians relaxing on a North Korean beach went viral. That beach is in Wonsan, on the Kalma peninsula — a stretch of North Korea’s eastern coast now home to dozens of hotels and apartments — and is the…
After getting laid off, I used my free time to write my first novel. It helped me figure out what I wanted from my next job.
The author (not pictured) wrote a book after getting laid off. In November 2024, I found myself on the receiving end of a companywide downsizing, or layoffs. The news hit hard at first. Those 15 minutes between getting the message (you know, the ominous one, “Can you hop on? Find somewhere… comfortable”) and the actual…
