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Tye Pierpont got her first passport a few months before turning 40, and she knew exactly how she wanted to celebrate that milestone: with a trip to Thailand. Loading audio narration… She’d never left North America, and Thailand felt exciting.”Back in 2008, that seemed to me the most exotic, crazy place. I didn’t want to go to Paris or Spain. I wanted to go to Thailand,” Tye, now 57, told Business Insider. This story is part of our Retirement: Chiang Mai series, which follows people choosing to retire in northern Thailand for reasons ranging from affordability to lifestyle and care.Read…

Right after college, I was like most graduates — broke and desperate for money. Loading audio narration… In the early aughts, there was no social media, no algorithms, and certainly no online job postings like there are today. The only way to get leads was through newspaper ads or those physical job boards at career fairs and public places. To get noticed, I printed out a stack of resumes, made a list of the companies I wanted to work for, put on my best professional outfit, and dropped a copy off — in person.It’s almost hard to believe today. Over…

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Kat Moore. It has been edited for length and clarity. Loading audio narration… In 2022, my husband and I visited Sicily for the first time. I fell in love with the island and told my husband I wanted to buy a house there to live in one day. He thought I was insane, but I was adamant.People in Sicily tend to lead a slower pace of life. In the US, there’s a huge emphasis on work as your identity. It’s stressful and overwhelming, and I craved a different way of life.…

My weeks are planned around which cafés I’ll visit, long lunch breaks, spending time in nature, painting, and going to the spa. I schedule my work around that — not my life around my work. Loading audio narration… I rejected both hustle culture and the FIRE (Financial Independence, Retire Early) movement in favor of a solution that lets me work as little as possible so I can have everyday joys. Working 40-hour workweeks to retire in my 70s and then maybe traveling sounded like I was delaying my life. Working longer hours, investing heavily in a market that can be…

I flew to Omaha this week to attend the first Berkshire Hathaway shareholder meeting in six decades not led by Warren Buffett as CEO. Loading audio narration… My conversations with more than 20 shareholders, analysts, and executives pointed to an uncertain future for the iconic gathering now that Buffett has stepped out of the spotlight.Berkshire’s annual bash has been dubbed “Woodstock for Capitalists” because it attracts tens of thousands of people from across the world to Buffett’s hometown of Omaha for a weekend of shopping, learning, networking, and more.Buffett, 95, rocked the business world during last year’s meeting when he…

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Ryan Garrido, the owner of Dropshipping High Ticket, a dropshipping business that he runs while traveling the world. Garrido, 37, started his company while living overseas. The following has been edited for length and clarity. Loading audio narration… I think the definition of an entrepreneur is someone who takes risks. In America, you might be thinking, “OK, I have enough to break even. I can pay my rent, I can pay my bills, I can pay for groceries, my gas, and I’ll have $20 left over.”But what business are you going…

“She will never go for that,” I told my husband in 2023 when he suggested that my then-68-year-old mom sell the Hudson, New York, home she had lived in for 45 years and move an hour north to live with us.After my stepdad died in 2020, she seemed to have a new lease on life. After all, she had been his caretaker for 25 years. She was spending time with friends, redecorating her house, and she seemed to be enjoying life.Until one day, something changed.Her normally upbeat demeanor turned sad. She suddenly struggled to get out of bed. Some days,…

Warren Buffett is a media master, and Berkshire Hathaway’s shareholder weekend is one of a kind, says influencer and investor Sahil Bloom. Loading audio narration… The author of “The 5 Types of Wealth” and writer of “The Curiosity Chronicle” newsletter spoke to Business Insider’s Theron Mohamed in Buffett’s hometown of Omaha on Friday, ahead of Berkshire’s annual meeting.Berkshire is “in many ways a media company,” the wealth guru said, pointing to Berkshire’s yearly gathering and Buffett’s famous shareholder letters as an “incredible example of building a brand around media.”Buffett built his brand in part by breaking down complex financial subjects,…

Consumers are in for a rude awakening from the what one expert is calling the second wave of inflation caused by the Iran war.The impact of the war on consumers’ wallets has been relatively limited, with inflationary pressures showing up in high gas prices and pricier flights. Market watchers warn that the relative economic calm won’t last.”The gas pump is only the opening act. The real household inflation hit comes later, hidden inside everyday products,” Mark Malek, Siebert Financial CIO, said.Goldman Sachs recently warned that there’s an major inflationary pressure brewing in the global economy beyond the oil shock that…

I became a widow at 26. My husband died of a heart attack on the three-year anniversary of the day I lost my mom to a brain aneurysm. Showing up at work in the midst of my grief was one of the most difficult things I’ve ever done. Loading audio narration… I was a psychotherapist. I knew about grief. But knowing about grief didn’t make working through it any easier.I only had two days of official bereavement time, but my physician diagnosed me with acute stress disorder (the precursor to PTSD). That allowed me to tap into short-term disability benefits…