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For the Wild old Bunch of Alta, Utah, getting older means more time for the mountain. And anyone over 80 skis free.

When it comes to aging, avoiding risk may be dangerous in its own way.

Korea was my parents’ country. They wouldn’t need me there as they did in Canada … right?

"Joy Ride" knows that visiting one’s homeland isn’t an easy fix for feelings of loneliness at home.

Identifying our desires can point us to our deeper values.

We shouldn’t work less simply because it allows us to be better workers. We should work less because it allows us to be better humans.

Breakthroughs are the product of persistence, not magic.

A few theories why

Don’t curb your enthusiasm.

They make your life better. So why not turn them into your neighbors?

Intense work can be exhausting and burnout-inducing—and thrilling. Walking away isn’t so easy.

Americans are taught that they have to go it alone. But what if we also valued the art of dependence?

How do you talk to parents whose two teenage children have just been killed?

There is magic in the moment when you realize you’ve found a friend like no other. What if we celebrated that kind of connection more?

A “culture of passivity” makes many people reluctant to question their friends’ decisions.

Author Mira Jacob explores the grief that overtook her when her best friend moved away after living in the same city for 22 years.

Many people don’t know very much about their older relatives. But if we don’t ask, we risk never knowing our own history.

Everything's In Transit