Cami sold her home and bought a working laundromat in Arizona for $300,000. Less than three years later, she quit her nursing job to run the laundromat full-time. It brought in roughly $475,000 in revenue in 2024, including about $119,000 in profits.

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In January, Symone Austin, 33, was laid off from her job.

Austin says she has since retooled her budget to cover her nearly $2,800 mortgage every month, make payments toward her student loans, avoid new credit card debt and barely touch her $40,000 emergency savings. Here’s how: cnb.cx/4qa4rrH

Ashley Cleveland, 41, left a string of corporate gigs that had her feeling burnt out to recharge abroad. She first took a sabbatical in Tanzania five years ago and now lives in South Africa. She never plans to return to the U.S.

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Growing up in Southern California, Ashley Peters had always been interested in Japanese culture and cuisine.

In January 2025, a little less than a year after she graduated from UC Irvine, Peters boarded that flight to move to Japan. Take a look at what her life is like now: cnb.cx/3Kpx6K3

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Markeiz Ryan, 36, left a military career behind to build a new life in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam after being honorably discharged in 2019. He earns around $4,000/month and pays $850/month in rent for his two-bedroom apartment.

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