February 4, 2023 Hello, Insiders! Welcome to our Saturday edition, filled with fascinating reads for your weekend. Today we’re introducing you to a new acronym taking TikTok by storm — DINKWAD — and hearing about a reporter’s year of renting her clothes. Plus, we’ve got one couple’s monthslong hunt for their lost luggage, a look at what it’s like to work on a cruise ship, and your letters about the reinvention of work in 2023. Let’s get to it.

WEEKEND READS DINKWAD, NYC's Grand Central & more Seth Wenig/AP Fifty years and $11 billion. That’s what it took to complete a train station beneath NYC's Grand Central Terminal. Here’s why it’s so hard to build things in the US. The new American Dream: Becoming a DINKWAD. It stands for double income, no kids, with a dog — and the lifestyle is taking TikTok by storm. Meet the aspirational DINKWADs making everyone jealous. “I’ve been renting all of my clothes for over a year.” Insider’s Avery Hartmans has been using Nuuly, a service owned by Urban Outfitters’ parent company, and says everyone should know the pros and cons of renting clothes before starting. Read her story. “We tried the bottle of wine from Frank and Bill's tragic 'The Last of Us' episode.” The bottle of Louis Jadot Beaujolais-Villages was light, easy to drink, and best of all, very cheap. Read the full review. A couple went on a monthslong hunt for their lost luggage — where they found it blew their minds. After months of calls, knocking on doors, and a police investigation, the couple got an unlikely explanation — the airline donated it to charity. Here’s how they got it back. The 500-year history of the original “Red Drink.” Sorrel, a traditional drink made from hibiscus flowers, made its way to America and abroad during the transatlantic slave trade. "It is a dark history, but there is so much joy and persistence in this.” Read more. “I felt pressured to buy a nearly $1 million house at age 27 — and I deeply regret it.” Elsa and her husband’s new mortgage payment is more than triple their previous monthly rent, and they've been forced to make changes to their lifestyle to afford their home. Here’s their story. Six ways to preserve your memory as you age. Memory and cognitive function tend to decline as people age, and lifestyle choices like a healthy diet, regular exercise, and an active social life can keep your memory stronger. Read our list. “I'm a cart girl on a golf course.” Zalaiya Nefwani, a 24-year-old beverage-cart girl in Phoenix, Arizona, says she studies what men like to get them to tip more. Pigtails and red nail polish seem to do the trick — even if it grosses her out. What it’s like to be a cart girl. Meet a four-parent, polyamorous family. With three incomes and zero childcare costs, the family is thriving in the face of the US childcare crisis. “They quite literally always have a parent around.” Read more.

WHAT IT'S LIKE Working on a cruise ship Courtesy of Sequoia Harris Five cruise workers reveal the best and worst parts of their jobs. From incredible travel and lifelong friendships to grueling hours and cramped cabins, here’s what life below deck is like.

TAKE A LOOK Tiny home transformation Rose Ballard/Rose Ballard Studio An Austin couple transformed a filthy 1971 Airstream into a modern tiny home. The millennial couple spent 18 months converting the 27-foot-long vehicle. It’s roadworthy and fully equipped with off-grid capabilities. Check out the photos.

WATCH THIS Inside olive oil production How 3 million gallons of olive oil are produced during crippling droughts. Spain produces roughly half of the world’s olive oil. Insider visited Antequera, a town in the south of the country, to see how farmers are coping after Europe’s worst drought in 500 years. Watch here.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR The reinvention of work We’re just a few weeks into the new year, and our notes this week centered on all the ways that work is changing. We received so many thoughtful responses from readers. Here are a few of them.   On remote versus in-person work:   “My employer initially went hybrid with the pandemic rolling through but ultimately became more and more remote. We are a smaller organization. ... They've maintained the remote aspect and have downsized our office space from three suites to just one.”- Jenn “Just started the transition to being hybrid three days a week. Not going all that well. Losing productivity (my job doesn’t care if I am in the office or not).” - David “Our company has a mandated three-day in-office policy. It even goes as far as if we are in the field on a dedicated office day, we need to make it up on another day. None of us are very fond of it.” - Ron   On Gen Z’s work revolution:   “Quite frankly, I think previous generations should be proud that they’ve raised a generation that isn’t afraid to make noise and separate work and life. It seems to be something every other generation has wanted to do, but hasn’t had the power to accomplish.” - Meghan “I am 65 years old, and I look back with regret [over] the things I have missed due to my dedication to a job and employer who was not dedicated to me, or my colleagues.” - Cathy   On how AI is changing work:    “As we all perform some number of routine tasks a program or machine can do faster, ChatGPT, its successors, and AI in general will continue to advance into our daily lives. The larger question is how AI will be constructed to maximize human creativity.” - Jeff “The truth is, automation pretty much always causes disruption, and while in some cases the overall jobs loss might be small because of new opportunities that come from the new capabilities, individuals can suffer. If we care about people, we need to do what we can to minimize this suffering, while recognizing that the technical progress will continue.” - Nelson “I find ChatGPT an incredible tool for learning. Working for a large tech company, I often wonder how all of [the] different types of code and technology come together to ‘make things work.’ ChatGPT is like having every engineer from every team in one room where I can just fire questions off and learn how they interact with each other!” - Joseph