At 26, Stephanie Be isn't your average travel blogger.  

Yes, her blog TravelBreak has over 260,000 subscribers. Yes, she's been to over 40 countries. And yes, her Facebook and Instagram pictures of splashy sunsets and majestic landscapes seem almost too good to be true.

But with business savvy as her driving force, Be defines her career path as an "entrepretraveler."

Having grown up immersed in Latino culture as the child of Mexican immigrants, Be wanted to see more of the world after graduating from UCLA.

“In Latino culture we're really encouraged to put others first and to serve each other. I love doing that, and I still do... but I also needed some time to be myself and do what I wanted to do and learn about people different than myself.”

She decided to take a gap year in Sydney, Australia, figuring that she would come back and find a corporate job eventually.

“I thought that travel was something that you get out of your system,” she said.

She worked as a bartender in Sydney, but longed for control over her schedule. That’s when she started freelancing.

Last weekend, I drove a Lamborghini Centenario through the Australian rainforest. It was even better than it sounds.

Sadly, I didn't personally pilot the Lambo. I was sitting on my couch in Brooklyn, holding an Xbox One controller, grinning uncontrollably. I'm talking, of course, about "Forza Horizon 3"— a new racing game on the Xbox One and PC.

Not only is "Horizon 3" a blast to play, but it's by far the most gorgeous game on the Xbox One.

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When you hear "Forza," you might think "simulation." In the case of the "Forza Horizon" series, that isn't accurate.

"Forza Horizon" is the "Fast & Furious" of racing games. It's reverent of cars, sure, but its focus is on FUN.

The "plot" of the game is based around the Horizon Festival, a sort of commercial-friendly Sturgis for car culture.

The Millennium Tower rises 58 stories above San Francisco's Financial District.

But as the saying goes, the higher you rise, the further you fall.

City officials are scrambling to figure out the series of events that led to the development and sinking of the $350 million Millennium Tower. The skyscraper, which houses some 400multimillion-dollar condos, has sunk 16 inches and tilted two inches since it opened in 2009. All told, it could sink over 30 inches, according to CBS.

While the building is not currently at risk of keeling over, residents are furious that their property values are plummeting, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. The city will hold a hearing starting September 22 to piece together statements from the high-rise's developers and city officials about what caused the sinking.

Here's everything you need to know about the Millennium Tower.

SEE ALSO: Meet the famous residents and jaw-dropping properties inside San Francisco's own 'leaning tower'

Millennium Tower sits on the edge of San Francisco's eastern shoreline.

The luxury condo building soars 645 feet, making it the tallest concrete structure in San Francisco and providing unparalleled views of the Bay Area.

Source: Wikipedia

Completed in 2008, the Millennium Tower includes top-notch amenities, including a pool, fitness center, wine cellar and tasting room, and concierge service.

In 15 minutes you'll be giving a big, important presentation.

Your heart is racing, your mouth is dry, and your palms are damp. You're starting to panic.

It's completely normal to feel nervous in the moments leading up to a big speech or presentation.

Darlene Price, president, of Well Said, Inc. and author of "Well Said! Presentations and Conversations That Get Results," tells Business Insider that instead of trying to lose the butterflies, you should aim to leverage them. "The adrenaline surge can fuel your body with the energy and enthusiasm necessary for a great performance," she explains.

Whether you're stepping to the front of the room to speak to just a few people, or making a grand entrance in a ballroom to address thousands, here are a few ways to effectively use the 15 minutes before you go up to prepare your body and mind for peak performance:

SEE ALSO: 13 public-speaking mistakes you should avoid at all costs

Use the restroom.

When you're nervous, you may feel like you "have to go." So, plan ahead and use the restroom before you take the stage.

Check yourself out in the mirror.

There's nothing worse than wondering, "Do I have something in my teeth?" as you start talking to the audience.

Check out the meeting room and the audiovisual set-up

Get to the room early to check out the space and test the equipment so there are no surprises once you start.

If you haven't heard of Marie Kondo by now, you've been living under a rock — or at least a very large pile of things you should throw away.

Kondo is a Japanese lifestyle celebrity known for helping people decrease clutter and straighten up their homes for good. Her book — "The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up"— has become a best seller, published in 41 countries and regions, and even launched a sequel, "Spark Joy."

She's developed a fan base so huge for her decluttering methods that her followers flood Instagram with photos of their "kondo-ed" homes.

Learn about the Kondo method and how to do it for yourself.

To start "kondo-ing," put all of your clothes in one spot and sort them by what to keep and what to throw away.

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The point of kondo-ing your home is to surround yourself with things that you love. Kondo recommends only keeping things that "spark joy," or that make you feel lighter when you touch them. She says you'll recognize the feeling immediately.

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You know what they say — those who study history are doomed to watch others repeat it.

That being said, history buffs aren't necessarily doomed to a life of subpar wages, despite the anti-humanities naysayers.

If you're dead set on pursuing your passion and entering a field that involves history or archaeology, you've actually got a couple of options when it comes to well-paid jobs.

We checked out the Occupational Information Network (O*NET), a US Department of Labor database that compiles detailed information on hundreds of jobs, and looked at salary data on the US Bureau of Labor Statistics' website to find positions with a median annual salary of over $60,000 that require an extensive knowledge of history.

O*NET ranks how important "knowledge of historical events and their causes, indicators, and effects on civilizations and cultures" is in any job, assigning each a "history importance level" between 1 and 100.

Judging from this list, it's mostly academia or bust for history lovers. Sadly, historians themselves didn't make the cut — as the median pay for that job was $55,800 a year.

Here are 16 high-paying positions with a history-importance level of 50 or higher:

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Park naturalists

Median salary: $61,110

History importance level: 74

Park naturalists plan, develop, and conduct programs to inform public of historical, natural, and scientific features of national, state, or local park.

Archaeologist

Median salary: $61,220

History importance level: 98

Archaeologists conduct research to reconstruct record of past human life and culture from human remains, artifacts, architectural features, and structures recovered through excavation, underwater recovery, or other means of discovery.

Anthropologists

Median salary: $61,220

History importance level: 82

Anthropologists research, evaluate, and establish public policy concerning the origins of humans; their physical, social, linguistic, and cultural development; and their behavior, as well as the cultures, organizations, and institutions they have created.

On Wednesday, news broke that Apple may be in talks to buy one of the most prestigious supercar makers in the world: McLaren Technology Group. However, the Woking, England-based company has since denied the rumors of an Apple takeover. 

Regardless, talk of a deal comes at a time when McLaren is undergoing one of its biggest transformations ever.

While MTG and its McLaren Automotive subsidiary are known for its state-of-the-art supercars, the company recently made the big move to expand its portfolio to include sports cars.

In March 2015, the company unveiled the 570S, which was the first car to emerge from McLaren's new Sport Series. With the introduction of the Sports Series, McLaren is now able to offer a wider variety of cars with a broad range of price points.

McLaren hopes the Sports Series will completely transform its business. The Woking, England-based company expects the Sports Series to more than double the company's annual sales total to 4,000 cars over the next few years.

In the 570S, McLaren has found the weapon it needs to solidly stake its place as one of the world's great performance brands. With a base price of $184,900, the 570S marks the first time McLaren will offer a car for sale in the US with sticker price south of $200,000.

McLaren made a vermilion red 570S Coupe test car available for Business Insider to check out. This particular car was loaded with carbon-fiber upgrades and luxury options that pushed the as tested price up to $229,100.

Photos by Hollis Johnson unless otherwise credited.

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When it comes to modern British sports cars, models like the Lotus Exige or ...

... the Jaguar F-Type immediately come to mind.

When most think of McLaren, it's usually images of the company's legendary speed-demon F1 hypercar or...

When it comes to wealth building, having a plan is the most important thing, but there are also a lot of little actions to make that will make a difference in the long run.

MagnifyMoney co-founder Nick Clements spent years working in banking before founding his own business, so he knows a thing or two about the process of building wealth.

The following are some steps he’s picked up over his 15-plus years of experience in the business that could help put you on the road to wealth today.

SEE ALSO: 4 secrets to building wealth in your 30s

Eliminate expensive credit card debt as quickly as possible

It’s impossible to build any real wealth with a mound of credit card debt hanging over your head. Consider a balance transfer to a 0% interest credit card that you pay off before you start accruing interest on it (here are some of the best ones on the market today) or look into a personal loan where the interest rate is better than that which you’re paying on your card (use this story to determine if a personal loan might be best for your situation). Getting out of debt quickly is the most important step you can take on the road to building your personal wealth.

Stop spending money on depreciating assets

Living within your means is one thing, but just because you can afford that fancy new Audi doesn’t necessarily mean you should. When it comes to purchases, some large-ticket items are worth it in the long run (see below), while others, like fancy cars, only depreciate the moment you purchase them. Think wisely before buying — if an item is only likely to significantly decrease in value, it’s probably not worth it.

Put as much of your money as you can into assets that will appreciate over time

On the other hand, throwing your money into things like the stock market or a great home is a good decision, since history shows us that these items tend to actually earn us money the longer we hold on to them. Putting your money into things that will help you build wealth while you sit back and watch it happen is one of the great secrets of the already wealthy.

Just make sure that you don’t take on too much leverage when you buy a generally appreciating asset, like a home. The people most negatively impacted by the 2008 crisis were forced to sell their homes at the bottom of the worst real estate market since the Depression.

The American viewing public can't seem to get enough of doctors. Medical dramas have been a television staple since "City Hospital" aired in 1951. Since then, we've had films and television programs about physicians that have spanned genres — from historical pieces like "Mercy Street" and "Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman," to soap operas like "General Hospital" to comedies like "Scrubs" to hugely popular dramas like "House,""E.R." and "Grey's Anatomy."

As a result, there are a ton of tropes and clichés out there about medicine and those who practice it. But what's reality and what's just creative license? And how do fictional depictions of doctors change how we view both physicians and medicine in real life?

Business Insider recently spoke with Jenna Reece and Faiz Jiwani, two fourth-year medical students at Columbia University's College of Physicians and Surgeons who have also participated in Columbia's narrative medicine graduate program. They both described some of the popular tropes they frequently see in medical fiction.

Here are six myths about doctors and medicine that Hollywood frequently puts out there, along with four surprising tropes it often gets right:

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Myth: Doctors fit into easy stereotypes

There are tons of stereotypes about doctors out there. Reece listed a few for Business Insider.

"There are a lot of existing tropes about doctors that provide a lot of archetypes to work from," she says. "You have the old mentor, the idealistic young rebel, the womanizer, and the stern one with a heart of gold. You have a lot of characters that exist for your basic cast and then you can have the more extreme characters come in as patients and people will believe it."

In regards to why physicians are frequently featured as protagonists, Jiwani notes that doctors have a certain mystique, due to their years of extra schooling, their high incomes, and the fact that medicine is often not widely understood by the general public. In his own experience, he has had to work past certain initial expectations and stereotypes formed by media depictions of doctors.

"When the physician and patient meet, they meet each other with a history of experiences," he says. "The patient already has some expectation of what the physician will be like."

However, he adds that the fact that there are so many medical dramas out there actually lessens the overall effect of medical archetypes.

Myth: Being a doctor is all about diagnosing and treating patients

You'd never see the snarky Dr. House or the ensemble of "Grey's Anatomy" getting put on hold by an insurance company for hours. 

That doesn't mean that real doctors don't have to deal with a massive volume of bureaucracy, Reece notes. 

However, she adds that such scenes would definitely make any story less compelling.

"I understand why they don't depict it," she says. "It would be terrible. It would be a bad story."

Myth: Medical culture is the same across the board

Reece says that few medical shows are able to accurately capture medical culture. She cited the 2015 film "Trainwreck" as an example of what Hollywood gets wrong about subtle differences between medical occupations. In the romantic comedy, Bill Hader's sweet, soft-spoken character works as a cardiothoracic surgeon.

Reece says that, while she has met plenty of perfectly nice cardiothoracic surgeons, gentleness and quietness would be a detriment in that particular field.

"You couldn't be soft spoken," she says. "You'd be eaten alive. You wouldn't get into a residency program for cardiothoracic surgery if you didn't culturally fit in."

Each person's path to success may be unique, but there are many commonalities among the world's most successful people. 

For his book, "The 8 Traits Successful People Have in Common," author Richard St. John conducted interviews with more than 500 highly successful people, from the likes of Bill Gates and Richard Branson to Martha Stewart and Ben Cohen, the cofounder of Ben and Jerry's ice cream.

St. John entered transcriptions of every interview into a database in order to analyze more than 300 possible success factors.

He found they all shared eight traits, which he calls the "8 to be great" because "they're the foundation for success and greatness in any field." 

Scroll down to see the traits.

SEE ALSO: 6 attributes young millionaires often have in common

1. Successful people are passionate about what they do

Passion tops the list because "if you love what you're doing, it will be so much easier to develop the other seven success traits," St. John writes.

He says there are two types of people: strivers and seekers. Strivers know what they want to do early and can go for it from a young age, like Tiger Woods. The majority of people, however, are seekers. They have to discover what they love. 

St. John says there's one easy question you can ask yourself to determine if you've found your passion: "Would you do it for free?" If the answer is yes, then you've likely found it.

"Do what successful people do and follow your heart, not your wallet," St. John writes. "In the end, your wallet will be happy you did."

2. Successful people work hard while having fun

Hard work is necessary in any field, but it's important to have fun while you work.

St. John writes that he once read an article saying there was no correlation between success and hours worked, but he disagrees. Every successful person he interviewed works long hours. 

Some of the people he interviewed take an unconventional approach to the workday. Rather than the standard 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. shift, they look at each workday as a 5 a.m. to 9 p.m. shift. Oprah Winfrey, for example, told St. John that she "would never see daylight."

But it's important to avoid burnout. He writes that successful people aren't workaholics; they're "workafrolics" because they have fun doing what they're doing. 

Having an 80/20 split is a good guideline, he says, meaning 80% of your work should be enjoyable and the remaining 20% should consist of the serious, not-so-fun stuff. 

3. Successful people have a specific focus

Focus is key. To be successful, it's important to specialize in a certain area and build your expertise.

"Success means narrowing down and focusing on one thing, not being scattered all over the map," St. John writes.

But there's more to it than just picking a field and focusing on it. You should start out thinking wide and then narrow it down into one specific focus. 

"We have a million things on our minds every day," St. John writes. "But we can't succeed at a million things. It's hard enough to succeed at just one thing."

St. John uses Warren Buffett as an example, who told him that putting money in a lot of things is "a Noah's Ark way of investing — you end up with a zoo that way."

The tech startup world has faced a hard year, with bankruptcies, layoffs, and a challenging funding environment.

Exits for tech startups — that is, acquisitions or public offerings, which are the main ways startups return money to investors — are also down from last year.

According to a new report from CB Insights, the number of exits in the first half of 2016 is down 17% compared to the same period last year, although the trend is upward — up 6% between Q1 and Q2.

The decline has hit both IPOs and M&A, with 300 fewer companies bought compared to the first half of 2015, and 19 fewer IPOs. 

The price tags of these companies are also small. While there have been some splashy billion dollar exits like Cruise Automation and Jasper Technologies, 53% of tech company exits were for less than $50 million — meaning companies are being bought early for talent or technology. 

Here's CB Insights' full report on what the tech exit landscape has looked like so far in 2016:

SEE ALSO: A 'tourist investor,' not a VC firm, has the most investments in billion-dollar tech startups

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Every year, it gets more and more difficult to tell the difference between the "NBA 2K" video games and real basketball. Seriously, out of the corner of your eye, the two are practically identical.

"NBA 2K17" is no different. It looks better than ever. Don't believe me? Look at this:

Exactly! So we put together a smattering of photos of the NBA's biggest names, in real life, and juxtaposed those images with the way they look in "NBA 2K17." Check it out:

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LeBron James, who exploded to the basket on his way to a historic championship run last year, in real life:

And in "NBA 2K17":

Paul George, who graces the cover of "NBA 2K17" after leading the Pacers back to the playoffs, in real life:

Traveling in your 20s is marvelous. You (probably) don't have a house or a ("real") job or a family or "real" adult responsibilities, allowing you to embrace the youthful, carefree, bohemian culture of the globe-trotting vagabond armed only with yourpassport, small backpack, and ample trust fund. But hindsight has its benefits, and the wisdom you get from your traveling experience is better than a bottomless bank account (I assume). All those things people say about "If only I had known this when I was 22"? Well, we collected all of that accumulated wisdom from grown-ass adults very much no longer in their 20s to present to you here, dear readers, so that you can take advantage of this knowledge from your elders to have the best post-college/pre-adult-life travel experiences EVAR.

Go.

One thing all of our over-30 travelers agreed on unanimously is that you should make like Nike and just do it, and not just because you're young and (relatively) carefree, as outlined above. It's also a great -- possibly even essential -- way to experience the people and cultures of the world outside of your personal bubble.

"You're much better off traveling when you're young and your perception of yourself and the world is still malleable," said one correspondent. "If you're lucky enough to be able to travel in your 20s, don't think twice. Career, family, and all the other trappings of adulthood can come later, and they'll be richer experiences informed by a broader worldview."

Go alone.

Our responders widely agreed you should embrace traveling solo. You meet new people -- and natural introverts are forced to -- and gain the ability to talk to anyone, anywhere, anytime, in any situation. Friends and security-blanket acquaintances (i.e., those people you travel with to avoid solitude, ever, at all costs) can hold you back. They don’t necessarily want to do the things you want to do; they can potentially bum out your trip by being profoundly irritating; and talking only to a companion prevents those spontaneous interactions that make traveling so unexpected and delightful (even if they are just single-serving friends).

Or not.

And yet! You should also travel with your closest friends, because you will have the absolute best times of your life bonding, making memories, and finding fodder for those "remember that time you did this incredibly stupid/funny/amazing thing?" reminiscences. And that might sound cheesy, but it’s a fact. My dearest friends are the ones I travel well, and often, with, and those are some of my best times ever.

And you can’t truly consider a relationship serious until you stress-test it with a trip together. "Travel with someone you plan on being with for a while,” one of our observers said. “You'll find out very quickly if you are actually going to be together for a while."

I've broken up with a few boyfriends after a vacation when it became painfully clear that things just weren't going to work out. Still had a nice enough time. But better to learn that sooner than later.  

It's always sad to see classic titles leave Netflix, and in October some really great ones will be removed from the streaming service's library.

"Back to the Future," the movie that made you fall in love with Michael J. Fox and Huey Lewis and the News, will no longer be on Netflix beginning October 1st. The movie's sequels will also be going away.

Other greats out the door: "Beverly Hills Cop II,""Erin Brockovich,""The Running Man," and "The Warriors."

Here's the full list of everything leaving Netflix in October. We've highlighted some of the titles you should check out one more time before they disappear.

SEE ALSO: Everything we know so far about "Star Wars: Episode VIII"

Leaving October 1

"10.0 Earthquake"

"Back to the Future"

"Back to the Future Part II"

"Back to the Future Part III"

"Beverly Hills Cop II"

"Congo"

"Deep Impact"

"Erin Brockovich"

"The Exorcist"

"Heroes" (Season 1­4)

"Honey"

"Honey 2"

"Insomnia"

"Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius"

"Mr. Deeds"

"My Girl"

"Nick of Time"

"The Phantom"

"Psych" (Seasons 1­8)

"The Running Man"

"Saturday Night Live: The 2010s: Season 38 Timeline"
"Uncommon Valor"
"The Warriors"

Leaving October 2

"The Big Green"

Leaving October 15

"Ivan the Incredible"

"I know this may seem chaotic to you," Melissa Elders tells me loudly over the sound of clanks, bangs, and screams. "But this is actually extremely relaxing for the parents here."

Elders, the mom of 2-year-old Serena, is sitting in midtown Manhattan's Betony, a Michelin-starred restaurant that earned a three-star review from The New York Times' notoriously tough food critic, Pete Wells, in 2013.

Elders is the creator of a lunch club, Nibble and Squeak, meant for like-minded parents who are interested in food but might not get the chance to dine out with regularity. Many of them hadn't gone out to eat much since the birth of their children, like the parents at Betony on the day I visited a Nibble and Squeak event.

"I was looking for activities to do with my daughter when I was on maternity leave, and there were loads of options for music, art, and movement, but I wanted to feel like I was doing something fun for myself, too," Elders said. "I found that we were always grabbing lunch on the run, but not sitting down to enjoy a daytime meal together very often."

From there, her idea for Nibble and Squeak blossomed — she's now hosting two or three events a month in New York, and branching out to other cities across the US and in London.

Ahead, see what happened at the two-hour Nibble and Squeak luncheon at Betony:

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The Michelin Guide's review of Betony praises its 'grown-up restaurant' atmosphere, referencing its 'gilded features, wood paneling, and well-spaced tables.' Nibble and Squeak's lunch was hosted in the private room downstairs.

Source: Michelin Guide

'When choosing restaurants for Nibble and Squeak, hospitality is extremely important. The staff needs to be friendly,' Elders said. At Betony, the service was impeccable. 'I used to babysit kids,' a waiter told one of the mothers as he playfully made faces at her child. 'Any chance you'd return to the business?' the mom said jokingly.

Although the atmosphere was noisy, the parents seemed relaxed. Some came with friends, and others with just their child. 'It's a relief for parents to enter a nice space like an upscale restaurant and know that they are expected and welcomed and prepared for,' Elders said.

Every year since 2009, the staff at Motor Trend magazine along with professional racer Randy Pobst have selected what they consider to be the Best Driver's Car of the Year. 

Past winners of the competition include the Chevrolet Camaro Z/28, the Porsche 911 Carrera 4S, and the defending champion Mercedes-AMG GT S.

This year, the competition consisted of 12 cars from various domestic and international brands that range for mass-market to ultra-niche. 

The Motor Trend staff and Pobst spent a week putting the cars through the ringer in a series of instrumented tests, carving the mountain roads of California, as well as hot laps around the track at Laguna Seca. 

And here are the results. 

SEE ALSO: We drove the most important car McLaren has ever made

And the winner is.... The 2016 McLaren 570S!

"The McLaren 570S stands out in this year’s crowd of high-horsepower overachievers because it provides a preternatural connection between driver and machine," Motor Trend editor-in-chief Ed Loh said in a press statement. "With massive thrust in a lightweight, mid-engine chassis that can be guided by the fingertips, the 570S is immensely addictive—and the perfect homage to McLaren’s Grand Prix pedigree."

In addition, Motor Trend associate editor Scott Evans added, " The McLaren 570S makes 100 mph feel like a drive-thru; it sets your heart racing but never makes your palms sweaty, because no matter how fast you’re going, you can always count on the brakes to slow you for the next corner and the car to easily take it at double the recommended speed."

The McLaren 570S is truly stunning, but its rivals are no less impressive. Here's a run down of the other 11 high-performance machines Motor Trend considered this year. 

2017 Acura NSX

2017 Aston Martin V12 Vantage S

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It's that time of the year again. Students all over the UK are once more pouring back into student halls and university corridors. 

Of course, university also means the start of sleepless nights (for all the wrong reasons), tight deadlines, and an avalanche of reading to get done. 

Although university is, by all means, an incredible experience, there are some moments that will be stressful. Luckily, there are some products that can make students lives much easier on a day-to-day basis.    

Those of us who've already graduated have been there, and know exactly what products we brought with us, or, in other cases, wished we had brought, to make our time at university easier.

I sent out an email to my Business Insider UK colleagues asking for suggestions on any essentials that helped them survive their years at uni. Have a look:

A portable battery

A portable phone charger is invaluable for the times when you’re stuck in a several-hour-long lecture without anywhere to refill your phone. — Charles Clarke

Anker PowerCore 20100, £29.99, available at Amazon UK

A coffee thermos

Having a thermos saves me money, as I’m not tempted by coffee shops on the way to university and I always have some caffeine in morning lectures. — Kate Moore

Thermos Stainless Steel Tumbler, £19.99, available at Amazon UK

A lunch box

Packing your own lunch box is very eco- and budget-friendly. It's so much easier than carrying around disposable bags or containers, and it saves some money, as you don't have to buy lunch at uni.  — Jasmin Ojalainen

Better Bento LeakProof Lunchbox, £16.50, available at Amazon UK

As the seasons change so do people's musical tastes, according to streaming leader Spotify.

The most obvious change is the flourishing of Christmas music every year during winter, but there are a bunch of other changes in what people listen to. To learn more about these trends, Spotify's data scientists looked at 100,000 of the most popular artists on its platform over a two-year period.

Here are a few of the insights Spotify gleaned about the different seasons:

• Fall: "People really like traditional, orchestral, acoustic music."
• Winter: Spoken word recordings, "mellower" subgenres, and music associated with particular countries.
• Spring: "Sunny, upbeat genres like Melbourne bounce, happy hardcore, and Eurovision."
• Summer: Audiobooks and "beach-oriented genres like deep tropical house and ragga jungle."

Spotify also took a look at which particular artists dominate each season. No surprise that old-school crooner Bing Crosby shows up in winter.

Here are the top 4 artists that dominate each season, according to Spotify:

SEE ALSO: Step inside Spotify's New York City office, where you'll find an airy roof deck, cold brew coffee, and a secret recording studio

FALL: No. 1 — R. City

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No. 2 — Pentatonix

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No. 3 — Nico & Vinz

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Amar Hussain is the founder and editor-in-chief of Gap Year Escape, a blog that hopes to inspire adventure seekers to take time off to escape the everyday.

Hussain turned his own gap year into a "gap life" when, at 22, he graduated business school into a recession, and made traveling his full-time gig.

Seven years later, he's been to every continent, Gap Year Escape is read in 138 countries, and he's learned a thing or two about traversing the globe.

He shared some of his best travel tips with INSIDER via email from London, where he was preparing for an upcoming trip to Sri Lanka.

Know where your passport and credit cards are at all times.

"With these two you can pretty much get out of any jam."

Keep backup credit cards separate from your wallet in case of emergencies.

Let your bank know you're going abroad so they don't freeze your account.

Angelina Jolie has filed for divorce from husband Brad Pitt after two years of marriage.

The two have earned $555 million since they have been together, according to Forbes, as well as $117.5 million (before taxes and fees) since their 2014 marriage.

Pitt previously divorced ex-wife Jennifer Aniston in 2004 and the two reportedly settled for $60 million while Jolie was formerly married to both Billy Bob Thornton and Jonny Lee Miller.

It's not clear how Pitt and Jolie will split their assets yet. Jolie is seeking physical custody of their six children while Pitt reportedly wants to share joint custody. The two also have a lot of property at stake. 

Keep reading to see the most expensive celebrity divorce settlements.

10. Kevin Costner and Cindy Silva

Settlement:reported $80 million

Costner and Silva met at California State University in 1975 and married two and a half years later. They announced their divorce after 16 years of marriage in 1994.

"We have amicably resolved all issues regarding our children and financial affairs and a full marital settlement has been reached," Costner and Silva said in a statement, according to People.

During that time, Costner starred in hits "Dances with Wolves" and "The Bodyguard."

9. Madonna and Guy Ritchie

Settlement:at least $76 million

The director and singer were divorced after eight years together. Madonna's publicist told the Associated Press the divorce settlement would be between $76 million and $92 million. 

8. Harrison Ford and Melissa Mathison

Settlement:between $85 million and $118 million

Harrison Ford and screenwriter Melissa Mathison were together for 17 years. They first met on the set of "Apocalypse Now" in 1979. 

The two didn't have a prenup and it reportedly took three years for them to reach a settlement. Mathison passed away in 2015.