The Wall Street Journal

Good morning: In this edition, we explore why Germany has fallen out of love with the grind, what retirement will look like for Generation X, and how AI could be used to assess who's fit to lead.

"Downsizing was probably the most daunting task of my lifetime, and I cure cancer for my day job." A doctor and other folks who scaled back share what they learned the hard way. ??https://on.wsj.com/3AXX0zg

Columnist Joe Queenan’s wife is an avid gardener, but he’s clueless with flowers. What would it take for him to tell a bromeliad from a clematis?

Delta Zeta at the University of Alabama lives in a 40,000-square-foot, $17 million home—and they're not the only sorority living in such glamorous, elaborate settings. ??https://on.wsj.com/3AYF4oh

“Believe it or not, varying scale keeps a room from feeling hectic.” Four specific guidelines to help you mix patterns in your home as if you do it for a living.

From shrinking under-eye bags and whitening your teeth to picking the right shirt, these expert-approved tips can help rejuvenate your look. ?? https://on.wsj.com/3XJB2Ij

"Each week the stretch of white lengthened, and each week I felt more potent": Roxana Robinson on choosing to go gray.

Five days after 28-year-old Katie Harrington gave birth to her son, she got a headache so bad it made her cry. She had preeclampsia—a life-threatening complication during and after pregnancy that’s on the rise. ?? Read more: https://on.wsj.com/3ZooAAa

A growing number of researchers and doctors say you need less dairy than you think, and maybe even none at all. ??https://on.wsj.com/4d2mAR5

From Opinion: Requiring all able-bodied Americans to work as a condition for receiving welfare would do more than reduce the deficit. It would bring people back into the economy, write Phil Gramm and?Jodey Arrington.