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Adventures In France #1: Life Abroad Will Be Miserable Unless You Do This One Thing

Moving abroad sounds exciting, fun and adventurous but unless you do certain things to prepare, your dream life abroad can turn into a nightmare. This is the first installment of a series called “Adventures In France”. Find out what it’s like for a family of five to take a break from life and the rat-race [...]

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How To Increase Your Creativity: Research Shows Living Abroad Can Help

In this post, I talk about a study done by a professor William Maddux. Once only conjecture, his research shows empirical data that living abroad can increase and improve your creativity.  I give you some examples of how living abroad has helped me as well as some pretty famous people you know. Plus, see a [...]

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Adventures In Moving: How To Decide Where To Relocate Your Family and Life.

Moving to another country is a huge process and can take several steps. Especially if you have kids and a boat load of stuff. That’s how it was for our family.  Before we decided to take a family life sabbatical and move to France, we went through the whole moving process a year in advance [...]

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How I Put My Adventurous Goals on Autopilot + Free Goal Setting Worksheet

It’s normal for you to want to see and do more things outside you normal routine. It’s called being adventurous and it can lead to a more balanced and fulfilled life.There’s one problem, you’re busy life gets in the way. Desire and willpower aren’t enough to motivate you. You’re not alone. I’m going to show you a simple system I use to accomplish my own adventurous goals. If you have desire, willpower and the willingness to try this systems then you should read on

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Complacency Kills your dreams. it's a virus

6 Ways To KILL Complacency + How Killing It Helps Me Stick To My Goals In France

Does this sound familiar? This is going to be the best year eeever. I’m going to lose 10 pounds, be a better person, do the splits, start a business, write a book and… and… and Self Portrait Living In Montreal wearing my handmade sleeping mask. So tired Sounds like your typical goal or New Years [...]

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How To Teach Your Kids To Be Adventurous: The Gift That Keeps On Giving

Not all gifts come wrapped with a bow. Some gifts are less tangible. Some gifts keep on giving years after we are dead and gone. The Gift That Keeps On Giving Each and every one of us has some combination of traits, characteristics and interests that make us who we are. But, how did you [...]

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2011 Annual Review Looking Back: The Good, The Bad And The Ugly!

Do you set most of your goals in your head or do you write them out and review them at year end? I’ve never really been one for annual reviews except when I had to fill one out for work at the end of the year. They always seemed pointless. Up until last week, I [...]

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WANT TO MOVE ABROAD? 10 Myths About Living Abroad Debunked Or Explained.

The only thing stopping you from moving or living abroad is you. Here are 10 popular myths and stumbling blocks debunked and explained. So no more excuses!

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What Is Adventure? 4 Definitions Anyone Can Understand

Adventure; you want it, need it and crave it. But do you really know what it is? In order to find adventure you have to know what it is. Here are 4 realistic defenitions for you to use in your pursuit to live more adventurously.

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Adventurous Dream Come True: UPDATE-We Moved To The South Of France For A Year Sabbatical

We finally did it. I’ll share how we did it and how you can do it too. Be more adventurous and live your dreams no matter what they are

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