Moving to Portugal: Resource Round-up
If you’ve seen the video on my friend Andrew’s YouTube channel about my move to Portugal, and/or you’ve read my recent post: Portugal? Why Did You Move to Portugal? and you still have questions about...
View ArticleDear Brain Pickers: I’m Flattered, But No
Brain picker–are you one? Throughout my career as a freelance writer and grant writer, I’ve been invited to coffee (which I typically end up paying for), or have been sent emails, by budding writers...
View ArticleNine Reasons Why I Moved to Setúbal
New year, new decade, new home. Yes, I’ve moved, for the third time in 14 months, from Almada just across the Tejo River from Lisbon to a small city called Setúbal about 40 kilometers (25 miles) south...
View ArticleDevelop Resilience to Ease Suffering
resilience /rɪˈzɪlɪəns/ noun noun: resilience; noun: resiliency; plural noun: resiliencies 1. the capacity to recover quickly from difficulties; toughness. Back in January, before this pandemic broke...
View ArticleDaily Containers: Keeping Inertia at Bay
When coronavirus hit, I lost my income overnight. As a freelance writer and consultant, working with nonprofit organizations, small businesses, and entrepreneurs, I was dragged along in the undertow of...
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AMA: Answering Your Questions
(Originally published 2 November 2020 on my newsletter life: examined. Please check it out and sign up–don’t miss an issue!) I was surprised to receive so many questions in response to my AMA (Ask Me...
View ArticleLiving through 2020: Things I’ve Learned
(From my recent newsletter. I don’t publish much here anymore, so sign up for my newsletter and never miss a post). Well, that was quite a year, wasn’t it? And it seems 2020’s specter is going to be...
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Return, Rest, Reset
sometimes you have to go back to move forward… If you’ve been playing along, dear reader, you’ll know I’ve been in Porto. So, if I tell you I just returned to Porto on Monday, understandably, you might...
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Wander With Me Through Porto
(this post is from my newsletter, which you can sign up for, here). I’ve spent a lot of time wandering around Porto this past week, visiting new-to-me neighborhoods and taking photos with my trusty but...
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3 Years in Portugal: Thoughts on Life Abroad
On October 6th, 2018, I landed in Lisbon, exhausted and overwhelmed, with three suitcases, my dog, and my friend, Sophia. Yesterday marks three years of this luscious and sometimes vexing odyssey as a...
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