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Turning Dreams into a Lifestyle

  • Healthcare Options for Early Retirees
    FIRE and Small Business,  Personal Finance

    Healthcare Options For Early Retirees

    September 16, 2023 / 15 Comments

    What’s holding you back from retiring? For many people who have lived a life of FIRE and saved for an early retirement, it’s the uncertainty about healthcare options for early retirees. These 40, 50, or even 60-year-old want-to-be retirees know it’ll be a while before they’ll be eligible for Medicare.

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    Carolyn
  • Main Street Montezuma, Costa Rica
    Costa Rica,  FIRE and Small Business

    Costa Rica Itinerary Day 12: Montezuma Beach Ride

    August 21, 2023 / 15 Comments

    There are memories that stay with you for a lifetime and Montezuma beach ride and day in Montezuma was one of them.

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    Carolyn
  • Rolls and Rolls of Toilet Paper
    Intentional Living,  Sustainable Life

    Say No to Plastic, Create a Plastic-Free Bathroom

    July 19, 2023 / 18 Comments

    In honor of Plastic Free July, I and fellow bloggers joined together to bring you this post on how to pursue a plastic-free bathroom. Take a minute, go to your bathroom, and look around. How much plastic do you see? Even worse how much single-use plastic do you see? More than likely your eyes will fall on plastic toothbrushes, plastic shampoo bottles, make-up in plastic tubes, plastic razors, etc. We surround ourselves each morning with plastic everywhere. Let's see how we can do better. It's really not hard and together, we can make the world a better place (and our bathroom too!)

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    Carolyn
  • Retire In France?
    Expat and Inspiring Tales

    Retiring in France? A Romantic Pipedream or Possibility?

    July 15, 2023 / 24 Comments

    Has France Crossed Your Expat Radar? The mention of France for many conjures up visions of sitting on the terrace of a café enjoying an espresso after consuming a French delicacy such as Coq au Vin. And then meandering along village streets with a quick stop at the bakery for a baguette and the fromagerie for a hunk of brie. But is this a dream life? What is it really like to retire in France? Today's post is an interview with Beth Haslam, a Wales Native who moved to the French countryside in 2007, and the author of a series of hilarious memoirs "Fat Dogs and French Estates" that chronicle…

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    Carolyn
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