Tag Archive: ReinventYourself

Aug
09
2011

Following the Beat of Our Own Drummer

We came to Costa Rica for many reasons. But we also didn’t come for lots of reasons as well. We weren’t running away from family, debt, or jobs we hated.  We had jobs we liked, a great house with a fixed mortgage that we were able to pay, savings in the bank, and zero credit …

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Apr
01
2011

Quote: Agatha Christie

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I have enjoyed greatly the second blooming… suddenly you find – at the age of 50, say – that a whole new life has opened before you. Agatha Christie English mystery author (1890 – 1976)

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Jul
14
2008

Quote-Eleanor Roosevelt

The purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience. Eleanor Roosevelt US diplomat & reformer (1884 – 1962)

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May
10
2008

Why retire outside of the U.S.?

It all started with a comment I made to my husband, Paul, one afternoon. I said, “You know, I kind of envy you for all of the adventures you’ve had.” Paul lived in Mexico for three years while he was attending college at the University of the Americas. He always talked about those days as …

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