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goals & dreams

September 2010 Mini Goals

Thank you for visiting Move To Portugal; if you subscribe to this site by RSS feed or email you’ll get all the latest posts sent to you for free! A new month is starting so it’s time to set some new mini goals; lets just hope that I don’t ignore them like I did in [...]

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Could you increase the amount you’re saving?

Could you possibly save another 10% every month? After reading this article over at Passive Family Income I became intrigued and inspired; could we do this? Could we save another 10% every month on top of what we are saving already and if so, how would we do it?

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A fresh new start

If you follow me on Twitter you’ll know that I went for a job interview last week; I didn’t get the job. That’s right, a job paying minimum wage, approximately 65% less than I earned before and I didn’t get it; talk about a wake up call. Now I may have been over qualified {I [...]

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August Mini Goals and a Review of July

It’s time to set some mini goals for August and to review how I did in July. I’ve added a Mr Linky to the bottom of this post again so if you’re posting monthly mini goals on your blog then please link up at the bottom. July, July, July, where did you go; the month [...]

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Having direction

Hello, I’m back! Thank you for all the comments and emails while I’ve been away, great to come back to We had an absolutely wonderful time; we loved the Lisbon coast area, every thing about it; the beaches, the weather, the people, the towns, the proximity to Lisbon {30 minutes by train}. So, after three [...]

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The next six months

I’m a little late but we’re half way through the year so it’s time to review my progress over the last six months and set out some aims for the next six.

My post in January set out two main goals {below} and I’m sort of on track for both; I’m waiting on an interview, after passing the telephone interview stage, for a job I would really like, and I’ve lost 16lbs {so far}.

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Living in the now…..

Goals and dreams are good, great even, but when you have so much focus on them you forget to live today. Well it seems I do. My husband, who never has a cross word for me pointed out that just lately I seem to be wishing my life away by willing the next two years [...]