How I Moved to Mexico For Six Months

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As I write this, I’m sitting in a beautiful beachfront house on the Pacific coast of Mexico. My wife and I are staying in a quiet little town called Barra de Navidad, about an hour north of Manzanillo.

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We’ve been here for two months. Life is really, really great here. We are relaxing, learning Spanish, surfing, hosting friends, meeting interesting new people and taking stock of our life goals and priorities. In April, when the weather warms up here, we plan to head inland to the colonial city of Guanajuato, where we’ll be for a few more months.

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Living in Mexico

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Living in Mexico can be a magical experience. It is an inviting country that most foreigners know very little about. There is something for everyone here. You might like basking on endless sun-soaked beaches, exploring incredible flora and fauna, enjoying rich cuisine and nightlife, meeting warm and fun-loving people or just soaking up a culture and language much different than your own.

Moving to Mexico (or any foreign country) requires a lot of planning, but it doesn’t have to be difficult. There are a number of aspects of your move to consider and decide upon.

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Take a Break From Being a Workaholic. Here Are 7 Ways

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Admit it, you want a break from work, even though it seems like all you know how to do anymore. Maybe you just don’t know where to start. We already covered 7 signs you might be a workaholic in another post. I’m not going to get into ways to reform yourself completely from being a workaholic (yet). But, if you try some of the suggestions below, you’ll achieve a little more balance in your life right away. If it doesn’t seem possible to accomplish some of them, it’s probably time to ask yourself why.

Here are seven ways you can treat the “symptoms” of being a workaholic:

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It's Hard to Live Well When You Don't Work for Yourself

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Actually, some people live well while working for someone else, but it’s certainly easier when you work for yourself.

What does it mean to live well? It means having a work/life balance that is best for you. It means being able to take time to hang out with friends and family, to vacation, to pursue hobbies, to volunteer or whatever else makes you happy.

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7 Signs You Might be a Workaholic

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We’ve all been through times where some deadline keeps us working late into the night. It’s a normal part of being ambitious. For some, however, working becomes an addiction. For those people, there’s always something at work that deserves more attention than the rest of life. The basic definition of “workaholic” is someone who works compulsively at the expense of other pursuits. Are you one of those people? How can you tell if you are?

Here are 7 signs that indicate you might be a workaholic:

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