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10 Months In Portugal
Yesterday marked 10 months of being in Portugal. Choosing to travel to another country is a call for expansion and learning in every area...

Risel Furtado
Aug 11, 20212 min read
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Mirror Mirror On The Wall
Tomorrow I am hosting a Zoom meeting to speak about "Mirror Mirror On The Wall, Let's Talk About Our Image". This is a topic that was...

Risel Furtado
Aug 6, 20211 min read
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Success Is Being Slow
Today I am reminded about a line in a poem that I wrote after I completed the Success Intelligence Mastermind. It goes like this "And now...

Risel Furtado
Aug 3, 20211 min read
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Enjoy Your Vacation!
Ernest and I find it hilarious that people around the world think we are on a really long vacation. Recently there seemed to be much...

Risel Furtado
Jul 29, 20212 min read
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One Small Step For You Is A Giant Leap For Me
Today I am playing around with my Wix website. I am overcoming being a dinosaur in what I am doing because it is a new field. For my next...

Risel Furtado
Jul 27, 20212 min read
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So Much More Success!
Yesterday we celebrated so much success! Things that have been taking long for completion (some years) resolved or showed signs that the...

Risel Furtado
Jul 23, 20212 min read
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Mirror Mirror On The Wall
What a whirlwind week! We traveled from Mirandela to Alfandega da Fe to Vimioso to Miranda do Douro to Moradoura and now we're back to...

Risel Furtado
Jul 21, 20212 min read
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Mmmm...Sunshine!
I am sorting out the kind of life that I want. Having lived in three countries, I love hot sunshine. I am rejuvenated when the hot summer...

Risel Furtado
Jul 16, 20211 min read
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The Toilet Paper Phenomenon
The toilet paper phenomenon is not the bizarre scarcity issue that happened last year. Sometimes in life when something does not make...

Risel Furtado
Jul 14, 20212 min read
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Saying Goodbye
Today we left Porto to continue our journey north to Amorosa in the region of Viana do Castelo. We only intended to stay in Porto for 3...

Risel Furtado
Jul 9, 20212 min read
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Getting Ready To Leave Porto
We've been in Porto for almost two and a half months. Now it's time to carry on, a little further north to see what it is like closer to...

Risel Furtado
Jul 7, 20211 min read
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Oh Canada!
Today is Canada Day. This year it is a reflective one as the country mourns with the First Nations, Metis and Inuit people due to the...

Risel Furtado
Jul 1, 20212 min read
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A Most Memorable Day!
Exactly one year ago was a fork in the road experience. We moved from our home in Canada to continue the downsizing of our possessions to...

Risel Furtado
Jun 29, 20211 min read
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Overcoming the Symptoms of Busyness
I found myself feeling the symptoms of busyness: The To-Do List of never-ending tasks was knocking at my door waiting for me to answer...

Risel Furtado
Jun 26, 20211 min read
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Tell It Like It Is
I traveled to Portugal with a bag of letters which I wrote to my parents when I first immigrated to Canada. The amount of letters seem...

Risel Furtado
Jun 22, 20212 min read
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Well....that was F-U-N!!!
Today I was interviewed for the podcast "Living Your Juiciest Life Ever" by Kate Unger in Nanaimo, BC, Canada. I shared about the journey...

Risel Furtado
Jun 17, 20211 min read
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The Holocaust Museum, Porto
Yesterday we visited the Holocaust Museum. It was one of the places that I wanted to see as it was opened this year. Even though I have...

Risel Furtado
Jun 16, 20212 min read
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The BIGGEST SUCCESS of this week!
Hands up! It was my first Zoom meeting on Wednesday where I presented the topic of self-love to a closed group. I prayed often. God gave...

Risel Furtado
Jun 11, 20211 min read
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Today Is A Special Day!
It's our happy wedding anniversary. What a joy to remember the long journey that led me to Ernest. I began to believe that I was meant to...

Risel Furtado
Jun 7, 20211 min read
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Lessons From A Digital Nomad Life
I've dreamt of experiencing Europe. That dream seemed like such a long shot in the dark but here I am, at Europe's door. Being a digital...

Risel Furtado
Jun 1, 20212 min read
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