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Eyes on the Goal

Create a life you don't need a vacation from

Updates on the Goal

Updates on the Goal is where I regularly share my achievements, obstacles and learnings.

In 2017 I set a goal: to become financially independent in 5 years. As I was working on this goal, a new, deeper goal emerged: to design a life I don't need a vacation from. 

Consume vs Create a.k.a New Life Goals

4. March 2022

It is already 2022. The Finish line of the Goal.  As I wrote the final goal review, this chapter closed. The next one hasn’t begun yet, at least I couldn’t define it or put a name on it. Or tie up another big goal to it.  It’s a common spot for many people in the FIRE…

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Update on The Goal After 5 Years

28. November 2021

Happy 5th Birthday, EyesOnTheGoal blog!  Happy 5 Years of the Financial Independence (FI) in 5years Goal! Happy 10th Year living in Berlin, Germany!   Exactly 5 years ago to the day, I wrote the first blog post in which I set the goal to become financially independent in 5years. A journey began: How did My Desire for Financial Independence Began? (Nov 2016)…

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How The Impossible Becomes Possible

24. November 2020

9 peers and I completed the Coach Training! We were One for 12 intense days, 9 am to 7 pm, for more than 120 hours:🇿🇦 South Africa 🇩🇪 Germany 🇳🇱 Netherlands 🇧🇪 Belgium 🇫🇷 France 🇧🇬 Bulgaria 🇷🇺 Russia 🇨🇮 Ivory Coast 🇮🇪 Ireland The coach training accelerated our journey to a whole new level….

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Let It Flow

16. November 2020

I have been writing this blog for almost 4 years now. Every single article has taken me anything from a couple of hours to a week. Countless sparks of inspiration dissipated before I went through the whole workflow preceding the mighty PUBLISH button: SEO check, title, headings, proof-reading, readability, bolds, sharing it on social platforms…….

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How to Leave a Legacy – Empower and Teach

14. November 2020

This blog has been much more than a collection of articles. It has been a board diary, a record of my path. Dear future self, this is for you: a snapshot of my thinking and being at this very moment, way out of my comfort zone. Dear reader, who knows – maybe my experiences will…

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Will you Accept the Call?

18. October 2020

Will YOU Accept the Call?

The two biggest creations in my life – my blog and my baby came after a series of coaching sessions. Yes, a real, human baby! For both, the blog and the baby, I had been feeling the urge, the creative energy from within me. Around both, the blog and the baby, I had fear and hesitation….

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Update on The Goal After 3 Years

5. December 2019

Update on the goal, 3years

Happy 3rd Birthday, EyesOnTheGoal blog!  Happy 3 Years of the Financial Independence (FI) in 5years Goal! Happy 8th Year living in Berlin, Germany!   Gimme numbers Net Worth The upwards curve talks about itself. I’ve continued with the automated savings plan which buys ETFs for me every month. Asset Allocation For the first time in my…

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The Lesson the Camino de Santiago Taught me

19. May 2019

Camino de Santiago Lesson

Wanna know the BIG lesson the Camino taught me? Here we go: I reached Finisterre on the 22nd of April 2019. It was my 35th birthday. This was the final destination – kilometer ZERO. 14days of walking, 300km behind my back. I did it – I completed the Camino de Santiago, this journey that unfolded…

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Thoughts On Finding Purpose

14. January 2019

Thoughts on finding purpose

Is finding purpose one of your life goals? Read on! My purpose finding quest In the course of the last two years my original goal of FI (Financial Independence) by 2022, expanded beyond the financial aspect: My 5-year goal is to design a life I don’t need a vacation from, to feel fulfillment and enthusiasm…

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Update on The Goal After 2 Years

17. December 2018

Update on the goal, 2years

Happy 2nd Birthday, EyesOnTheGoal blog!  Happy 2nd Years of the Financial Independence (FI) in 5years Goal! Happy 7th Year living in Berlin, Germany!   Happy Net Worth Growth despite a 6-month sabbatical and part-time work! Putting time in perspective Just when I was feeling blocked and demotivated I stumbled upon the magnificently eye-opening article Putting time in perspective on  WaitButWhy. It inspired me to…

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