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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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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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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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How To Get the Most out of the Books you Read: Interview with Mehmet Baha

11. March 2019

How to get the most out of the books you read - interview with Mehmet Baha

Books fascinate me. I get lost and I find myself in the new worlds and perspectives they create. I upgrade my operating system through books. Unfortunately very often the effect they have on me is short-lived. The never-ending incoming input of daily life overrides even the biggest aha-moments. I wanted to find a way to…

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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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The Love of the Start, the Dread of Following Through

17. March 2018

The Love of the Start, the Dread of Following Through

I love reading about failure! It is much more common and real than success. Other people struggle too. Other people’s lives are not as shiny and flawless as they appear on Instagram and the happy blogs. It’s not only me. We are all humans and we all get lost and demotivated. Has this ever happened to…

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On Expanding Your Consciousness and The Mentors in Life

16. September 2017

Expanding your consciousness and the mentors in life

The world is vast, limitless and abundant. It is, it really is. But we see only what’s around us, our little social bubble. For some of us, it’s bigger, for some – it stays forever a little, cosy bubble. Unexpected events often throw us out of our comfort zone. Isn’t going out of your mother’s…

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6-Month Sabbatical: What to Expect

31. July 2017

What to expect from a 6-month sabbatical

Today’s the last day of my sabbatical! I can’t believe it’s been six months since I left the office on a chilly Friday evening in January 2017. A retrospective is due. Where did all this time go?! Our perception of time is a strange thing. Back then, the upcoming half a year felt like a foggy…

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A Simple Agile Practice Will Help You Get Closer to Your Dream Life

16. June 2017

A Simple Agile Practice Will Help You Get Closer to Your Dream Life

The path to your dream life is complex and unpredictable. It’s very much like software development. How do I know?! I come from a software development background. I have been applying agile methodologies to get projects done for more than 6 years now. That’s how I started using some of the agile practices in my personal life. We do not learn from…

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