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Financial Resilience Location Independence Meaningful Relationships
#asia, #financial habits, #portugal, #south-korea, #vietnam

My Location Independence Journey: From Europe to Asia (Podcast interview)

Last updated: December 10, 2025

Podcast interview about my location independence journey — leaving Romania after 40, the 5-question framework for choosing countries, and life in Vietnam

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Blogging
#365 challenge, #financial freedom, #portugal, #year review

2021 Monthly Recap – July

Last updated: December 3, 2025

July monthly recap covering personal growth, business insights, and life lessons from Dragos Roua.

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Blogging
#365 challenge, #expat, #financial freedom, #portugal, #year review

2021 Monthly Recap – May

Last updated: December 3, 2025

May monthly recap covering personal growth, business insights, and life lessons from Dragos Roua.

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Blogging
#365 challenge, #portugal, #relocation, #year review

2021 Monthly Recap – April

Last updated: December 3, 2025

April monthly recap covering personal growth, business insights, and life lessons from Dragos Roua.

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Location Independence Meaningful Relationships
#365 challenge, #portugal, #presence

Friday Evening, A Week Before Christmas

Last updated: December 3, 2025

Cities prepare for holidays while humanity splits—compliance versus sovereignty. The continental drift between two ways of living accelerates

open connect reloaded
Meaningful Relationships
#365 challenge, #networking, #portugal, #relationships

Open Connect – The International Edition

Last updated: December 2, 2025

After 250+ events and 4 years of silence, restarting Open Connect revealed a truth—we need live human energy to survive as a species

autumn leaves
Blogging Spirituality and Beliefs
#365 challenge, #introspection, #portugal, #presence

Autumn Season

Last updated: December 3, 2025

There's something about autumn that I like a lot. I'm not enjoying it, but I deeply resonate with it.

live events
Blogging
#365 challenge, #cryptocurrency, #networking, #portugal

Live Events

Last updated: December 2, 2025

After months of digital isolation, attending live conferences again revealed what we lost. Human energy in physical space hits different than pixels

lisbon marathon
Running
#365 challenge, #marathon, #portugal, #race reports

First Official Marathon In The “New Normal”

Last updated: December 2, 2025

First official marathon post-Covid. The race felt different—masks at the start line, different crowd energy. Running through collective trauma

mirrors
Blogging
#365 challenge, #change, #introspection, #portugal

The Stranger From Ten Years Ago

Last updated: December 2, 2025

Look at photos from ten years ago. That person is a stranger now—different priorities, beliefs, habits. Continuity is the illusion we maintain

days of august
Blogging
#365 challenge, #portugal, #presence, #travel

Days Of August

Last updated: December 2, 2025

August has a specific quality—suspended time between summer's peak and autumn's approach. Some months carry meaning beyond their days

scripted realities
Meaningful Relationships
#365 challenge, #coffee shop work, #portugal, #presence

Scripted And Unscripted Realities

Last updated: December 2, 2025

Some life areas follow scripts—morning routines, work protocols. Others demand improvisation. Knowing which reality you're in determines success

the damage control guy
Relationships and Society Success and Wellness
#365 challenge, #entrepreneurship, #portugal, #storytelling

The Damage Control Guy

Last updated: December 3, 2025

Every organization has one—the person who fixes emergencies nobody else sees coming. Damage control isn't glamorous but it's what keeps systems alive

lazy sunday
Blogging Location Independence
#365 challenge, #coffee shop work, #portugal, #presence

The Laziness In “A Lazy Sunday”

Last updated: December 2, 2025

Lazy Sunday is permission to rest without guilt. But laziness and rest aren't the same—one depletes, the other restores. Know the difference

words
Blogging
#365 challenge, #coffee shop work, #portugal

Words We Don’t Use Anymore

Last updated: December 3, 2025

Language evolves through deletion. Words disappear when concepts become obsolete or unspeakable. What we stop saying reveals cultural shifts

grapes
Blogging Location Independence
#365 challenge, #expat, #portugal, #relocation

These Grapes Are Very Fresh, You’re Very Lucky, Sir

Last updated: December 2, 2025

Merchants create urgency through scarcity theater. Fresh grapes, lucky timing, special deals—all scripts to trigger buying before thinking

taking time off
Blogging
#365 challenge, #burnout, #energy, #portugal

Time Off Is Actually Time On

Last updated: December 2, 2025

Although today started rather joyfully, and I even took a different route to work , enjoying one of the many breathtaking vistas of Lisbon, it somehow

morning coffee shop
Location Independence
#365 challenge, #coffee shop work, #portugal, #presence

The Moments Before The World Starts Moving Again

Last updated: December 2, 2025

Early morning before the world wakes holds unique power. The silence before motion begins creates space for clarity impossible during daily chaos

random
Location Independence Meaningful Relationships
#365 challenge, #expat, #portugal, #storytelling

How Random Randomness Really Is?

Last updated: December 2, 2025

True randomness is rarer than we think. Patterns hide in apparent chaos. Our brains see randomness where deterministic systems create complex order

drop in the ocean
Productivity and Effectiveness
#365 challenge, #entrepreneurship, #networking, #portugal

The Drop In The Ocean

Last updated: December 2, 2025

Individual actions seem insignificant against planetary problems. But oceans are made of drops. Dismissing small contributions guarantees nothing changes

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