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The Case for an Annual Sabbatical
Why the most important month of my year is the one I don't work.
Aug 9
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Sara Avant Stover
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This American Poet Built Her Dream Life in Paris in Her 50s
Patricia Russo on finding love at 51, stewarding a life of devotion, and why France makes the sacred impossible to ignore.
Jul 26
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Sara Avant Stover
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Patricia Russo
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Ten Unexpected Ways I'm Simplifying My Life This Summer
An honest look inside my season of subtractions, from my suitcase to my schedule to my business.
Jul 19
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Sara Avant Stover
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The Discomfort Tax on Living Your Dream
And the steeper tax you pay for postponing it
Jul 12
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Sara Avant Stover
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What My Father’s Death and a Record-Breaking Heat Wave Taught Me About My Business
How to structure your work to support you through grief, illness, emergencies, and the unexpected.
Jul 5
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Sara Avant Stover
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Ten Things France Never Warned Me About
Mar 24
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Sara Avant Stover
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How We Found Bordeaux (Or How It Found Us)
May 5
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Sara Avant Stover
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Everything I Gave Away Before Moving to France (And One Thing That Unexpectedly Found Its Way Back)
Apr 7
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Sara Avant Stover
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I Hit Financial Rock Bottom in My Early Forties. Now I Live in France and My Net Worth Has Never Been Higher.
May 19
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Sara Avant Stover
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She Spent Her 50th Birthday Alone on a Trail in Rural France. It Was the Best Day of Her Life.
Meghan Honert on solo female travel, getting lost on purpose, and what France keeps showing her about herself.
Jun 16
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Sara Avant Stover
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We Wander France
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The Clues to a Life That Feels Truly Yours
What an eleven-year-old girl taught me about happiness, purpose, and regret
Jun 9
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Sara Avant Stover
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What a Woman Dying of ALS Taught Me About Saying Goodbye
And the one practice that helps prepare us for anything.
May 26
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Sara Avant Stover
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I Hit Financial Rock Bottom in My Early Forties. Now I Live in France and My Net Worth Has Never Been Higher.
The inner and outer practices behind building a financial life I'm finally proud of
May 19
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Sara Avant Stover
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This American Mom Traded a Tiny Apartment in LA for a Château in Rural France
Kamille Longstreet on discovering her baseline was anxiety, the surprising thing her landlord said when she interrupted her nap, and the three-word…
May 12
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Sara Avant Stover
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Kamille Longstreet
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How We Found Bordeaux (Or How It Found Us)
For anyone in the middle of the messy, uncertain process of deciding what's next
May 5
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Sara Avant Stover
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Reverse Homesickness, a Cast Iron Skillet, and Spring in Provence
Les Nouvelles: avril — a month of returns and new arrivals
Apr 30
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Sara Avant Stover
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