P.S. My date with an expat

Long P.S.: So I went on a date last night with this American living
in London who is visiting SF for business. Nice chap. Mid-40s, tall,
good-looking with three kids. We had dinner at Water Bar, and the
conversation veered to marriage and kids. I would say it was more
his veering than mine - definitely so. He loved the fact I was a
mother, and went on to ask me those probing questions. You know those
questions - the ones in which you feel you are being sized up for
marriage. :)

He is a divorced man and I am a divorced woman. My marriage, which
basically, ended in a "peace out" (how sad is that) had an "easy"
divorce - we had no money and no property. But most divorces I hear
about our long, belabored, and ugly. So, what happens if you are a
woman marrying a divorced man who had one of these long, belabored,
and ugly divorces or vice versa. What are the economic implications??

That's where my friend, Adryenn Ashley, comes in. Her book launches
today, and it's all about the economics of divorce and marrying a
divorced man/woman, so check out www.marryingadivorcedman.com.

P.S.S. I will tell you later what happens between me and the
expat - if anything! :)

xoxoAlicia


237 Kearny Street #174, San Francisco, CA 94108, USA

My Korean Intern

OK, some of you know I no longer have a car. When I was in Europe,
I let my Korean intern use my car for her driving test. She has an
international driver's license, but she wanted a U.S. driver's
license as a souvenir, so to speak. So, I willingly let her use my
car, and did what I had to do to be the responsible tax-paying
citizen I am, like put her on my insurance, etc. blah, blah

She totaled the car the day I returned.

Poor soul, she went down a one way street the wrong way and collided
head-on with another vehicle. Fortunately, everyone walked away
unscathed, except my car, of course. And, needless to say, she
didn't pass her driver's test.

But, something inside tells me I mentally caused this to happen.
Since March, I have been thinking about going green, and giving up
- gulp! - driving. I was researching ZIP cars and public
transportation, and how much money I would save.

Did I cause this to happen??!!

Well, I don't know about that, but I know this for sure: Some
people may look at this incident as "unfortunate" or
"horrible." My mother, for instance, nearly had kittens (her
favorite saying). But I look at this "challenge" as an opportunity.
Now I have the opportunity to 1) be green, 2) save money 3) stay
fit w/out going to the gym (The Streets of San Francisco are my
gym!!) and the very best one 4) walk hand and hand with my
daughter as I walk her to summer camp.

So, again you can't control outside circumstances or events, but
you can always control your response. And mine is positive.

Now, back to my intern, there were no hard feelings, of course. I
love my intern, and she was very helpful in facilitating selling
the rights of Goal Digger to a Korean Publisher. So Goal Digger
(www.goaldigger.com) will be translated and distributed throughout
Korea. Wow, fancy that!


Cheers!!
xoxoxAlicia


237 Kearny Street #174, San Francisco, CA 94108, USA

What's your endgame??

It's been quite a while since I wrote a newsletter email, so I
thought it's about time I did.

I just got back from an amazing three weeks in Europe. I take ?
daughter to England every year to visit her grandparents who live
in the English Countryside. While she is visiting them, it gives me
a bit of free time to get some travel and adventure in, so I
visited two cities I've never been before: Prague and Dublin.

I have been known to travel alone, and I travel alone not only for
the sense of adventure and intrigue, but in the hopes to find some
tall European man to fall in love with and live happily ever after
- a la EAT PRAY LOVE. But what usually happens is I find myself
alone in a smoky cafe, people-watching and thinking too much --
thinking about my business, how to retire by age 35, and WHY I am
sitting alone in a smoky cafe people-watching. :) Ha-ha

I always wear something distinctly American when I travel - 10
years ago I traveled around the world with my trusty leather cowboy
hat (not really American, as I bought it in Costa Rica!). And now I
wore my favorite pair of roughed-up cowboy boots, aka.
'sh*t-kickers.' I loved the looks I got from international
passer-bys as I tromped through these delicate European cities - I
never know if they are looks of utter disdain or simple admiration -
or something in between. Anyway, the reason I tell you about my
travel tales is that I always find myself MAGNETICALLY CHARGED and
INSPIRED in new environments - I come up with great ideas and
resolutions, and arrive home with an INTENSE sense of ACTION. My
ENDGAME is always clearer.

So, what do I mean my endgame?

Endgame is what you visualize your life to be 1 year from now - 5
years from now - 10 years from now. It's what you want to be, do,
and have. It's being content and grateful for what you have now,
but focusing on something greater for the future. You need an
endgame in order to even THINK about an action plan.

So, my endgame is to be retired by the time I'm 35. (Of course, I
will still "work" because I'm an intrepid entrepreneur and I love
the creative process. But my endgame is not having to 'have' to
work at age 35. Big difference!) So let's see what happens -
I have 2 1/2 years to go... On your mark, get set, go...

So, what's your endgame??? ...because you need to determine THAT
before you determine anything else...


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Hugs,
Alicia
www.goaldigger.com
www.beawealthygirl.com

P.S. and BTW - I hope I didn't offend anyone with the term
'sh*t-kickers'... :)

237 Kearny Street #174, San Francisco, CA 94108, USA