She said “olá” to a low-cost, no-stress life in Lisbon.

An American expat who left Los Angeles to live in Portugal says she’s happier than ever since moving abroad four years ago.

Kaitlin Wichmann says she felt unfulfilled at her marketing gig in La La Land and took a leap of faith by quitting her full-time job to go freelance.

“Every day going into my job, parking in the same spot, going to the same desk, staring at the same wall — I was just like, ‘There has to be more to life than this,'” the now 31-year-old told CNBC. 4

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Wichmann relocated to Lisbon in 2021, enticed by the city’s warm weather and focus on healthy activity.

The Kansas native now works no more than 20 hours per week as a freelance digital marketer “helping American and Portuguese clients with their online a

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