Moving through life's seasons
The tale of the Monkey Puzzle investment. In our front garden we have a Money Puzzle tree. We think it is about 40 years old and about 20 feet tall. We love it! The tree is quite a feature in our front garden and when we give someone directions to our house, we often say “look out for the monkey puzzle tree on the left”. Continue reading “Tale of the monkey puzzle investment”
Just because we are now on FIRE (Financially Independent, Retired Early) this does not mean we are too proud or flashy to live in a modest way. Continue reading “Just a jar of jam?”
Recently I came across The Retirement Manifesto blog. The writer is an American called Fritz and is a little ahead of me in terms of early retirement. He wrote a piece about his retirement speech where he listed his six lessons learned during his 33 year career. It is well worth reading and there are many points I completely agree with. In fact, I read the whole post to Rachel who very much liked it! Things I’ve learned from my career
That got me thinking. What lessons have I learned? Here goes….
Make sure you follow a career path where it will be of some use in society. This can be incredibly wide-ranging. Some will believe they have some kind of “calling” because of their beliefs, their convictions or matters of conscience. Continue reading “Things I’ve learned from my career”
For me it is hard to believe I have been retired for a week now. I keep thinking of this as a spot of annual leave before heading back to work on Monday. Having said that, it is sinking in a little more now and I thought it was time to reflect on the first week of retirement. Continue reading “First week of retirement”
By my reckoning, my career to date is about 36 years so far; I’ve always worked in this time without a gap between any jobs and it’s now time for some career reflections. Continue reading “Career reflections”