Moving through life's seasons
I really am counting the days down to my retirement. This coming Friday 20th July will be my last proper day in the office.
This is followed by one more day on Thursday 26th when I am supposedly meant to chair a meeting during the morning and then handing my ICT equipment back in. Continue reading “Counting the days”
With my early retirement fast approaching, I have found myself becoming excited about the future – my escape plan is well underway, I’m counting the days down and I guess I’ll soon be a member of the FIRE club (Financially Independent, Retired Early). After all, you might have picked up already how I’m a naturally optimistic person; I always look on the bright side of things, always looking forward to the future. Continue reading “God why are you doing this to me?”
Things are a bit mixed at the Council right now, so I thought I’d post a work update.
Now that I’ve booked my outstanding annual leave, my last day working for the Council is on 26 July. My last day at my desk doing an effective day’s work will be 20 July – not long to go! Continue reading “Work update”
Heading rapidly towards early retirement on the strength of taking my pension early and counting the pennies behind the sofa, is a testing time. Together we have to be holding our nerve, as they say. Continue reading “Holding our nerve”
Word is getting around that I am leaving the Council and there are some interesting escape plan reactions.
I had agreed with my line manager that I would announce my departure at a monthly team meeting. Continue reading “Escape plan reactions”
Recently I had the honour of meeting Stephen Marsden while we were visiting Hannah in North Wales. Quickly it seemed we were on the same wave length in a number of different ways, although Stephen is a few steps ahead of me in terms of retirement. Continue reading “Guest post – not retiring, more like rewiring”
Even though I have 10 or 11 weeks to go before retirement, I’m already getting in the right mindset and I LIKE THIS! Here’s a few things going on:
This is something Rachel and I have always done quite well and we are finding that it crops up in our conversations quite regularly. In particular: Continue reading “Getting in the retirement mindset”