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”
Category: early retirement
Getting in the retirement mindset
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:
Budgetting
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”
Three months to go!
We really know how to celebrate in style! Today is the day I have handed in my resignation and we decided to celebrate with a bar of chocolate. Just three months to go!
I wrote the letter last night. Today at work I scanned it so I could send it by email to my manager. I left it a couple of hours before I wrote the covering email and hesitated a little more, just wanting to do the right thing. Continue reading “Three months to go!”
My escape plan
I have just about made the decision and my escape plan is almost ready.
The plan is escaping from the relentless hassle of work. The worn out Council keyboard says it all. Continue reading “My escape plan”