As I mentioned yesterday in my review of last year, I’m a big fan of new year’s resolutions. I like the yearly opportunity to sit down and assess my year on New Year’s Eve and then tweak my lifestyle plan on New Year’s Day, even if I failed with every...
This the outline plan for my fruit and veg garden at home, if I manage to get an allotment in time then I will be expanding on the berries, root vegetables and beans. As it is this selection should keep me and Debbie well fed through much of the year....
This post is part of a series that makes up my Simple Guide To Health which is part of a broader collection of posts on Living Well. Of the series of guides that I’ve written so far, this one’s been the most difficult to write. There are so many...
I’ve just updated the poster that I’ve kept next to my desk for the last few years, I fine tune it each year and this time it gets a big update to suit my goals in retirement
Note: This post is a new version of an older post, adding new hints and tips I know my memory is failing me, it’s never been great, but ten years ago after years of medicinal steroid use (to help with my auto-immune condition) its decline really started to accelerate. By...
It’s not been easy for me to come up with an over-arching philosophy to live by, but gradually I’ve nudged my way towards living with compassion. Daily life is constantly presenting situations, mostly involving people, that frustrate, anger, disappoint … and compassion provides a tool to turn all of these...
As I explained in my last post, I’m embarking on a series of 30 day challenges and my first is close to my heart, cafes. I love visiting cafes, sampling the atmosphere and relaxing while chatting, eating, reading and writing. I must admit though to enjoying the routine of mostly...
From what I’ve been reading 30 days is the minimum length of time that it typically takes to establish a new habit or to replace an old one. 30 day challenges sound like a good way to have fun with the idea, and adding a few challenges into my life...
The main reason that I decided to retire was that work had stopped being fun. For over three decades I’d loved my work, it provided me with friends, status, accomplishment and lot’s of laughs and excitement, but gradually that changed. Conference calls replaced face to face interactions, strangers replaced friends,...
Well that’s it, this is the last part of a series of posts reflecting on the end of my traditional working life as I finally retire from work today. This post explores my first tentative steps towards laying out what my life’s going to be like now that I’ve retired...